The more connected that individual is to an issue they care about, the higher probability there is they will stay involved over a longer period of time. – Chris Hughes
I was trying to figure out how to use the skills I had developed in the world of social change. – Chris Hughes
Maybe it is because of Facebook or something else, but I have been interested in journalism for a long time. – Chris Hughes
The web has introduced a competitive, and some might argue hostile, landscape for long, in-depth, resource-intensive journalism. – Chris Hughes
I look up to a lot of people, but outside of my parents, I’ve never really had a mentor. – Chris Hughes
By 2007, we were finally living in a culture where people get what networks are and what technology can do to connect people. – Chris Hughes
I was on significant financial aid, an only child, with parents who didn’t have much living in North Carolina. – Chris Hughes
I went to boarding school Southern, religious, and straight, and I left boarding school not being at all religious and not being straight. – Chris Hughes
My theory of change is that there are already millions of people working day in and day out on the ground to deliver on promises on global change. We need to strengthen those institutions and help those people in the field. – Chris Hughes
What’s really interesting is the introduction of the tablet – not just the iPad, but the Nook and the Kindle. While they aren’t going to solve all of our problems, I do think they make it easier for people to pause, linger, read and really process very important ideas. – Chris Hughes
When I was 17, I went to India for six weeks and had what, at the time, was a very challenging trip. You walk down the street and you see lepers and beggars, and there were several of us, a group of Americans. I remember we were just trying to park one night somewhere and people were just sleeping in the parking lot. – Chris Hughes
Five to 10 years from now, if not sooner, the vast majority of ‘The New Republic’ readers are likely to be reading it on a tablet. – Chris Hughes
You can have the best technology in the world, but if you don’t have a community who wants to use it and who are excited about it, then it has no purpose. – Chris Hughes
I’m the kind of person that needs to think things through. But when I know what I want to do, I really know. – Chris Hughes
I knew I wanted to do something at the nexus of what I call global development and technology. – Chris Hughes
My real big Internet claim to fame is the fact that I was first to jailbreak the iPhone. – Chris Hughes
