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Umberto Eco Writer, Philosopher, Literary Critic
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"A great problem of the internet is how to filter information, how to discard what is not relevant or what is silly and to keep only the important information."

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Rainn Wilson Actor
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"I definitely have been known to be grossly insensitive in many different ways, you can ask the wife. To speak without a filter sometimes and not being able to edit myself with much sensitivity."

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Samuel Butler Novelist, Poet, Essayist
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"When the water of a place is bad it is safest to drink none that has not been filtered through either the berry of a grape, or else a tub of malt. These are the most reliable filters yet invented."

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb Author, Statistician
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"Don't read newspapers for the news (just for the gossip and, of course, profiles of authors). The best filter to know if the news matters is if you hear it in cafes, restaurants... or (again) parties."

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Jean Baudrillard Philosopher, Sociologist
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"There are only a few images that are not forced to provide meaning, or have to go through the filter of a specific idea."

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