I wish more of the web had stayed nonprofit. But the advertising model took over and I think has delivered us to… — Tim Wu Copy Share Image
In the media, traditional media like print, we had boundaries. You know, we had spaces that ads didn't leave. They stayed where… — Tim Wu Copy Share Image
You have to think back to the '90s. The computer was this terrible-looking thing that was trying to compete with the television.… — Tim Wu Copy Share Image
There's always people - it doesn't take many - who have a different psychological makeup than most of us who really get… — Tim Wu Copy Share Image
I think that's been really the key, the idea of trying to harness social capital for selling purposes. That we've let this… — Tim Wu Copy Share Image
If you have a disease and suddenly start getting ads for cures for that disease and it's an embarrassing disease - all… — Tim Wu Copy Share Image
I'm kind of calling for a - I'm not the only one - you know, a revolution of some kind where we… — Tim Wu Copy Share Image
There's a problem which is when you're trapped in your own identity and everything is really you, then you feel less freedom… — Tim Wu Copy Share Image
We already have our phones, but other wearables, and those technologies are going to want to know when you're deciding things and… — Tim Wu Copy Share Image
I'm kind of concerned the combined effect, not only Google, all these companies is kind of to make us more boring and… — Tim Wu Copy Share Image
If you have a weakness for furry slippers or something, you might end up with that kind of advertising. It's a very… — 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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“Markets are born free, yet no sooner are they born than some would-be emperor is forging chains. Paradoxically,” — Tim Wu Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
