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title: "2 Wasteland Quotes By Esther Dyson"
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> [What's really going on here is, this is a media shift. It's comparable to what happened in the 1950s and the birth of electronic mass media back then.This is the birth of a new kind of personal media, where, instead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esther-dyson/what-s-really-going-on-here-is-this-is-a-media-shift-it-s-comparable/)

[Esther Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esther-dyson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf9/esther-dyson-8125_bigs_what-s-really-going-on-here-is-this-is-a_3057680.jpg)

> [New landscape of personal media has given us a vaster wasteland of cyberspace. But, luckily for us, there's some really wonderful stuff in it. And if history is any guide, as the media matures, the quality will continue to go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esther-dyson/new-landscape-of-personal-media-has-given-us-a-vaster-wasteland-of/)

[Esther Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esther-dyson/)

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## More by Esther Dyson

> [Since I became chairman, I've tried to turn EFF into civil liberties and responsibilities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esther-dyson/since-i-became-chairman-i-ve-tried-to-turn-eff-into-civil-liberties/)

[Esther Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esther-dyson/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esther-dyson/owning-the-intellectual-property-is-like-owning-land-you-need-to-keep/)

[Esther Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esther-dyson/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esther-dyson/don-t-leave-hold-of-your-common-sense-think-about-what-you-re-doing/)

[Esther Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esther-dyson/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esther-dyson/people-need-to-understand-that-the-technology-is-for-them-it-s-not-to/)

[Esther Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esther-dyson/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esther-dyson/the-challenge-of-ensuring-adequate-nutrient-rich-food-for-an/)

[Esther Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esther-dyson/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esther-dyson/what-i-m-thinking-about-more-and-more-these-days-is-simply-the/)

[Esther Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esther-dyson/)

> [Anyone will tell you if you want to run a business, you need to monitor costs and revenues. In the same manner, if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esther-dyson/anyone-will-tell-you-if-you-want-to-run-a-business-you-need-to/)

[Esther Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esther-dyson/)

> [It may not always be profitable at first for businesses to be online, but it is certainly going to be unprofitable not to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esther-dyson/it-may-not-always-be-profitable-at-first-for-businesses-to-be-online/)

[Esther Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esther-dyson/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esther-dyson/there-s-almost-no-way-of-doing-importing-honestly-because-if-you-do/)

[Esther Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esther-dyson/)

> [The definition of the problem, rather than its solution, will be the scarce resource in the future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esther-dyson/the-definition-of-the-problem-rather-than-its-solution-will-be-the/)

[Esther Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esther-dyson/)

> [Few influential people involved with the Internet claim that it is a good in and of itself. It is a powerful tool for solving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esther-dyson/few-influential-people-involved-with-the-internet-claim-that-it-is-a/)

[Esther Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esther-dyson/)

> [The great thing is, Internet allows you to create your own job, not just look for jobs other people are going to give you.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esther-dyson/the-great-thing-is-internet-allows-you-to-create-your-own-job-not/)

[Esther Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esther-dyson/)

> [“Listen more than you talk. Whatever the context, people will think you’re smarter.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esther-dyson/listen-more-than-you-talk-whatever-the-context-people-will-think-you/)

[Esther Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esther-dyson/)

> [I am not in favor of immortality. I believe death for humans is the way of getting rid of accumulated errors - as in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esther-dyson/i-am-not-in-favor-of-immortality-i-believe-death-for-humans-is-the/)

[Esther Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esther-dyson/)

> [We had made a - sort of a national decision that we wanted to be this intellectual property country, where we would have things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esther-dyson/we-had-made-a-sort-of-a-national-decision-that-we-wanted-to-be-this/)

[Esther Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esther-dyson/)

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