--- title: "13 Way Quotes By Tim Wu" description: "13 Way quotes by Tim Wu. Plus more from Tim Wu and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28a/tim-wu-7845_gone_there-s-always-going-to-be-merchants-who_1632221.png" --- > [There's always going to be merchants who need to get their message out, but things have gone way too far.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/there-s-always-going-to-be-merchants-who-need-to-get-their-message/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28a/tim-wu-7845_gone_there-s-always-going-to-be-merchants-who_1632221.png) > [There's always going to be a tradeoff between trolling and anonymity, and I guess that's the way life will be. And you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/there-s-always-going-to-be-a-tradeoff-between-trolling-and-anonymity/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ed/tim-wu-7845_anonymity_there-s-always-going-to-be-a-tradeoff-be_2941477.png) > [More than anyone else, Adolf Hitler completely understood the union between government propaganda and between - and advertising, that they were in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/more-than-anyone-else-adolf-hitler-completely-understood-the-union/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd8/tim-wu-7845_advertising_more-than-anyone-else-adolf-hitler-compl_1601325.png) > [There is this inherent human instinct that the usual way you control trolling is you force people to use their real identities.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/there-is-this-inherent-human-instinct-that-the-usual-way-you-control/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3a/tim-wu-7845_example_there-is-this-inherent-human-instinct-th_3013401.png) > [I think Google is the most successful attention merchant - profitable attention merchant in the history of the world, most successful advertising-only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/i-think-google-is-the-most-successful-attention-merchant-profitable/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af7/tim-wu-7845_advertising_i-think-google-is-the-most-successful-at_1383632.png) > [There's a problem which is when you're trapped in your own identity and everything is really you, then you feel less freedom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/there-s-a-problem-which-is-when-you-re-trapped-in-your-own-identity/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/361/tim-wu-7845_feels_there-s-a-problem-which-is-when-you-re-t_2112419.png) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/i-m-concerned-with-our-autonomy-i-don-t-like-the-idea-of-people/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba3/tim-wu-7845_autonomy_i-m-concerned-with-our-autonomy-i-don-t_1962983.png) > [Wikipedia, a nonprofit, is an enormously popular website but has managed to operate without advertising. And, you know, maybe it's a little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/wikipedia-a-nonprofit-is-an-enormously-popular-website-but-has/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73e/tim-wu-7845_advertising_wikipedia-a-nonprofit-is-an-enormously-p_1922377.jpg) > [The breakup of Bell laid the foundation for every important communications revolution since the 1980s onward. There was no way of knowing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/the-breakup-of-bell-laid-the-foundation-for-every-important/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2e/tim-wu-7845_answering-machines_the-breakup-of-bell-laid-the-foundation_1055533.png) > [Facebook, when it began, like Google, was very resistant to advertising. They knew, like all - Mark Zuckerberg, like all good engineers,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/facebook-when-it-began-like-google-was-very-resistant-to-advertising/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5b/tim-wu-7845_advertising_facebook-when-it-began-like-google-was-v_1230898.jpg) > [I am the most concerned that we end up in a situation where your - everything is known about you and so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/i-am-the-most-concerned-that-we-end-up-in-a-situation-where-your/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c9/tim-wu-7845_company_i-am-the-most-concerned-that-we-end-up-i_757433.png) > [Markets are born free, yet no sooner are they born than some would-be emperor is forging chains. Paradoxically, it sometimes happens that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/markets-are-born-free-yet-no-sooner-are-they-born-than-some-would-be-2/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/834/tim-wu-7845_believe_markets-are-born-free-yet-no-sooner-are_621479.jpg) > [If we generally like the way things are now, we must also ask whether our current situation is really so different from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/if-we-generally-like-the-way-things-are-now-we-must-also-ask-whether/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f70/tim-wu-7845_age_if-we-generally-like-the-way-things-are_3004941.jpg) ## Other authors on Way ## More by Tim Wu > [Google has - at least at this point - maintained the line where it keeps organic results separate from the advertisements. But over time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/google-has-at-least-at-this-point-maintained-the-line-where-it-keeps/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) > [When you pay for stuff, it has more of your interests in heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/when-you-pay-for-stuff-it-has-more-of-your-interests-in-heart/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/just-what-is-google-in-1902-the-new-york-telephone-company-opened-the/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/when-we-speak-of-living-environments-and-their-effects-on-us-then-we/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/now-he-doesn-t-control-the-media-but-donald-trump-has-been-incredibly/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) > [The best antidote to the disruptive power of innovation is overregulation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/the-best-antidote-to-the-disruptive-power-of-innovation-is/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/in-1956-two-psychologists-donald-horton-and-richard-wohl-would/) [tim wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) > [“Markets are born free, yet no sooner are they born than some would-be emperor is forging chains. Paradoxically,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/markets-are-born-free-yet-no-sooner-are-they-born-than-some-would-be/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/i-want-to-say-however-one-thing-our-media-in-america-has-done-which/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) > [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/advertising-just-keeps-getting-heavier-and-heavier-and-heavier-it/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) > [I wish more of the web had stayed nonprofit. But the advertising model took over and I think has delivered us to where we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/i-wish-more-of-the-web-had-stayed-nonprofit-but-the-advertising-model/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) > [There's always people - it doesn't take many - who have a different psychological makeup than most of us who really get joy out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/there-s-always-people-it-doesn-t-take-many-who-have-a-different/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) > [In the media, traditional media like print, we had boundaries. You know, we had spaces that ads didn't leave. They stayed where they were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/in-the-media-traditional-media-like-print-we-had-boundaries-you-know/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) > [Google - and some of the other sites, YouTube and, you know - Google has an amazing search engine. The map product is incredible.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/google-and-some-of-the-other-sites-youtube-and-you-know-google-has-an/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) > [One thing that all the totalitarian states did was make the great leader's face everywhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/one-thing-that-all-the-totalitarian-states-did-was-make-the-great/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/way/tim-wu/#itemlist", "name": "13 Way Quotes By Tim Wu", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's always going to be merchants who need to get their message out, but things have gone way too far.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tim Wu" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/there-s-always-going-to-be-merchants-who-need-to-get-their-message/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28a/tim-wu-7845_gone_there-s-always-going-to-be-merchants-who_1632221.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28a/tim-wu-7845_gone_there-s-always-going-to-be-merchants-who_1632221.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28a/tim-wu-7845_gone_there-s-always-going-to-be-merchants-who_1632221.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There's always going to be merchants who need to get their message out, but things have gone way too far.” — Tim Wu", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's always going to be a tradeoff between trolling and anonymity, and I guess that's the way life will be. 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And, you know, maybe it's a little simpler than Google and YouTube, but it does show there's another way.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tim Wu" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/wikipedia-a-nonprofit-is-an-enormously-popular-website-but-has/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73e/tim-wu-7845_advertising_wikipedia-a-nonprofit-is-an-enormously-p_1922377.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73e/tim-wu-7845_advertising_wikipedia-a-nonprofit-is-an-enormously-p_1922377.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73e/tim-wu-7845_advertising_wikipedia-a-nonprofit-is-an-enormously-p_1922377.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Wikipedia, a nonprofit, is an enormously popular website but has managed to operate without advertising…” — Tim Wu", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The breakup of Bell laid the foundation for every important communications revolution since the 1980s onward. 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They knew, like all - Mark Zuckerberg, like all good engineers, knew that advertising makes the product worse. But, you know, over time, they've been forced to increase the advertising load more and more and more. And the way they advertise is they - it's subtle but they know everything, you know, about everybody on the site.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tim Wu" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/facebook-when-it-began-like-google-was-very-resistant-to-advertising/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5b/tim-wu-7845_advertising_facebook-when-it-began-like-google-was-v_1230898.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5b/tim-wu-7845_advertising_facebook-when-it-began-like-google-was-v_1230898.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5b/tim-wu-7845_advertising_facebook-when-it-began-like-google-was-v_1230898.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Facebook, when it began, like Google, was very resistant to advertising. 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Paradoxically, it sometimes happens that the only way to preserve freedom is through judicious controls on the exercise of private power. If we believe in liberty, it must be freedom from both private and public coercion.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tim Wu" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/markets-are-born-free-yet-no-sooner-are-they-born-than-some-would-be-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/834/tim-wu-7845_believe_markets-are-born-free-yet-no-sooner-are_621479.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/834/tim-wu-7845_believe_markets-are-born-free-yet-no-sooner-are_621479.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/834/tim-wu-7845_believe_markets-are-born-free-yet-no-sooner-are_621479.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Markets are born free, yet no sooner are they born than some would-be emperor is forging chains…” — Tim Wu", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If we generally like the way things are now, we must also ask whether our current situation is really so different from the open ages of radio, film, or the telephone. 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