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> [Seeing Anonymous primarily as a cybersecurity threat is like analyzing the breadth of the antiwar movement and 1960s counterculture by focusing only on the Weathermen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yochai-benkler/seeing-anonymous-primarily-as-a-cybersecurity-threat-is-like/)

[Yochai Benkler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yochai-benkler/)

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## Other authors on Focusing

## More by Yochai Benkler

> [Anonymous is not an organization. It is an idea, a zeitgeist, coupled with a set of social and technical practices.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yochai-benkler/anonymous-is-not-an-organization-it-is-an-idea-a-zeitgeist-coupled/)

[Yochai Benkler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yochai-benkler/)

> [Imperfection is a core dimension of freedom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yochai-benkler/imperfection-is-a-core-dimension-of-freedom/)

[Yochai Benkler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yochai-benkler/)

> [Like crime, terrorism is a fact of life. I grew up in Israel, where every unattended bag was a suspected bomb; when my family…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yochai-benkler/like-crime-terrorism-is-a-fact-of-life-i-grew-up-in-israel-where/)

[Yochai Benkler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yochai-benkler/)

> [As long as government is allowed to collect all Internet data, the perceived exigency will drive honest civil servants to reach more broadly and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yochai-benkler/as-long-as-government-is-allowed-to-collect-all-internet-data-the/)

[Yochai Benkler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yochai-benkler/)

> [Seeing Anonymous primarily as a cybersecurity threat is like analyzing the breadth of the antiwar movement and 1960s counterculture by focusing only on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yochai-benkler/seeing-anonymous-primarily-as-a-cybersecurity-threat-is-like/)

[Yochai Benkler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yochai-benkler/)

> [Judges wear legal professionalism and precedent as a mantel that secures legitimacy for their decisions. It's how they distinguish themselves from politicians or administrative…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yochai-benkler/judges-wear-legal-professionalism-and-precedent-as-a-mantel-that/)

[Yochai Benkler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yochai-benkler/)

> [On 11 September, I was living in Greenwich Village, New York; my children learned to tell south from north by looking at the World…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yochai-benkler/on-11-september-i-was-living-in-greenwich-village-new-york-my/)

[Yochai Benkler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yochai-benkler/)

> [I know terrorism is real. And I know fear of it distorts public judgment. Terrorism is like a chronic illness. We have to learn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yochai-benkler/i-know-terrorism-is-real-and-i-know-fear-of-it-distorts-public/)

[Yochai Benkler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yochai-benkler/)

> [Money isn't always the best motivator. If you leave a $50 check after dinner with friends, you don't increase the probability of being invited back.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yochai-benkler/money-isn-t-always-the-best-motivator-if-you-leave-a-50-check-after/)

[Yochai Benkler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yochai-benkler/)

> [We suffered a terrible blow on 11 September 2001. We responded with fear and anger. A fight-or-flight response is adaptive in any species. For…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yochai-benkler/we-suffered-a-terrible-blow-on-11-september-2001-we-responded-with/)

[Yochai Benkler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yochai-benkler/)

> [Technology has enabled government to have investigative and situational awareness on a scale and scope that were science fiction when the Stasi shut its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yochai-benkler/technology-has-enabled-government-to-have-investigative-and/)

[Yochai Benkler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yochai-benkler/)

> [Bringing an end to mass government surveillance needs to be a central pillar of returning to the principles we have put in jeopardy in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yochai-benkler/bringing-an-end-to-mass-government-surveillance-needs-to-be-a-central/)

[Yochai Benkler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yochai-benkler/)

> [Next time you open the paper, and you see an intellectual property decision, a telecoms decision, it's not about something small and technical. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yochai-benkler/next-time-you-open-the-paper-and-you-see-an-intellectual-property/)

[Yochai Benkler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yochai-benkler/)

> [Computation, storage, and communications capacity are in the hands of practically every connected person - and these are the basic physical capital means necessary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yochai-benkler/computation-storage-and-communications-capacity-are-in-the-hands-of/)

[Yochai Benkler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yochai-benkler/)

> [One of the problems of writing and working and looking at the Internet is that it's very hard to separate fashion from deep change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yochai-benkler/one-of-the-problems-of-writing-and-working-and-looking-at-the/)

[Yochai Benkler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yochai-benkler/)

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