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Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021.
Here are the best quotes we heard from our sources today. (Click through to read the full stories.)
Todd Smithline, a lawyer: “It turns out that an office is a really wonderful piece of technology.”
Marya Gwadz, co-author of a study about high school students’ stress levels: “It’s not developmentally appropriate for them to work so hard.”
Chris Gerdes, an engineer developing self-driving cars: “In those cases where loss of life may be inevitable—and there will be situations like that—we want the car to make a reasonable decision.”
(Previous quotes from our sources here)