Try not thinking of peeling an orange. Try not imagining the juice running down your fingers, the soft inner part of the peel. The smell. Try and you can't. The brain doesn't process negatives. Douglas Coupland brainfingerimagine Change image and share on social
Much of what we now consider 'personality' will be explained away as structural and chemical functions of the brain. Douglas Coupland brainchemicalexplain Change image and share on social
Remember travel agents? Remember how they just kind of vanished one day? Well, that's where all the other jobs that once made us middle class are going, to that same magical, class-killing, job-sucking wormhole into which travel agency jobs vanished, never to return. Douglas Coupland agencyagentclass share on social
Every human being you see in the course of a day has a problem that's sucking up at least 70 percent of his or her radar. Douglas Coupland dayhumanpercent Change image and share on social
We were never supposed to live until 40. We were built to self-destruct at 30, whether from cancer or mental illness. We're all going way beyond our expiration date. Douglas Coupland buildcancerdate Change image and share on social
Time perception is very much about how you sequence your activities, how many activities you layer overtop of others, and the types of gaps, if any, you leave in between activities. Douglas Coupland activitygaplayer Change image and share on social
Cellphones have, if nothing else, turned TV crime writers into lazy sloths. Douglas Coupland cellphonecrimelazy Change image and share on social
My question about luging is, How do you get into the luge community to begin with? Is it one day like, 'Mom, Dad, I really want to luge.' And your parents are like: 'O.K., I'll quit my job. We'll move to an Alpine community.' Douglas Coupland alpinebegincommunity share on social
Depression is when you have lots of love, but no one's taking. Douglas Coupland depressionlotlove Change image and share on social
We need to be around our families not because we have so many shared experiences to talk about, but instead because they know precisely which subjects to avoid. Douglas Coupland avoidexperiencefamily Change image and share on social
