One thing I'll say about Hitler that many people don't realize - and I don't mean to besmirch the industry - but… — Tim Wu Copy Share Image
I'm afraid when too many people know too much about you, it actually makes us all a lot more boring because you're… — Tim Wu Copy Share Image
I'm concerned with our autonomy. I don't like the idea of people collecting information on me in general, but I particularly don't… — Tim Wu Copy Share Image
The Holy Grail of advertising has always been advertisement that people want to watch, which occasionally happens. You know, the Super Bowl,… — 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
Hitler had this understanding that you speak to people's deepest, darkest emotions and give them voice that can be incredibly effective. — Tim Wu Copy Share Image
In fact, the big steps forward for advertising, especially after World War I were when government just began employing the tools of… — 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's AdWords, they allow you to bid on words that people will type into the search engine, and they cost more or… — 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
Advertising just keeps getting heavier and heavier and heavier. It doesn't have any natural limit, and we haven't found the place for… — 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… — Tim Wu Copy Share Image
I do think the best thing for companies like Google and Facebook, if they are afraid of this ethical trap of advertising,… — Tim Wu Copy Share Image
All business models have something challenging about them, but the problem with the attention merchant business model they have is they need… — Tim Wu Copy Share Image
There is this inherent human instinct that the usual way you control trolling is you force people to use their real identities.… — Tim Wu Copy Share Image
Movies you pay for - well, sometimes they throw some ads at the beginning now - but generally you pay for ads.… — 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
