To fully absorb the lessons of the Internet, urge the Internet-centrists, we need to reshape our political and social institutions in its… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
As Barbara Streisand discovered, adopting a militaristic posture against a tech-savvy mob of civil libertarians is not going to be of much… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
The Egyptian experience suggests that social media can greatly accelerate the death of already dying authoritarian regimes. — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
In reality, quitting Facebook is much more problematic than the company's executives suggest, if only because users cannot extract all the intangible… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
I used to work for an NGO called Transitions Online, and I was their Director of New Media. I was a very… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
If we don't like rent control, we ought to oppose it on political and social grounds - and not just by arguing… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
I have no problem with technological solutions to social problems. The key question for me is, 'Who gets to implement them?' and,… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
Contrary to the utopian rhetoric of social media enthusiasts, the Internet often makes the jump from deliberation to participation even more difficult,… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
It's true that virtually all new technologies do trigger what sociologists would call 'moral panics,' that there are a lot of people… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
We've never thought too deeply about the roles things like forgetting or partisanship or inefficiency or ambiguity or hypocrisy play in our… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
Social media's greatest assets - anonymity, 'virality,' interconnectedness - are also its main weaknesses. — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
Technological defeatism - a belief that, since a given technology is here to stay, there's nothing we can do about it other… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
Search without Google is like social networking without Facebook: unimaginable. — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
“If Amazon’s dream of a world without gatekeepers becomes reality, then the company itself will become a powerful gatekeeper.” — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
I spent two years in Palo Alto - what an awful, suffocating place for those of us who don't care about yoga, yogurts and… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
For many oppositional movements, the Internet, while providing the opportunity to distribute information more quickly and cheaper, may have actually made their struggle more… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
To fully absorb the lessons of the Internet, urge the Internet-centrists, we need to reshape our political and social institutions in its image. — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
As Barbara Streisand discovered, adopting a militaristic posture against a tech-savvy mob of civil libertarians is not going to be of much help: Many… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
The Egyptian experience suggests that social media can greatly accelerate the death of already dying authoritarian regimes. — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
In business, standards establish the rules of the game, creating path dependencies as investments are made and corresponding designs are set in stone and… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
Military commanders do not want to be tried for war crimes, even if those crimes are committed online. — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
When we get the remote Russian village online, what will get people to the Internet is not going to be reports from Human Rights… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
“To reject solutionism is to transcend the narrow-minded rationalistic mindset that recasts every instance of an efficiency deficit [...] as an obstacle that needs… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
Information technology has been one of the leading drivers of globalization, and it may also become one of its major victims. — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
Universities ought to be aware of the degree they would want to accept funding from governments like China to work on, say, face recognition… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
