--- title: "22 Knows Quotes By Tim Wu" description: "22 Knows quotes by Tim Wu. Plus more from Tim Wu and more Knows sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/647/tim-wu-7845_complicated_you-know-the-only-reason-net-neutrality_2820598.png" --- > [You know, the only reason net neutrality is controversial is because it's complicated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/you-know-the-only-reason-net-neutrality-is-controversial-is-because/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/647/tim-wu-7845_complicated_you-know-the-only-reason-net-neutrality_2820598.png) > [Every time you click on a like button on another site, you've told Facebook that you're doing that. And so therefore advertisers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/every-time-you-click-on-a-like-button-on-another-site-you-ve-told/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a1/tim-wu-7845_advertisers_every-time-you-click-on-a-like-button-on_2332700.jpg) > [I'm afraid when too many people know too much about you, it actually makes us all a lot more boring because you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/i-m-afraid-when-too-many-people-know-too-much-about-you-it-actually/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/081/tim-wu-7845_afraid_i-m-afraid-when-too-many-people-know-too_602536.png) > [We already have our phones, but other wearables, and those technologies are going to want to know when you're deciding things and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/we-already-have-our-phones-but-other-wearables-and-those-technologies/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2e/tim-wu-7845_input_we-already-have-our-phones-but-other-wea_1939327.png) > [There's always people - it doesn't take many - who have a different psychological makeup than most of us who really get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/there-s-always-people-it-doesn-t-take-many-who-have-a-different/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ace/tim-wu-7845_always-believe_there-s-always-people-it-doesn-t-take-ma_441160.png) > [Net neutrality is the principle that the service providers who control or access, who own the pipes, should not favor some content…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/net-neutrality-is-the-principle-that-the-service-providers-who/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe2/tim-wu-7845_access_net-neutrality-is-the-principle-that-the_1861319.png) > [The Holy Grail of advertising has always been advertisement that people want to watch, which occasionally happens. You know, the Super Bowl,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/the-holy-grail-of-advertising-has-always-been-advertisement-that/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e7/tim-wu-7845_advertisements_the-holy-grail-of-advertising-has-always_1386198.jpg) > [When you decide to like something, I mean, you may feel you're sort of innocently putting out your preferences, but actually you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/when-you-decide-to-like-something-i-mean-you-may-feel-you-re-sort-of/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/915/tim-wu-7845_business_when-you-decide-to-like-something-i-mean_794693.jpg) > [Wikipedia, a nonprofit, is an enormously popular website but has managed to operate without advertising. And, you know, maybe it's a little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/wikipedia-a-nonprofit-is-an-enormously-popular-website-but-has/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73e/tim-wu-7845_advertising_wikipedia-a-nonprofit-is-an-enormously-p_1922377.jpg) > [In the media, traditional media like print, we had boundaries. You know, we had spaces that ads didn't leave. They stayed where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/in-the-media-traditional-media-like-print-we-had-boundaries-you-know/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd2/tim-wu-7845_ads_in-the-media-traditional-media-like-prin_445829.png) > [I'm kind of calling for a - I'm not the only one - you know, a revolution of some kind where we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/i-m-kind-of-calling-for-a-i-m-not-the-only-one-you-know-a-revolution/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e7/tim-wu-7845_calling_i-m-kind-of-calling-for-a-i-m-not-the-on_1814523.png) > [Advertising just keeps getting heavier and heavier and heavier. It doesn't have any natural limit, and we haven't found the place for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/advertising-just-keeps-getting-heavier-and-heavier-and-heavier-it/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85d/tim-wu-7845_ads_advertising-just-keeps-getting-heavier-a_387707.png) > [The Internet, you know, 10 or 15 years ago sort of felt like the wild West. You could go out there and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/the-internet-you-know-10-or-15-years-ago-sort-of-felt-like-the-wild/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da7/tim-wu-7845_disease_the-internet-you-know-10-or-15-years-ago_1260434.jpg) > [Facebook, when it began, like Google, was very resistant to advertising. They knew, like all - Mark Zuckerberg, like all good engineers,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/facebook-when-it-began-like-google-was-very-resistant-to-advertising/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5b/tim-wu-7845_advertising_facebook-when-it-began-like-google-was-v_1230898.jpg) > [When you think about normal advertising, it's just like, hey, here's a car and, you know, we don't know if you're looking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/when-you-think-about-normal-advertising-it-s-just-like-hey-here-s-a/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac8/tim-wu-7845_able_when-you-think-about-normal-advertising_952722.jpg) > [Let's say you're someone's phone, and you notice that your owner is drinking coffee at certain times of the day, just very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/let-s-say-you-re-someone-s-phone-and-you-notice-that-your-owner-is/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bba/tim-wu-7845_bits_let-s-say-you-re-someone-s-phone-and-you_2597288.png) > [Google has you at a very specific mental state that is, looking for something. And what they've always been able to say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/google-has-you-at-a-very-specific-mental-state-that-is-looking-for/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2dc/tim-wu-7845_able_google-has-you-at-a-very-specific-mental_2687345.png) > [I think, year in, year out, Google is starting to get worse instead of better. I think this is happening to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/i-think-year-in-year-out-google-is-starting-to-get-worse-instead-of/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b7/tim-wu-7845_ads_i-think-year-in-year-out-google-is-start_1969076.png) > [Google - and some of the other sites, YouTube and, you know - Google has an amazing search engine. The map product…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/google-and-some-of-the-other-sites-youtube-and-you-know-google-has-an/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/348/tim-wu-7845_access_google-and-some-of-the-other-sites-youtu_462944.png) > [I don't think anyone at Google feels happy about it, but they've been in some sense, you know, enslaved to their business…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/i-don-t-think-anyone-at-google-feels-happy-about-it-but-they-ve-been/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c0/tim-wu-7845_advertisers_i-don-t-think-anyone-at-google-feels-hap_663134.png) > [I am the most concerned that we end up in a situation where your - everything is known about you and so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/i-am-the-most-concerned-that-we-end-up-in-a-situation-where-your/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c9/tim-wu-7845_company_i-am-the-most-concerned-that-we-end-up-i_757433.png) > [You know, it's so funny that the internet's become a series of traps where you do sort of innocent things like give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/you-know-it-s-so-funny-that-the-internet-s-become-a-series-of-traps/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5f/tim-wu-7845_addresses_you-know-it-s-so-funny-that-the-internet_1723921.png) ## Other authors on Knows ## More by Tim Wu > [Google has - at least at this point - maintained the line where it keeps organic results separate from the advertisements. But over time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/google-has-at-least-at-this-point-maintained-the-line-where-it-keeps/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) > [When you pay for stuff, it has more of your interests in heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/when-you-pay-for-stuff-it-has-more-of-your-interests-in-heart/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/just-what-is-google-in-1902-the-new-york-telephone-company-opened-the/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/when-we-speak-of-living-environments-and-their-effects-on-us-then-we/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/now-he-doesn-t-control-the-media-but-donald-trump-has-been-incredibly/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) > [The best antidote to the disruptive power of innovation is overregulation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/the-best-antidote-to-the-disruptive-power-of-innovation-is/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/in-1956-two-psychologists-donald-horton-and-richard-wohl-would/) [tim wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) > [“Markets are born free, yet no sooner are they born than some would-be emperor is forging chains. Paradoxically,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/markets-are-born-free-yet-no-sooner-are-they-born-than-some-would-be/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/i-want-to-say-however-one-thing-our-media-in-america-has-done-which/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) > [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/advertising-just-keeps-getting-heavier-and-heavier-and-heavier-it/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) > [I wish more of the web had stayed nonprofit. But the advertising model took over and I think has delivered us to where we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/i-wish-more-of-the-web-had-stayed-nonprofit-but-the-advertising-model/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) > [There's always people - it doesn't take many - who have a different psychological makeup than most of us who really get joy out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/there-s-always-people-it-doesn-t-take-many-who-have-a-different/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/in-the-media-traditional-media-like-print-we-had-boundaries-you-know/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) > [Google - and some of the other sites, YouTube and, you know - Google has an amazing search engine. The map product is incredible.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/google-and-some-of-the-other-sites-youtube-and-you-know-google-has-an/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) > [One thing that all the totalitarian states did was make the great leader's face everywhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/one-thing-that-all-the-totalitarian-states-did-was-make-the-great/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knows/tim-wu/#itemlist", "name": "22 Knows Quotes By Tim Wu", "numberOfItems": 22, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You know, the only reason net neutrality is controversial is because it's complicated.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tim Wu" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/you-know-the-only-reason-net-neutrality-is-controversial-is-because/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/647/tim-wu-7845_complicated_you-know-the-only-reason-net-neutrality_2820598.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/647/tim-wu-7845_complicated_you-know-the-only-reason-net-neutrality_2820598.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/647/tim-wu-7845_complicated_you-know-the-only-reason-net-neutrality_2820598.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You know, the only reason net neutrality is controversial is because it's complicated.” — Tim Wu", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Every time you click on a like button on another site, you've told Facebook that you're doing that. 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