Walter Isaacson is an American writer and journalist. He is the President and CEO of the Aspen Institute, a nonpartisan educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C. He has been the chairman an...
Walter Isaacson Biography
Walter Isaacson Life
Journalism isn’t broken. What’s broken is the business model for journalism. Walter Isaacson
Journalism isn’t broken. What’s broken is the business model for journalism.
Networks transform everything they touch. Because of the Internet’s architecture, gatekeepers get disintermediated. Walter Isaacson
Networks transform everything they touch. Because of the Internet’s architecture, gatekeepers get disintermediated.
Throughout his life, Albert Einstein would retain the intuition and the awe of a child. He never lost his sense of wonder at the magic of nature's phenomena-magnetic fields, gravity, inertia, acceleration, light beams-which grown-ups find so commonplace. Walter Isaacson
Throughout his life, Albert Einstein would retain the intuition and the awe of a child. He never lost his sense of wonder at the magic of nature's phenomena-magnetic fields, gravity, inertia, acceleration, light beams-which grown-ups find so commonplace.
In his competition with Bradford, Franklin had one big disadvantage. Bradford was the postmaster of Philadelphia, and he used that position to deny Franklin the right, at least officially, to send his Gazette through the mail. Walter Isaacson
In his competition with Bradford, Franklin had one big disadvantage. Bradford was the postmaster of Philadelphia, and he used that position to deny Franklin the right, at least officially, to send his Gazette through the mail.
History is a tale, Franklin came to believe, not of immutable forces but of human endeavors. Walter Isaacson
History is a tale, Franklin came to believe, not of immutable forces but of human endeavors.
Mr. Franklin kept a horn book always in his pocket in which he minuted all his invitations to dinner, and Mr. Lee said it was the only thing in which he was punctual. Walter Isaacson
Mr. Franklin kept a horn book always in his pocket in which he minuted all his invitations to dinner, and Mr. Lee said it was the only thing in which he was punctual.
Franklin was worried that his fondness for conversation and eagerness to impress made him prone to “prattling, punning and joking, which only made me acceptable to trifling company. Walter Isaacson
Franklin was worried that his fondness for conversation and eagerness to impress made him prone to “prattling, punning and joking, which only made me acceptable to trifling company.
Franklin asserted his conservatism more forcefully. Most notable was an anonymous piece entitled “On the Laboring Poor,” which he signed “Medius,” Walter Isaacson
Franklin asserted his conservatism more forcefully. Most notable was an anonymous piece entitled “On the Laboring Poor,” which he signed “Medius,”
When another asserted something that I thought an error, I denied myself the pleasure of contradicting him. Walter Isaacson
When another asserted something that I thought an error, I denied myself the pleasure of contradicting him.
What would have happened if Franklin had, in fact, received a formal academic education and gone to Harvard? Walter Isaacson
What would have happened if Franklin had, in fact, received a formal academic education and gone to Harvard?
The most dangerous hypocrite in a Commonwealth is one who leaves the gospel for the sake of the law. Walter Isaacson
The most dangerous hypocrite in a Commonwealth is one who leaves the gospel for the sake of the law.
