Caitlin Flanagan:

They wanted comedy that was 100 percent risk-free, comedy that could not trigger or upset or mildly trouble a single student. They wanted comedy so thoroughly scrubbed of barb and aggression that if the most hypersensitive weirdo on campus mistakenly wandered into a performance, the words he would hear would fall on him like a soft rain, producing a gentle chuckle and encouraging him to toddle back to his dorm, tuck himself in, and commence a dreamless sleep -- not text Mom and Dad that some monster had upset him with a joke.

Chris Rock:

Kids raised on a culture of "We're not going to keep score in the game because we don't want anybody to lose." Or just ignoring race to a fault. You can't say "the black kid over there." No, it's "the guy with the red shoes." You can't even be offensive on your way to being inoffensive.

Sarah Silverman:

My only problem with colleges is that they're just a sea of cellphones. Comedy is such a group experience that it's a bummer to be talking to a bunch of empty vessels through which Facebook expresses itself.

Christina Xu:

Many of WeChat's features are subtly optimized for "saving face" ...

Jaron Lanier:

If you love a medium made of software, there's a danger that you will become entrapped in someone else's recent careless thoughts. Struggle against that!