“Well, Congress gave us a billion dollars to dig the hole, this gigantic hole. Bigger, much bigger than the hole in Geneva, Switzerland. Then they canceled the machine and gave us a second billion dollars to fill up the hole. Two billion dollars to dig a hole and fill it up. That is the wisdom of the United States Congress and it really makes you wonder: Is there intelligent life on the Earth? Certainly not in the United States Congress.” WellsTwoStatesEarthUnitedWonderUnited StatesMachinesBiggerIntelligentDollarsCongressBillionsHolesSwitzerlandGenevaIntelligent Life Author:Michio Kaku
“" many seemingly independent businessmen or craftsman are more or less well paid retainers of larger corporations, such as the cobbler, operating a United States shoe machine or an automobile dealer holding a license of the General Motors Corporation."” WellsStatesUnitedUnited StatesMachinesPaidIndependentShoesCorporationsBusinessmanLicenseMotorAutomobileDealerCraftsmanGeneral MotorsCobblersRetainers Author:Paul A. Baran
“All the new technology seems redundant to me. I was quite happy with the United States mail service. And, I don't even have an answering machine, for God's sake.” StatesSeemsUnitedTechnologyUnited StatesMachinesSakeMailNew TechnologyRedundantAnswering MachinesMail Service Author:Kurt Vonnegut
“We must understand what our idea of wealth is. Is it just about more buildings, more machines, more cars, more of everything? More and more is death. In the most affluent societies in the world, for example in the United States of America, a significant percentage of the population is on anti-depressants on a regular basis. If you just withdraw one particular medication from the market, almost half the nation will go crazy. That is not wellbeing. Generally, an American citizen has everything that anyone would dream of.” IfsWorldIdeasStatesDreamAmericaNationsWealthUnitedHalfUnited StatesCrazyCarExampleBuildingParticularCitizensMachinesBasesPopulationSignificantUnited States Of AmericaPercentagesWellbeingMedicationAmerican CitizensAffluenceAffluentDepressants Author:Jaggi Vasudev
“National law has no place in cyberlaw. Where is cyberspace? If you don't like banking laws in the United States, set up your machine on the Grand Cayman Islands. Don't like the copyright laws in the United States? Set up your machine in China. Cyberlaw is global law, which is not going to be easy to handle, since we seemingly cannot even agree on world trade of automobile parts.” IfsWorldStatesLawEasyUnitedUnited StatesMachinesAgreeTradeChinaHandleIslandsBankingAutomobileCopyrightWorld TradeCyberspaceCopyright LawCayman Islands Author:Nicholas Negroponte