Author: Esther Dyson

Quotes

Change means that what was before wasn't perfect. People want things to be better.

Change means that what was before wasn't perfect. People want things to be better.

- Esther Dyson

It may not always be profitable at first for businesses to be online, but it is certainly going to be unprofitable not to be online.

It may not always be profitable at first for businesses to be online, but it is certainly going to be unprofitable not to be online.

- Esther Dyson

Well, take the evolution of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. It began as hackers' rights. Then it became general civil liberties of everybody - government stay away.

Well, take the evolution of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. It began as hackers' rights. Then it became general civil liberties of everybody - government stay away.

- Esther Dyson

In the space of three weeks, I met a fair bunch of the guys who were just starting those little programmers' co-ops, and everybody was talking about starting businesses.

In the space of three weeks, I met a fair bunch of the guys who were just starting those little programmers' co-ops, and everybody was talking about starting businesses.

- Esther Dyson

As long as a government can come and shoot you, you can't jump on the Internet to freedom.

As long as a government can come and shoot you, you can't jump on the Internet to freedom.

- Esther Dyson

From the business point of view - not to overstate it - intellectual property is dead; long live intellectual process. Long live service; long live performance.

From the business point of view - not to overstate it - intellectual property is dead; long live intellectual process. Long live service; long live performance.

- Esther Dyson

Don't leave hold of your common sense. Think about what you're doing and how the technology can enhance it. Don't think about technology first.

Don't leave hold of your common sense. Think about what you're doing and how the technology can enhance it. Don't think about technology first.

- Esther Dyson

Part of the problem is when we bring in a new technology we expect it to be perfect in a way that we don't expect the world that we're familiar with to be perfect.

Part of the problem is when we bring in a new technology we expect it to be perfect in a way that we don't expect the world that we're familiar with to be perfect.

- Esther Dyson

But there is a corollary to freedom and that's personal responsibility, and the real challenge is how you generate that personal responsibility without imposing it.

But there is a corollary to freedom and that's personal responsibility, and the real challenge is how you generate that personal responsibility without imposing it.

- Esther Dyson

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