Esther Dyson quotes and words of wisdom

"Few influential people involved with the Internet claim that it is a good in and of itself. It is a powerful tool for solving social problems, just as it is a tool for making money, finding lost relatives, receiving medical advice, or, come to that, trading instructions for making bombs."
Found in the topic Internet.

"Encryption...is a powerful defensive weapon for free people. It offers a technical guarantee of privacy, regardless of who is running the government... It"s hard to think of a more powerful, less dangerous tool for liberty."
Found in the topic Computer.

Interesting Quotes

An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations.Charles de Montesquieu - French lawyer & philosopher (1689 - 1755)

Big Brother is watching you.George Orwell - English essayist, novelist, & satirist (1903 - 1950)