“Back in '96, I was on "The Price Is Right" pointing at refrigerators, and "Extra," the TV show, came down. They were the first entertainment entity that put people up on the Internet, so they put my picture up, and America Online called the next day and said I got a zillion or whatever downloads. I didn't know what a download was!” PeopleKnowsFirstsSaidShowsAmericaNextTvsInternetEntertainmentExtrasOnlineEntityTv ShowsNext DayPointingRefrigeratorsDownloads Author:Cindy Margolis
“The language of the internet is English, and an overwhelming proportion of the global computer chatter also originates from America, influencing the content of global conversation.” AmericaLanguageInfluenceInternetConversationComputerProportionOverwhelmingChatter Book:The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy And Its Geostrategic Imperatives Source: The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy And Its Geostrategic Imperatives
“[The Internet] ... is an amazing communications tool that's bringing the whole world together. I mean, you sit down to sign on to America Online in your hometown, and it's just staggering to think that at the same moment, halfway around the world, in China, someone you've never met is sitting at their computer, hearing the exact same busy signal that you're hearing.” ThinkingWorldMeanWholeMomentsTogetherAmericaCommunicationInternetMetsComputerSittingToolsBusyChinaHearingWhole WorldAround The WorldOnlineSignalsHalfwayHometownStaggering Book:Ranting Again Source: Ranting Again
“There's so much corruption in America; there's so much corruption around the world. It's all coming to the surface thanks to the Internet, and thanks to the younger people who are saying, 'We don't like corrupt people.'” PeopleWorldAmericaInternetCorruptionSurfaceThanksAround The World Author:Jon Anderson
“Innovation is what America does best. Whether it is the Apollo Project to the moon, developing the most advanced defense technologies available, the rise of the Internet or the latest advancements in biomedical gene therapies, our nation leads the world in transformative innovations.” WorldDoeAmericaNationsTechnologyInternetMoonProjectsInnovationAvailableDefenseDevelopingTherapyGenesAdvancementApolloBiomedical Author:Martin Heinrich
“I think middle America has changed very, very much. I think people are way more open-minded. I think - I think it's because the Internet. I think they're exposed to so much. All the men talked about how much they love their wife, which I don't hear all the time in art communities.” PeopleThinkingMenWayArtAmericaCommunityWifeMiddleChangedHe ManInternetExposedOpen MindedMiddle America Author:John Waters