When future archaeologists dig up the remains of California, theyre going to find all of those gyms their scary-looking gym equipment, and theyre going to assume that we were a culture obsessed with torture. – Doug Coupland
We live in an era with no historical precedents. History is no longer useful as a tool in helping us understand current changes. – Doug Coupland
In the future, torture will once again become the recreational sport of the rich. – Doug Coupland
Theres much to be said for feeling numb. Time passes more quickly. You eat less, and because numbness encourages laziness, you do fewer things, good or bad, and the worlds probably a better place for it. – Doug Coupland
After the Berlin Wall came down I visited that city and I will never forget it. The abandoned checkpoints. The sense of excitement about the future. The knowledge that a great continent was coming together. Healing those wounds of our history is the central story of the European Union. – David Cameron