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- 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
- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need to blinker ourselves, to better monitor our attentional focus. Enforced periods of no email or Internet to allow us to sustain concentration have been shown to be tremendously helpful. And breaks - even a 15-minute break every two or three hours - make us more productive in the long run.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
What if people could use the Internet to create a new kind of money, one that didn't involve governments and central banks and could be used anonymously, like cash?
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mesh networking is an old idea. Oddly enough, the low-cost XO Laptop built by the 'One Laptop Per Child' organization - the so-called $100 laptop - was designed with built-in mesh networking. The idea with the XO machine was that many kids using those laptops would be out in rural areas without reliable Internet access.
- Big
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- Nov 07, 2020
If we didn't have Net neutrality, carriers could do things like penalize companies that use a lot of bandwidth or create high-speed lanes and charge Internet companies extra fees to send their stuff over them. That would give an advantage to big companies and make life harder for startups.
- Nov 07, 2020
I have fun going on Twitter and the Internet. I feel safe and comfortable, and I wish everyone could feel that way.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's an idea out there that salespeople have actually been obliterated by the Internet, which is just not supported by the facts.
- Failures
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- Nov 07, 2020
In general, the Internet was not designed to accommodate deliberate failures to communicate.
- Landscape
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- Nov 07, 2020
Now that mobile phones and the internet have altered the epistemic selective landscape in a revolutionary way, every religious organisation must scramble to evolve defences or become extinct.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was no Internet, not even many cookbooks except the old reference books. So we would sit down at night, a group of six chefs, and we'd exchange recipes and each talk about how we were doing things. It was the only way to learn new ideas.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
If it weren't for the Internet, WWE probably wouldn't even know my name. If I had to rely on 'Pro Wrestling Illustrated' to get my name out there, it would have been a much more difficult road.
- Fans
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- Nov 07, 2020
It used to be that we weren't even allowed on TV or pay-per-view, so we always spoke to our fans through the Internet.
- Survive
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Internet is a giant 'lab experiment' for corporate America, and those companies that recognise this and play well within the rules of ambiguity and fluidity will survive and win.
- Growth
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- Nov 07, 2020