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> [Rather than bringing me closer to others, the time that I spend online isolates me from the most important people in my life, my family, my friends, my neighbourhood, my community.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clifford-stoll/rather-than-bringing-me-closer-to-others-the-time-that-i-spend-online/)

[Clifford Stoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clifford-stoll/)

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## More by Clifford Stoll

> [Rather than bringing me closer to others, the time that I spend online isolates me from the most important people in my life, my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clifford-stoll/rather-than-bringing-me-closer-to-others-the-time-that-i-spend-online/)

[Clifford Stoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clifford-stoll/)

> [“VI was predecessor to hundreds of word processing systems. By now, Unix folks see it as a bit stodgy—it hasn’t the versatility of Gnu-Emacs,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clifford-stoll/vi-was-predecessor-to-hundreds-of-word-processing-systems-by-now-unix/)

[Clifford Stoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clifford-stoll/)

> [It's easier to apologize afterwards than getting something allowed in the first place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clifford-stoll/it-s-easier-to-apologize-afterwards-than-getting-something-allowed-in/)

[Clifford Stoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clifford-stoll/)

> [Data isn't information, any more than fifty tons of cement is a skyscraper.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clifford-stoll/data-isn-t-information-any-more-than-fifty-tons-of-cement-is-a/)

[Clifford Stoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clifford-stoll/)

> [Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clifford-stoll/treat-your-password-like-your-toothbrush-don-t-let-anybody-else-use/)

[Clifford Stoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clifford-stoll/)

> [There is a difference between having access to information and having the savvy it takes to interpret it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clifford-stoll/there-is-a-difference-between-having-access-to-information-and-having/)

[Clifford Stoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clifford-stoll/)

> [No computer network with pretty graphics can ever replace the salespeople that make our society work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clifford-stoll/no-computer-network-with-pretty-graphics-can-ever-replace-the/)

[Clifford Stoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clifford-stoll/)

> [If you don't have an e-mail address, you're in the Netherworld. If you don't have your own World Wide Web page, you're a nobody.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clifford-stoll/if-you-don-t-have-an-e-mail-address-you-re-in-the-netherworld-if-you/)

[Clifford Stoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clifford-stoll/)

> [“The astronomer's rule of thumb: if you didn't write it down, it didn't happen”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clifford-stoll/the-astronomer-s-rule-of-thumb-if-you-didn-t-write-it-down-it-didn-t/)

[Clifford Stoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clifford-stoll/)

> [We'll soon buy books and newspapers straight over the Internet. Uh, sure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clifford-stoll/we-ll-soon-buy-books-and-newspapers-straight-over-the-internet-uh-sure/)

[Clifford Stoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clifford-stoll/)

> [“Over the past decade Stallman created a powerful editing program called Gnu-Emacs. But Gnu’s much more than just a text editor. It’s easy to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clifford-stoll/over-the-past-decade-stallman-created-a-powerful-editing-program/)

[Clifford Stoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clifford-stoll/)

> [The truth is no online database will replace your daily newspaper, no CD-ROM can take the place of a competent teacher and no computer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clifford-stoll/the-truth-is-no-online-database-will-replace-your-daily-newspaper-no/)

[Clifford Stoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clifford-stoll/)

> [Spending an evening on the World Wide Web is much like sitting down to a dinner of Cheetos, two hours later your fingers are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clifford-stoll/spending-an-evening-on-the-world-wide-web-is-much-like-sitting-down/)

[Clifford Stoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clifford-stoll/)

> [The virtual community? The word virtual does not mean "virtue." It means "not." When I go to the store and they say: The shirt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clifford-stoll/the-virtual-community-the-word-virtual-does-not-mean-virtue-it-means/)

[Clifford Stoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clifford-stoll/)

> [Call me a troglodyte; I'd rather peruse those photos alongside my sweetheart, catch the newspaper on the way to work, and page thorough a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clifford-stoll/call-me-a-troglodyte-i-d-rather-peruse-those-photos-alongside-my/)

[Clifford Stoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clifford-stoll/)

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