The Internet, you know, 10 or 15 years ago sort of felt like the wild West. You could go out there and… — Tim Wu Copy Share Image
“Here is Lee De Forest addressing young people on the joys of the wireless: If you haven’t a hobby—get one. Ride it.… — Tim Wu Copy Share Image
History shows a typical progression of information technologies: from somebody's hobby to somebody's industry; from jury-rigged contraption to slick production marvel; from… — Tim Wu Copy Share Image
Google has - at least at this point - maintained the line where it keeps organic results separate from the advertisements. But over time… — Tim Wu Copy Share
“JUST WHAT IS GOOGLE? In 1902, the New York Telephone Company opened the world’s first school for “telephone girls.” It was an exclusive institution… — Tim Wu Copy Share
“When we speak of living environments and their effects on us, then, we are often speaking too broadly—of the city, the countryside, and so… — Tim Wu Copy Share
Now, he doesn't control the media, but Donald Trump has been incredibly successful in having his face appear everywhere. You cannot go a day… — Tim Wu Copy Share
“In 1956, two psychologists, Donald Horton and Richard Wohl, would conclude that television’s representation of celebrities was carefully constructed to create an “illusion of… — tim wu Copy Share
“Markets are born free, yet no sooner are they born than some would-be emperor is forging chains. Paradoxically,” — Tim Wu Copy Share
I want to say, however, one thing our media in America has done which didn't happen in other totalitarian states is it has very… — Tim Wu Copy Share
Advertising just keeps getting heavier and heavier and heavier. It doesn't have any natural limit, and we haven't found the place for the limit.… — Tim Wu Copy Share
I wish more of the web had stayed nonprofit. But the advertising model took over and I think has delivered us to where we… — Tim Wu Copy Share
There's always people - it doesn't take many - who have a different psychological makeup than most of us who really get joy out… — Tim Wu Copy Share
In the media, traditional media like print, we had boundaries. You know, we had spaces that ads didn't leave. They stayed where they were… — Tim Wu Copy Share
Google - and some of the other sites, YouTube and, you know - Google has an amazing search engine. The map product is incredible.… — Tim Wu Copy Share
One thing that all the totalitarian states did was make the great leader's face everywhere. — Tim Wu Copy Share
