“The Internet is the first technology since the printing press which could lower the cost of a great education and, in doing so, make that cost-benefit analysis much easier for most students. It could allow American schools to service twice as many students as they do now, and in ways that are both effective and cost-effective.” WayFirstsSchoolTechnologyStudentsInternetEasierCostBenefitsPressesAnalysisPrintingGreat EducationPrinting PressCost Benefit Analysis Author:John Katzman
“Despite the Internet 's origin in the late 1960s as a government sponsored means of communication between the Department of Defense, private industry, and academia, it has been at its best and generated the greatest economic, social, and technological benefits since it was 'liberated' by the hordes of 'geeks' who were originally hired to run it by employers who were not themselves conversant with computers, and couldn't tell when their employees were exchanging official traffic or trading dirty jokes and recipes for marijuana brownies.” MeanHas BeensGovernmentRunningSocialEconomicCommunicationIndustryInternetBenefitsComputerLateJokesDefenseDespiteDirtyOfficialsDepartmentEmployeeMarijuanaTrafficTechnologicalRecipesTradingGeekEmployers1960sLiberatedAcademiaHordeExchangingBrowniesMeans Of CommunicationDirty Jokes Author:L. Neil Smith
“No system in the world is so well-designed that it can't grow stale, rigid, or corrupted by those who benefit most from it.” WorldWellsGrowsInternetBenefitsStale Author:Esther Dyson
“... We have seen dog-tired Members of Congress marching lockstep ahead with their eyes fixed only on the end of the 100 Days of the 1995 Republican 'Contract with America' reform efforts. Many of the changes wrought by the House were passed without the benefit of a single hearing, or at best with a minimal legislative record. Is this what Jefferson and Madison had in mind?” MindEndsEyeAmericaHouseEffortRecordsDogInternetRepublicanMembersBenefitsTiredCongressHearingReformFixedContractsFree SpeechMadison Author:John Gibbons
“'Temes' [technology-enhanced memes] don't care about us - they simply want to create more of themselves. Don't think we created the internet for our own benefit - think about temes spreading for themselves because they must.” ThinkingWantCareTechnologyInternetBenefitsDon't CareMemes Author:Susan Blackmore
“The best way for parents to go about acquiring a mind-set of self-reflective parenting will be different for different individuals. Some people will find that they are already very close to being the parent they are striving to be. Other people will find reading books or blog articles to be very helpful and some other people might benefit most by engaging in discussions on the internet.” PeopleWayMindBookDifferentSelfMightReadingIndividualParentInternetBenefitsStriveBest WayDiscussionHelpfulArticlesReading BooksEngagingBlogsMind Set Author:Timothy Carey
“Like the early days of the Internet, the dawn of personal genomics promises benefits and pitfalls that no one can foresee.” InternetPromiseBenefitsDawnPitfallsGenomics Author:Steven Pinker
“There are other people on the Internet. It's awesome. You get all the benefits of 'other people' without the body odor and the eye contact.” PeopleBodyEyeInternetBenefitsContactOdorEye ContactFangirlBody Odor Book:Fangirl Source: Fangirl