The reason why there is more pessimism about technology in Europe has to do with history, the use of databases to keep… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
I want to prevent us reifying 'the Internet' as something to be preserved like some people want to preserve the American Constitution… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
Russian young people spend countless hours online downloading videos and having a very nice digital entertainment lifestyle, which does not necessarily turn… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
Dictators aren't stupid, or regimes could be toppled easily by young people mobilizing on Facebook. — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
When someone at the State Department proclaims Facebook to be the most organic tool for promoting democracy the world has ever seen… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
We need to start seeing privacy as a commons - as some kind of a public good that can get depleted as… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
As befits Silicon Valley, 'big data' is mostly big hype, but there is one possibility with genuine potential: that it might one… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
There is this absurd assumption that the revitalisation of the public sphere is always a good thing. I think people tend to… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
My fear is that many institutions will eventually alter how they treat people who refuse to self-track. There are all sorts of… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
A lot of the geeks in Silicon Valley will tell you they no longer believe in the ability of policymakers in Washington… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
My hunch is that people often affiliate with causes online for selfish and narcissistic purposes. Sometimes, it may be as simple as… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
As leakers take great risks in releasing information, assuring them that they are not sacrificing themselves in vain and that their leaks… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
With the internet we are facing more or less a very similar story. It does offer virtually limitless access to entertainment and… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
Many of us were a little to early to assume that the most logical uses of the internet in authoritarian states would… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
I draw a distinction between freedom of the internet and freedom via the internet. In the first case, it's making sure cyberspace… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
When we get the remote Russian village online, what will get people to the Internet is not going to be reports from… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
There are good reasons why we don't want everyone to learn nuclear physics, medicine or how financial markets work. Our entire modern… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
[People] somehow assume that the Internet is going to be the catalyst of change that will push young people into the streets,… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
There is this group of people who love innovation. Those people want to innovate, and they think the Internet is a wonderful… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
It's true that virtually all new technologies do trigger what sociologists would call 'moral panics,' that there are a lot of people… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
“If Amazon’s dream of a world without gatekeepers becomes reality, then the company itself will become a powerful gatekeeper.” — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share
I spent two years in Palo Alto - what an awful, suffocating place for those of us who don't care about yoga, yogurts and… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share
For many oppositional movements, the Internet, while providing the opportunity to distribute information more quickly and cheaper, may have actually made their struggle more… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share
To fully absorb the lessons of the Internet, urge the Internet-centrists, we need to reshape our political and social institutions in its image. — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share
As Barbara Streisand discovered, adopting a militaristic posture against a tech-savvy mob of civil libertarians is not going to be of much help: Many… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share
The Egyptian experience suggests that social media can greatly accelerate the death of already dying authoritarian regimes. — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share
In business, standards establish the rules of the game, creating path dependencies as investments are made and corresponding designs are set in stone and… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share
Military commanders do not want to be tried for war crimes, even if those crimes are committed online. — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share
When we get the remote Russian village online, what will get people to the Internet is not going to be reports from Human Rights… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share
“To reject solutionism is to transcend the narrow-minded rationalistic mindset that recasts every instance of an efficiency deficit [...] as an obstacle that needs… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share
Information technology has been one of the leading drivers of globalization, and it may also become one of its major victims. — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share
Universities ought to be aware of the degree they would want to accept funding from governments like China to work on, say, face recognition… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share
“Thomas Friedman, the New York Times foreign affairs columnist, in his typical fashion, trivialized—and did much to popularize—the “dictator’s dilemma” fallacy by coining a… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share
If WikiLeaks were a for-profit company, determining its real value would be a nearly impossible task. — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share
The implications are clear: Facebook wants to build an Internet where watching films, listening to music, reading books and even browsing is done not… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share
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