Crush Quote by Jared Cohen

Tiananmen Square is a sensitive topic because many things happened there. The idea of turning the plaza into a forest makes many people feel…

— Ma Yansong

I'm not against the virtual world; it's fascinating, but I don't like the way they try to impose it on us. It's a thing…

— Leos Carax

“What we are finding is that the way we use the virtual world of the Internet—for commerce and for information—is dictated to a large…

— David R. Bell

We proposed Tiananmen Square - this very empty political square in the city centre - should turn green. Maybe in the future, this space…

— Ma Yansong

The same thing will happen in China that happened in Chile. Political freedom will ultimately break out of its shackles. Tiananmen Square was only…

— Milton Friedman

The virtual world is not the enemy. The pioneers invented a world they believed in, but the followers must follow that world whether they…

— Leos Carax

“Edward Castronova has argued that virtual worlds are “the modern equivalent to supercolliders for social scientists. . . . Virtual worlds allow for societal…

— Nick Yee

The integrity of China was more important than [the people] in Tiananmen Square.

— Muammar al-Gaddafi

Why don't you ask the kids at Tiananmen square? Was Fashion the reason why they were there?

— System Of A Down

“Over the next generation or two, ever larger numbers of people, hundreds of millions, will become immersed in virtual worlds and online games. While…

— Jane McGonigal

China is building a model for how an authoritarian government can survive the Internet.

— Rebecca MacKinnon

The Internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow.

— Bill Gates