A basic rule of life for reporters is that you should spend your time talking with and learning about people who are not sending you press releases, rather than those who are. – James Fallows
The hoary joke in the literary world, based on Dreams From My Father, was that if things had worked out differently for Barack Obama, he could have made it as a writer. – James Fallows
Environmental disaster is the gravest threat to Chinas continued development. Thats according to me, but it is not some wacko view. – James Fallows
The demise of Google Reader, if logical, is a reminder of how far weve come from the cuddly old Im Feeling Lucky Google days, in which there was a foreseeably-astonishing delight in the way Googles evolving design tricks anticipated what users would like. – James Fallows