This document contains a collection of quotes, thoughts, and notes on various topics related to technology and its social impacts. Some of the key ideas discussed include: - Tele-learning and crowdsourcing enabled by online networking and data sharing. - Data has become a valuable commodity and linked data enables new insights. - Technology is acquired for the wrong reasons but can also be understood as a tool for connecting people in patterns like those found in nature. - Social media profiles reveal aspects of human behavior and can be analyzed through frameworks like actor-network theory.