“Simply getting a country's population online is not going to trigger a revolution in critical thinking.” ThinkingCountryRevolutionPopulationCriticalOnlineTriggersCritical Thinking Book:The Net Delusion: The Dark Side of Internet Freedom Source: The Net Delusion: The Dark Side of Internet Freedom
“My hunch is that people often affiliate with causes online for selfish and narcissistic purposes. Sometimes, it may be as simple as trying to impress their online friends, and once you have fashioned that identity, there is very little reason to actually do anything else.” PeopleTryingMayLittlesSometimesReasonPurposeCausesSimpleIdentitySelfishOnlineImpressNarcissisticHunches Author:Evgeny Morozov
“Military commanders do not want to be tried for war crimes, even if those crimes are committed online.” IfsWantWarMilitaryCrimeCommittedOnlineCommandersWar Crimes Author:Evgeny Morozov
“Calling China's online censorship system a 'Great Firewall' is increasingly trendy, but misleading. All walls, being the creation of engineers, can be breached with the right tools.” CreationWallCallingToolsChinaOnlineCensorshipEngineersMisleadTrendy Author:Evgeny Morozov
“I used to work for an NGO called Transitions Online, and I was their Director of New Media. I was a very idealistic fellow who thought that he could use blogs, social networks and new media to help promote democracy, human rights and freedom of expression.” HumansHelpingUseUsedSocialDemocracyRightsMediaExpressionDirectorsFellowsHuman RightsOnlineTransitionBlogsFreedom Of ExpressionSocial NetworkIdealisticRights And FreedomsNew Media Author:Evgeny Morozov
“Personalization can be very useful in some contexts but very harmful in others. Searching for pizza online, it's probably OK to keep showing the same pizza shop as your No. 1 choice. I don't see any big political consequences out of that.” BigsPoliticalChoicesConsequenceShopsOnlinePizzaPersonalization Author:Evgeny Morozov
“Russian young people spend countless hours online downloading videos and having a very nice digital entertainment lifestyle, which does not necessarily turn them into the next Che Guevara.” PeopleDoeYoungTurnsNextHoursNiceEntertainmentLifestyleVideoDigitalOnlineVery Nice Author:Evgeny Morozov
“Sleephackers go to bed with sensors on their wrists and foreheads and maintain detailed electronic sleep diaries, which they often share online. To shift between sleep phases, sleephackers experiment with various diets, room and body temperatures, and kinds of pre-sleep physical exercise.” KindBodySleepRoomsShareExerciseBedVariousExperimentsDietsOnlinePhasesDiariesTemperatureForeheadsWristsPhysical ExerciseBody TemperatureSensors Author:Evgeny Morozov
“The decentralized nature of online conversations often makes it easier to manipulate public opinion, both domestically and globally. Regimes that once relied on centralized systems of media control can now deliver ideological messages more subtly, with the help of little-known intermediaries like anonymous commenters on websites.” LittlesHelpingKnownOpinionMediaEasierConversationMessagesOnlineRegimesPublic OpinionManipulateWebsiteIdeologicalMedia Control Author:Evgeny Morozov
“The director of the FBI has been visiting Silicon Valley companies asking them to build back doors so that it can spy on what is being said online. The Department of Commerce is going after piracy. At home, the American government wants anything but Internet freedom.” WantHas BeensSaidHomeGovernmentCompanyDoorsInternetDirectorsAskingDepartmentOnlineValleysCommerceSpyFbiVisitingSiliconSilicon ValleyAmerican GovernmentPiracyBack DoorsInternet Freedom Author:Evgeny Morozov
“You know, it's not a given that there is an 'online' and 'offline' world out there. When you use the telephone, you don't say that I'm entering some 'telephono-sphere.' You don't say that, and there is no obvious need to say that when you are using a modem.” KnowsWorldNeedsUseGivenObviousOnlineSpheresEnteringTelephonesOffline Author:Evgeny Morozov
“When we get the remote Russian village online, what will get people to the Internet is not going to be reports from Human Rights Watch. It's going to be pornography, 'Sex and the City,' or maybe funny videos of cats.” PeopleHumansSexCitiesWatchesRightsInternetCatHuman RightsVideoReportsOnlineVillagePornographySex And The CityFunny Videos Author:Evgeny Morozov
