The Internet is like alcohol in some sense. It accentuates what you would do anyway. If you want to be a loner, you can be more alone. If you want to connect, it makes it easier to connect. — Esther Dyson Copy Share Image
“The Internet Is Like Alcohol in Some Sense. It accentuates.What You Would Do Any Way. If You Want To Be Loner, You Can Be More Alone and if You Want to Connect , It Makes Easier to Connect.” — 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
