- Nov 07, 2020
Internet Quotes
A tool that connects and complicates in equal measure.
One line questions whether encryption is really the internet's biggest problem, given how many strangers it connects who aren't actually friends. For related tech reflections, see our Computer quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Better Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Internet Governance Forum - which brings together NGOs, government officials and companies - needs to do a better job of including representatives from Africa, Latin America, and Asia and addressing their issues.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
Press and Internet freedom correlate against economic and social success, GDP, innovation, number of patents filed, and educational attainment. The more freedom there is, the more information, the more choice, and ultimately, more power for each individual.
- Others
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- Nov 07, 2020
For Ghana to suggest that they will turn off the Internet, in addition to other countries that have done it like Uganda, Zimbabwe, DRC, Burundi, Chad and others, that's worrying.
- Government Regulation
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- Nov 07, 2020
Vigilant and effective antitrust enforcement today is preferable to the heavy hand of government regulation of the Internet tomorrow.
- Devices
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- Nov 07, 2020
Cloud computing, smartphones, social media platforms, and Internet of Things devices have already transformed how we communicate, work, shop, and socialize. These technologies gather unprecedented data streams leading to formidable challenges around privacy, profiling, manipulation, and personal safety.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
Netbot was the first comparison shopping company. We realized comparison shopping can be quite tedious if you are driving from one furniture store to another. On the Internet, you can automatically look at a bunch of different stores and see where can you get the best price on a computer or some such thing, so that was the motivation.
- Complete Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am in favor of complete freedom of information and of free access to the new communication tools, in particular the Internet.
- Strong
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- Nov 07, 2020
Compared to Apple, Internet companies like Google and Facebook don't have strong perspectives on the way they want the world to work.
- Hotel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whether it is through stock-market trading or the sale of hotel rooms, the Internet has a way of bringing deflationary forces to all businesses that were hitherto inefficient and involved many middlemen.
- Digital
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- Nov 07, 2020
In a world with many blockchains and hundreds of tradable tokens built on top of them, entire industries are automated through software, venture capital and stock markets are circumvented, entrepreneurship is streamlined, and networks gain sovereignty through their own digital currency. This is the next phase of the Internet.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I find I use the Internet more and more. It's just an invaluable tool. I do most of my research on the Net now - and certainly do the bulk of my communicating through email.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
My Internet friends who I play games with say, 'This guy's a fighter?' I'm the last person they expect to be a fighter.
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- Nov 07, 2020