Quotes by : Virginia Postrel

On the Net, the bell curve reclaims its tails. The uncommon is as accessible as the common. The very....

Surprise drives progress because innovation depends on the sort of knowledge no one can gather in a central....

The theater itself is a lie. Its deaths are mere special effects. Its tales never happened. Even the....

The Y2K bug is a genuine technical concern, consuming the energies of many specialists. But the prophecies....

The innovative process is a fragile one, dependent on a complex, often messy interplay of imagination,....

The children who are 'our future' will inherit a world created not just by parental devotion but by the....

Medicare is a monopoly: a central-planning bureaucracy grafted onto American health care. It exercises....

The SAT is not perfect. We all know smart, knowledgeable people who do badly on standardized tests. But....

Unlike painting, sculpture, or music, typefaces must be useful to someone. Fortunately for designers,....

The growth of medical expenditures in the U.S. is not caused by administrative costs but by increases....