In a few hundred years, when the history of our
time will be written from a long-term perspective,
it is likely that the most important event
historians will see is not technology, not the
Internet, not e-commerce. It is an unprecedented
change in the human condition. For the first time
- literally - substantial and rapidly growing
numbers of people have choices. For the first
time, they will have to manage themselves. And
society is totally unprepared for it.
- Peter F. Drucker
It's my belief that computers aren't something you
use like you would a Stairmaster. You can't get a
workout on it in a half-hour. You need to have it
as part of your life.
- Elisabeth Stock
Computers for Youth, as quoted by The New York Times.
Internet publishing can be more powerful than
print journalism, given its immediacy and lack of
corporate or governmental filters.
- Dave Winer
The Internet is like a giant jellyfish. You can't
step on it. You can't go around it. You've got to
get through it.
- John Evans
Surfing on the Internet is like sex; everyone
boasts about doing more than they actually do. But
in the case of the Internet, it's a lot more.
- Tom Fasulo
Information Superhighway is really an acronym for
'Interactive Network For Organizing, Retrieving,
Manipulating, Accessing And Transferring
Information On National Systems, Unleashing
Practically Every Rebellious Human Intelligence,
Gratifying Hackers, Wiseacres, And Yahoos'.
- Keven Kwaku
I worry about my child and the Internet all the
time, even though she's too young to have logged
on yet. Here's what I worry about. I worry that 10
or 15 years from now, she will come to me and say
'Daddy, where were you when they took freedom of
the press away from the Internet?'
- Mike Godwin
The big corporations are suddenly taking notice of
the web, and their reactions have been slow. Even
the computer industry failed to see the importance
of the Internet, but that's not saying much. Let's
face it, the computer industry failed to see that
the century would end
- Douglas Adams
People who grow alarmed at what privacy they may
be giving up each time they use the Internet have
not fully grasped how much they routinely reveal
each time they...draw a salary, dial the phone,
subscribe to a magazine, join a club, enter a
hospital, complete a coupon, enter a contest, hook
up to cable TV, or use their credit cards to make
the most innocent of purchases - even a throwaway
novel at their local independent bookstore.
- Richard Powers
author
Pigs flying over the frozen landscape of hell
reported that online retailer Amazon.com turned in
the first profit in its history on Tuesday, just
moments after the sun set in the East." What's
next? People paying to read an online newsletter?
- Jen Muehlbauer
SatireWire.com
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