--- title: "87 Tim Wu Quotes" description: "Tim Wu quotes on personal interest, regulation, and media influence." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b046/author-tim-wu-7845.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b046/author-tim-wu-7845.jpg) # Tim Wu **87** quotes in **487** categories Tim Wu observes that paying for something shows personal interest, and he warns that over‑regulation can choke innovation. He points out how media presence, especially Trump’s, dominates daily life, yet he notes that a free web could have stayed nonprofit instead of turning to advertising. He also mentions people who enjoy provoking. Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Timothy Shiou-Ming Wu is a Taiwanese-American legal scholar who served as Special Assistant to the President for Technology and Competition Policy at the United States from 2021 to 2023. ## Quick Facts About Tim Wu Notable works The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires ## About Tim Wu Timothy Shiou-Ming Wu is a Taiwanese-American legal scholar who served as Special Assistant to the President for Technology and Competition Policy at the United States from 2021 to 2023. He is also a professor of law at Columbia University and a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times. He is known legally and academically for significant contributions to antitrust and communications policy, coining the phrase "network neutrality" in his 2003 law journal article, Network Neutrality, Broadband Discrimination. In the late 2010s, Wu was a leading advocate for an antitrust lawsuit directed at the breakup of Facebook. ## Quotes by Tim Wu > [I think, by this point, almost everything on YouTube has some ad or another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/i-think-by-this-point-almost-everything-on-youtube-has-some-ad-or/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Ads](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ads/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b2/tim-wu-7845_ads_i-think-by-this-point-almost-everything_1643072.png) > [Trolling is an ancient problem. It's been around as long as there has been media.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/trolling-is-an-ancient-problem-it-s-been-around-as-long-as-there-has/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Ancient](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ancient/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fd/tim-wu-7845_ancient_trolling-is-an-ancient-problem-it-s-been_1317891.png) > [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/) [Heart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/heart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fe/tim-wu-7845_heart_when-you-pay-for-stuff-it-has-more-of-yo_106762.png) > [Take back the web because it is a situation that really isn't working for anyone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/take-back-the-web-because-it-is-a-situation-that-really-isn-t-working/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Internet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/internet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df4/tim-wu-7845_internet_take-back-the-web-because-it-is-a-situat_2680644.png) > [BE THE MEDIA is uplifting and empowering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/be-the-media-is-uplifting-and-empowering/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Empowering](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/empowering/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d23/tim-wu-7845_empowering_be-the-media-is-uplifting-and-empowering_2575878.png) > [The most interesting thing about Google is its founders hated advertising.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/the-most-interesting-thing-about-google-is-its-founders-hated/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Advertising](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advertising/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0e/tim-wu-7845_advertising_the-most-interesting-thing-about-google_2466588.png) > [Nothing, save the hangman's noose, concentrates the mind like piles of cash.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/nothing-save-the-hangman-s-noose-concentrates-the-mind-like-piles-of/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Cash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cash/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d9/tim-wu-7845_cash_nothing-save-the-hangman-s-noose-concent_618520.png) > [I think you spend 50 percent of your mental energy trying to defeat ad systems.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/i-think-you-spend-50-percent-of-your-mental-energy-trying-to-defeat/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Ads](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ads/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e1/tim-wu-7845_ads_i-think-you-spend-50-percent-of-your-men_785275.png) > [We have just decided we have to have everything for free. And I think we're starting to pay for it in terms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/we-have-just-decided-we-have-to-have-everything-for-free-and-i-think/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Decided](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/decided/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98c/tim-wu-7845_decided_we-have-just-decided-we-have-to-have-eve_3113041.png) > [“It is in the contest that Fred Friendly, onetime CBS News president, made it clear that before any questions of "who controls…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/it-is-in-the-contest-that-fred-friendly-onetime-cbs-news-president/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Cbs News](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cbs-news-1228883/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d0/tim-wu-7845_cbs-news_it-is-in-the-contest-that-fred-friendly_2580649.png) > [I'm afraid when too many people know too much about you, it actually makes us all a lot more boring because you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/i-m-afraid-when-too-many-people-know-too-much-about-you-it-actually/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Afraid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/afraid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/081/tim-wu-7845_afraid_i-m-afraid-when-too-many-people-know-too_602536.png) > [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/) [Faces](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/faces/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8d/tim-wu-7845_faces_one-thing-that-all-the-totalitarian-stat_468277.png) > [Every time you click on a like button on another site, you've told Facebook that you're doing that. And so therefore advertisers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/every-time-you-click-on-a-like-button-on-another-site-you-ve-told/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Advertisers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advertisers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a1/tim-wu-7845_advertisers_every-time-you-click-on-a-like-button-on_2332700.jpg) > [The blessing of the state, implicit or explicit, has been crucial to every twentieth-century information empire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/the-blessing-of-the-state-implicit-or-explicit-has-been-crucial-to/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Blessing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blessing/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91e/tim-wu-7845_blessing_the-blessing-of-the-state-implicit-or-ex_3049580.png) > [Starting with radio, starting with television, we got used to this idea of stuff being free as long as you just watch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/starting-with-radio-starting-with-television-we-got-used-to-this-idea/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Ads](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ads/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fab/tim-wu-7845_ads_starting-with-radio-starting-with-televi_880607.png) > [“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/) [Born free](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/born-free/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/591/tim-wu-7845_born-free_markets-are-born-free-yet-no-sooner-are_323106.png) > [Right now it is illegal for a service provider to censor or block a site because they don't like it or to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/right-now-it-is-illegal-for-a-service-provider-to-censor-or-block-a/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Better place](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/better-place/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70c/tim-wu-7845_better-place_right-now-it-is-illegal-for-a-service-pr_2238846.png) > [“The owner of an iPod or iPad is in a fundamentally different position: his machine may have far more computational power than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/the-owner-of-an-ipod-or-ipad-is-in-a-fundamentally-different-position/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Ipod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ipod/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc3/tim-wu-7845_ipod_the-owner-of-an-ipod-or-ipad-is-in-a-fun_3212852.png) > [One thing I'll say about Hitler that many people don't realize - and I don't mean to besmirch the industry - but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/one-thing-i-ll-say-about-hitler-that-many-people-don-t-realize-and-i/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Advertisements](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advertisements/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8eb/tim-wu-7845_advertisements_one-thing-i-ll-say-about-hitler-that-man_1949819.jpg) > [I do think the best thing for companies like Google and Facebook, if they are afraid of this ethical trap of advertising,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/i-do-think-the-best-thing-for-companies-like-google-and-facebook-if/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Advertising](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advertising/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e6/tim-wu-7845_advertising_i-do-think-the-best-thing-for-companies_2415261.jpg) > [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/) [Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/834/tim-wu-7845_believe_markets-are-born-free-yet-no-sooner-are_621479.jpg) > [I think that's been really the key, the idea of trying to harness social capital for selling purposes. That we've let this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/i-think-that-s-been-really-the-key-the-idea-of-trying-to-harness/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Happens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/happens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/772/tim-wu-7845_happens_i-think-that-s-been-really-the-key-the-i_2765791.jpg) > [History shows a typical progression of information technologies: from somebody's hobby to somebody's industry; from jury-rigged contraption to slick production marvel; from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/history-shows-a-typical-progression-of-information-technologies-from/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Cartels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cartels/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/791/tim-wu-7845_cartels_history-shows-a-typical-progression-of-i_2789938.jpg) > [You know, it's so funny that the internet's become a series of traps where you do sort of innocent things like give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/you-know-it-s-so-funny-that-the-internet-s-become-a-series-of-traps/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Addresses](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/addresses/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5f/tim-wu-7845_addresses_you-know-it-s-so-funny-that-the-internet_1723921.png) > [I think, year in, year out, Google is starting to get worse instead of better. I think this is happening to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/i-think-year-in-year-out-google-is-starting-to-get-worse-instead-of/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Ads](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ads/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b7/tim-wu-7845_ads_i-think-year-in-year-out-google-is-start_1969076.png) > [Google - and some of the other sites, YouTube and, you know - Google has an amazing search engine. The map product…](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/) [Access](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/access/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/348/tim-wu-7845_access_google-and-some-of-the-other-sites-youtu_462944.png) > [Let's say you're someone's phone, and you notice that your owner is drinking coffee at certain times of the day, just very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/let-s-say-you-re-someone-s-phone-and-you-notice-that-your-owner-is/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Bits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bba/tim-wu-7845_bits_let-s-say-you-re-someone-s-phone-and-you_2597288.png) > [I wish more of the web had stayed nonprofit. But the advertising model took over and I think has delivered us to…](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/) [Abyss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abyss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff1/tim-wu-7845_abyss_i-wish-more-of-the-web-had-stayed-nonpro_407258.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/) [Company](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/company/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c9/tim-wu-7845_company_i-am-the-most-concerned-that-we-end-up-i_757433.png) > [Google has you at a very specific mental state that is, looking for something. And what they've always been able to say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/google-has-you-at-a-very-specific-mental-state-that-is-looking-for/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Able](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/able/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2dc/tim-wu-7845_able_google-has-you-at-a-very-specific-mental_2687345.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/) [Advertising](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advertising/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5b/tim-wu-7845_advertising_facebook-when-it-began-like-google-was-v_1230898.jpg) > [If you have a weakness for furry slippers or something, you might end up with that kind of advertising. It's a very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/if-you-have-a-weakness-for-furry-slippers-or-something-you-might-end/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Ads](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ads/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/034/tim-wu-7845_ads_if-you-have-a-weakness-for-furry-slipper_1875661.png) > [“Defenders of the prosecution seem to think that anyone charged with a felony must somehow deserve punishment. That idea can only be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/defenders-of-the-prosecution-seem-to-think-that-anyone-charged-with-a/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Crime](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crime/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e30/tim-wu-7845_crime_defenders-of-the-prosecution-seem-to-thi_641582.png) > [“In 1956, two psychologists, Donald Horton and Richard Wohl, would conclude that television’s representation of celebrities was carefully constructed to create an…](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/) [Circle of friends](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/circle-of-friends/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/987/tim-wu-7845_circle-of-friends_in-1956-two-psychologists-donald-horton_315175.jpg) > [“In retrospect, the word “remote control” was ultimately a misnomer. What it finally did was to empower the more impulsive circuits of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/in-retrospect-the-word-remote-control-was-ultimately-a-misnomer-what/) [tim wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Mental state](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mental-state/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cc/tim-wu-7845_mental-state_in-retrospect-the-word-remote-control-wa_747487.jpg) > [We're going to put Hulu ahead of you, unless you pay up](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/we-re-going-to-put-hulu-ahead-of-you-unless-you-pay-up/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Ahead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ahead/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70d/tim-wu-7845_ahead_we-re-going-to-put-hulu-ahead-of-you-unl_1071787.png) > [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/) [Antidote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/antidote/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/525/tim-wu-7845_antidote_the-best-antidote-to-the-disruptive-powe_293247.png) > [If you really care about content, you should pay for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/if-you-really-care-about-content-you-should-pay-for-it/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Care](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/care/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe4/tim-wu-7845_care_if-you-really-care-about-content-you-sho_1843453.png) > [Hitler had this understanding that you speak to people's deepest, darkest emotions and give them voice that can be incredibly effective.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/hitler-had-this-understanding-that-you-speak-to-people-s-deepest/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Emotion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/emotion/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/994/tim-wu-7845_emotion_hitler-had-this-understanding-that-you-s_758313.png) > [Advertising always corrupts the goal of the search engine, which is to try to give you the most important stuff, not the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/advertising-always-corrupts-the-goal-of-the-search-engine-which-is-to/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Advertising](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advertising/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/672/tim-wu-7845_advertising_advertising-always-corrupts-the-goal-of_2754002.png) ## Tim Wu by topic [Knows (22)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knows/tim-wu/) [Internet (20)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/internet/tim-wu/) [Thinking (17)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/tim-wu/) [People (16)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/tim-wu/) [Advertising (15)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advertising/tim-wu/) [Google (14)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/google/tim-wu/) [Way (13)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/way/tim-wu/) [Ads (13)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ads/tim-wu/) [Kind (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kind/tim-wu/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/#itemlist", "name": "Tim Wu Quotes", "numberOfItems": 40, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think, by this point, almost everything on YouTube has some ad or another.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tim Wu" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/i-think-by-this-point-almost-everything-on-youtube-has-some-ad-or/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b2/tim-wu-7845_ads_i-think-by-this-point-almost-everything_1643072.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b2/tim-wu-7845_ads_i-think-by-this-point-almost-everything_1643072.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b2/tim-wu-7845_ads_i-think-by-this-point-almost-everything_1643072.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think, by this point, almost everything on YouTube has some ad or another.” — Tim Wu", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Trolling is an ancient problem. 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