Michael Nesmith Quotes

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• You have to have access to ideas. The Internet is facilitating that access to ideas. In 25 years, the way that data's going to flow…
• Typically what happens is, somebody drags an idea from the past that worked in an old set of logics that they try to apply to…
• There is a certain logic to events that pushes you along a certain path. You go along the path that feels the most true, and…
• There are more honest people and more good people than there are thieves and bad people. It's just always been that way.
• People recognize intellectual property the same way they recognize real estate. People understand what property is. But it's a new kind of property, and so…
• The only people who steal are thieves, and that's a very small percentage of civilization. Most people want to have some way to make the…
• Some ways of using our thinking are really inspiring. There are people who use their thinking to race cars. People use their thinking to build…
• Buzzwords and cliches - those are stock in trade. There's nothing wrong with them.
• It's clear that people are going to download media files, and they're going to talk to each other, and they're going to exchange information and…
• It's what the Iraqi people are going through right now. They have encountered a victorious, hostile force-but, you know, there they still are. There their…
• Linear thinking typifies a highly developed industry. It starts to get these patterns built into it somehow. I'm not sure how that happens, but certainly…
• There's a certain logic to systems, and that logic is fairly self-evident. It's very straightforward, usually. It might take a little research, it might take…

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