“I think you spend 50 percent of your mental energy trying to defeat ad systems.” ThinkingTryingEnergyPercentDefeatAds Author:Tim Wu
“Advertising just keeps getting heavier and heavier and heavier. It doesn't have any natural limit, and we haven't found the place for the limit. And I think it's really important, therefore, that some of the revolts that are undergoing right now, you know, whether it's ad blockers or other things, are people trying to set some lines so that we say, you know, this far but no further. And this is where it ends.” PeopleThinkingKnowsTryingImportantEndsFoundNaturalLinesHavensRight NowLimitsAdvertisingAdsRevolt Author:Tim Wu
“You have to think back to the '90s. The computer was this terrible-looking thing that was trying to compete with the television. And it was this idea of email and chat rooms and this kind of stuff that first people - got people there.” PeopleThinkingTryingFirstsKindIdeasStuffRoomsTelevisionTerribleComputerEmail Author:Tim Wu
“Advertising always corrupts the goal of the search engine, which is to try to give you the most important stuff, not the stuff someone paid there to be there.” GivingTryingImportantStuffGoalPaidAdvertisingEnginesSearch Engine Author:Tim Wu
“I'm kind of calling for a - I'm not the only one - you know, a revolution of some kind where we try to take back the web or start something new because, you know, the dominant medium of our time is in a desperate state and it doesn't have to be like that.” KnowsTryingKindStatesRevolutionCallingMediumsOur TimeDesperateSomething NewDominant Author:Tim Wu
“I think that's been really the key, the idea of trying to harness social capital for selling purposes. That we've let this happen so easily without clearly getting something in exchange is kind of amazing to me.” ThinkingTryingKindIdeasHappensPurposeSocialKeysSellingHarnessSocial Capital Author:Tim Wu
“I want to say, however, one thing our media in America has done which didn't happen in other totalitarian states is it has very effectively stood up to Donald Trump who has obvious fascist tendencies and his - who's a temptation like all authoritarian figures to try to crush the media or make it obey him. As that - the media has, in fact, stood up to him and has refused to bow out or cower.” WantTryingStatesDoneFactsHappensAmericaOne ThingMediaFiguresTrumpObviousTendenciesTemptationCrushBowsFascistsStood UpTotalitarian State Author:Tim Wu
