“On first blush this looks to be about money, but it is about power. Is power going to go to the information monopolies, or will it go to developers and users?.” FirstsLooksInformationUsersMonopolyDevelopers Author:Eric S. Raymond
“In this age of electronic money, investors are no longer seduced by a financial 'dance of a thousand veils.' Only hard and accurate information on reserves, current accounts, and monetary and fiscal conditions will keep capital from fleeing precipitously at the first sign of trouble.” FirstsHardAgeTroubleConditionsInformationThousandAccountsFinancialCurrentsInvestorsAccurateReservesVeilsMonetaryFleeingAccurate Information Author:Lawrence Summers
“Based on first-hand evidence of your own senses - the improved health and later ages at which acquaintances die nowadays as compared with the past; the material goods that we now possess; the speed at which information, entertainment, and we ourselves move freely throughout the world - it seems to me that a person must be literally deaf and blind not to perceive that humanity is in a much better state than ever before.” WorldFirstsPersonsStatesHandsSeemsAgePastMovingHumanityDiesInformationMaterialsEvidenceBlindEntertainmentSpeedSensesPerceiveGoodsDeafAcquaintanceDeaf And Blind Author:Julian Simon
“I stared up in disbelief at the information my eyes fed my brain, and lost myself to the stars. For the first time in my life I had a greater idea of how infinitesimally small our planet really is and, furthermore, how tiny and insignificant I am in the grand scheme of the vast universe. I took a seat on a rock next to Lily and took in the moment to comprehend the vastness of everything else, and the incredible smallness of I.” FirstsIdeasMomentsEyeUniverseNextLostStarsBrainGreaterRocksInformationPlanetsFirst TimeIncrediblesTinySeatsFedsSchemesInsignificantOur PlanetDisbeliefLiliesVastnessSmallnessLost Myself Author:Craig Stone
“More and more we're negating the validity of first-hand experience of people from other countries and other cultures... whether it's on TV, the Internet, mobile phones or whatever - the world system we live in so values second-hand information.” PeopleWorldFirstsCountryHandsValuesCultureInformationTvsInternetPhonesOther CountriesMobileValidityOther CulturesMobile PhonesSecond HandFirst Hand Experience Author:Nitin Sawhney
“[My father] impressed upon me from the first, that the manner in which the world came into existence was a subject on which nothing was known: that the question, "Who made me?" cannot be answered, because we have no experience or authentic information from which to answer it; and that any answer only throws the difficulty a step further back, since the question immediately presents itself, "Who made God?” WorldFirstsMadeFatherAnswersExistenceKnownStepsSubjectsInformationDifficultyImpressed Book:Autobiography John Stuart Mill: Top Biography Source: Autobiography John Stuart Mill: Top Biography