Doing something totally new is tricky. If you are second - and if you are smart - you can learn from the first person's mistakes. — Esther Dyson Copy Share Image
Since I became chairman, I've tried to turn EFF into civil liberties and responsibilities. — Esther Dyson Copy Share
Owning the intellectual property is like owning land: You need to keep investing in it again and again to get a payoff; you can't… — Esther Dyson Copy Share
Don't leave hold of your common sense. Think about what you're doing and how the technology can enhance it. Don't think about technology first. — Esther Dyson Copy Share
People need to understand that the technology is for them. It's not to them. It's not over them. People still sometimes want to be… — Esther Dyson Copy Share
The challenge of ensuring adequate, nutrient-rich food for an expanding global population is a daunting one, especially given constraints on key resources like water… — Esther Dyson Copy Share
What I'm thinking about more and more these days is simply the importance of transparency, and Jefferson's saying that he'd rather have a free… — Esther Dyson Copy Share
Anyone will tell you if you want to run a business, you need to monitor costs and revenues. In the same manner, if you… — Esther Dyson Copy Share
It may not always be profitable at first for businesses to be online, but it is certainly going to be unprofitable not to be… — Esther Dyson Copy Share
There's almost no way of doing importing honestly, because if you do you're at such a disadvantage competitively. So people spend huge amounts of… — Esther Dyson Copy Share
The definition of the problem, rather than its solution, will be the scarce resource in the future. — Esther Dyson Copy Share
Few influential people involved with the Internet claim that it is a good in and of itself. It is a powerful tool for solving… — Esther Dyson Copy Share
The great thing is, Internet allows you to create your own job, not just look for jobs other people are going to give you.… — Esther Dyson Copy Share
“Listen more than you talk. Whatever the context, people will think you’re smarter.” — Esther Dyson Copy Share
I am not in favor of immortality. I believe death for humans is the way of getting rid of accumulated errors - as in… — Esther Dyson Copy Share
We had made a - sort of a national decision that we wanted to be this intellectual property country, where we would have things… — Esther Dyson Copy Share
