Mr. Harrigan's Phone (2022)

Donald Sutherland: Mr. Harrigan

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• Mr. Harrigan : Dombey was trying to help his son understand that the true value of money is not measured in worth. The true value of money is measured in power.

• Mr. Harrigan : No. There's something troubling me. Maybe you can explain it. I've been reading articles on this phone for a month now. And they've all been free.

  Craig : Yeah?

  Craig : No. I'm reading something for free that people pay good money for.

  Craig : It's great, right?

  Mr. Harrigan : No, it's not! Giving information away runs counter to everything I understand about successful business practices. The World Wide Web is like a broken water main, but instead of water, it's spewing information every which way. I don't understand. Is it a come-on or what? I'm asking, Craig.

  Craig : Kind of like the Fryeburg Fair, where the first game is usually free.

  Mr. Harrigan : And we're still on the first game. Fryeburg Fair. And there are no advertisements on these sites. Ads are the lifeblood of newspapers. How will they survive? I don't think this is a come-on. I think it's a gateway drug. I've already noticed that my Google search responses are on the side of financial information. It knows what I want. What's gonna happen when they close the water main? No more freebies. Oh, and false information becomes common and accepted as true. And what happens when they start using this to spread more nonsense than is already out there? Newspapers, journalists, politicians... All of us need to be very frightened by this gizmo.

• Mr. Harrigan : [refusing to accept iPhone gifted by Craig to him]  Henry David Thoreau said, "We don't own things. Things own us." I don't have a television because if I did, I would spend my time watching it. I have a radio in the car, but I don't have a radio in the house, even though I like a bit of country and western from time to time. And if I had that, I would waste more time.