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“I believe in markets doing what they do well, which is to develop technology, and letting citizens do what they ideally do well, which is to set policy.”

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Esther Dyson

Esther Dyson is an American journalist and venture capitalist. She is known for her insights into the technology and internet sectors and has served as an advisor to several startup companies. more

“It seems to me the book has not just aesthetic values - the charming little clothy box of the thing, the smell of the glue, even the print, which has its own beauty. But there's something about the sensation of ink on paper that is in some sense a thing, a phenomenon rather than an epiphenomenon. I can't break the association of electric trash with the computer screen. Words on the screen give the sense of being just another passing electronic wriggle.”

“While we bemoan the decline of literacy, computers discount words in favor of pictures and pictures in favor of video. While we fret about the decreasing cogency of public debate, computers dismiss linear argument and promote fast, shallow romps across the information landscape. While we worry about basic skills, we allow into the classroom software that will do a student's arithmetic or correct his spelling.”

Worry Information Students Internet Skills Computer Argument Favors Debate Video Landscape Software Classroom Decline Free Speech Shallow Literacy Linear Arithmetic Spelling Discounts

Author:David Gelernter

“Society has recognized over time that certain kinds of scientific inquiry can endanger society as a whole and has applied either directly, or through scientific/ethical constraints, restrictions on the kind and amount of research that can be done in those areas.”

Kind Done Whole Certain Amount Internet Research Areas Ethical Free Speech Inquiry Restriction Constraints

Author:Bobby Ray Inman

“There is a very real and critical danger that unrestrained public discussion of cryptologic matters will seriously damage the ability of this government to conduct signals intelligence and the ability of this government to carry out its mission of protecting national security information from hostile exploitation.”

Real Matter Government Ability Security Information Danger Internet Missions Critical Discussion Damage Free Speech Exploitation National Security Signals Hostile

Author:Bobby Ray Inman

“I've been asked to explain why I don't worry much about the topics of privacy threat...One reason is that these scenarios seem to assume that there will be large, monolithic bureaucracies...that are capable of harnessing computers for one-way surveillance of an unsuspecting populace. I've come to feel that computation just doesn't work that way. Being afraid of monolithic organizations especially when they have computers, is like being afraid of really big gorillas especially when they are on fire.”

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