One of the great besetting problems of the modern age is what to do with too much information. - Charles Stross

Politics is shit; it corrupts everything it touches, and getting involved in it only leads to misery and dissatisfaction.

She has only warped second-hand memories of motion pictures, none of them her own. It seems like a fantastically unproductive use of her time with Alex, staring vacantly at an elaborate visual lie.

Mo used to be a troubleshooter: whenever the organization had a spot of trouble she shot it until it stopped twitching.