The idea that the Internet favors the oppressed rather than the oppressor is marred by what I call cyber-utopianism: a naive belief in the emancipatory nature of online communication that rests on a stubborn refusal to admit its downside. — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
Technological defeatism - a belief that, since a given technology is here to stay, there's nothing we can do about it other than get on with it and simply adjust our norms - is a persistent feature of social thought… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
The Egyptian experience suggests that social media can greatly accelerate the death of already dying authoritarian regimes. — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
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 Image
Military commanders do not want to be tried for war crimes, even if those crimes are committed online. — 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 Human Rights… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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