Century Quote by Douglas Adams

There are two things in particular that it [the computer industry] failed to foresee: one was the coming of the Internet(...); the other was…

— Douglas Adams

The big corporations are suddenly taking notice of the web, and their reactions have been slow. Even the computer industry failed to see the…

— Douglas Adams

In fact, technology has been the story of human progress from as long back as we know. In 100 years people will look back…

— Reed Hastings

I think there certainly was a milestone in the '90s with regards to the Internet achieving critical mass. There were several magical factors that…

— Bill Gates

The history of the Internet is, in part, a series of opportunities missed...

— James Surowiecki

I believe, 50 years from now, when you write history, one technology that would have changed human civilization is going to be the mobile Internet.

— Mukesh Ambani

I think most of the important stuff on the Internet has been built. There will be continued innovation, for sure, but the great problems…

— Elon Musk

When I hear people express extreme optimism about the Internet, I say, we've had it in mature form for about ten years. Macroeconomically speaking,…

— Tyler Cowen

Look at electricity in human history - it took a few decades for electricity to really revolutionize the American economy. And the Internet will…

— Tyler Cowen

With the development of the Internet...we are in the middle of the most transforming technological event since the capture of fire. I used to…

— John Perry Barlow

If there was no Internet, my career would have ended in 1995.

— Kevin Smith

The government invented the Internet.

— Jon Meacham