The breakup of Bell laid the foundation for every important communications revolution since the 1980s onward. There was no way of knowing that thirty years on we would have an Internet, handheld computers, and social networking, but it is hard… — Tim Wu Copy Share Image
I think that's been really the key, the idea of trying to harness social capital for selling purposes. That we've let this happen so easily without clearly getting something in exchange is kind of amazing to me. — 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
