“[Computer viruses] switch from one country to another, from one jurisdiction to another - moving around the world, using the fact that we don't have the capability to globally police operations like this. So the Internet is as if someone [had] given free plane tickets to all the online criminals of the world.” IfsWorldCountryFactsInspirationMovingMotivationGivenInternetComputerPoliceCriminalsAround The WorldPlanesOperationsOnlineCapabilityTicketsVirusesJurisdictionComputer Viruses Author:Mikko Hypponen
“It did not take long after the rise of the commercial printing press before someone figured out that erotic novels were a good idea. ... It took people another 150 years to even think of the scientific journal.” PeopleThinkingYearsLongIdeasInspirationMotivationNovelInternetPressesGood IdeasJournalEroticPrintingPrinting Press Author:Clay Shirky
“The Internet is showing us what it thinks we want to see, but not necessarily what we need to see.” ThinkingWantNeedsInspirationMotivationInternet Author:Eli Pariser
“[People] somehow assume that the Internet is going to be the catalyst of change that will push young people into the streets, while in fact it may actually be the new opium for the masses which will keep the same people in their rooms downloading pornography.” PeopleMayFactsInspirationYoungMotivationRoomsStreetsInternetMassAssumingPornographyCatalystOpium Author:Evgeny Morozov
“We really need the Internet to be that thing that we all dreamed of it being. We need it to connect us all together. We need it to introduce us to new ideas and new people and different perspectives. And it's not going to do that if it leaves us all isolated in a Web of one.” PeopleIfsNeedsIdeasDifferentInspirationTogetherMotivationPerspectiveInternetIsolatedIntroducingNew IdeasDifferent Perspective Author:Eli Pariser
“All of the great Disney works took works that were in the public domain and remixed them.” InspirationMotivationInternetDomainPublic Domain Author:Lawrence Lessig
“Whenever there's a camera around, a video or film camera, it's a great deal harder for those in power to bury the story.” StoriesInspirationFilmMotivationDealsInternetHarderCamerasVideo Author:Peter Gabriel
“When you make the claim that something on the Internet is going to be good for democracy, you often [hear], 'Are you talking about the thing with the singing cats?'” TalkingDemocracyInternetSingingCatClaimsBe Good Author:Clay Shirky
“I said, 'Well, how much space do I have?' And they said, 'Well, you know, it's the Internet.'” KnowsWellsSaidSpaceInternetThey Said Author:Maira Kalman
“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
