I grew up in airports and on air bases. I know what flying and airports can be. And most airports make me feel like we're about three per cent better than ants. Especially U.S. airports. They're zoos. All civility is gone. Douglas Coupland airairportant share on social
I'm always looking for things that are so incredibly present that they become invisible. Douglas Coupland incrediblyinvisiblepresent Change image and share on social
Lottery tickets are a surtax on desperation. Douglas Coupland desperationlotterysurtax Change image and share on social
It feels wistful to imagine a time when people didn't go about their daily routine with the assumption that at any moment another massive media technology will be dumped on us by some geek in California. Douglas Coupland assumptioncaliforniadaily share on social
Money isn't money anymore. Time doesn't feel like time anymore. Your sense of community, it's evaporated, too, or it's turned into something you visit at 2 A.M. on a website. Douglas Coupland anymorecommunityevaporate Change image and share on social
If you don't change, then what's the point of anything happening to you? Douglas Coupland changehappenpoint Change image and share on social
Only losers make decisions when things are bad. The time to rejig your life is the time when it's seemingly smooth. Douglas Coupland baddecisionlife Change image and share on social
The modern economy isn't about the redistribution of wealth, it's about the redistribution of time. Douglas Coupland economymodernredistribution Change image and share on social
No-tech tourism is a form of temporal eco-tourism in which one reads books or watches film and TV precisely because of the absence of 21st-century technologies. Douglas Coupland 21stabsencebook Change image and share on social
Canadians can easily 'pass for American' as long as we don't accidentally use metric measurements or apologize when hit by a car. Douglas Coupland accidentallyamericanapologize Change image and share on social
