Construction Quote by Tom Standage

A hundred years ago, the electric telegraph made possible-indeed, inevitable-the United States of America. The communications satellite will make equally inevitable a United Nations…

— Arthur C. Clarke

Yet, in spite of this world-wide system of linkages, there is, at this very moment, a general feeling that communication is breaking down everywhere,…

— David Bohm

Through historical accident, we've ended up with a global network that pretty much allows anybody to communicate with anyone else at any time.

— Jonathan Zittrain

Anyone familiar with the marvels of the Worldwide Web can hardly fail to see that we have entered a new era in communications on…

— Randal Marlin

Communications are making this one world. Back in the day, 400-500 years ago, nobody knew what anyone else was doing. It's on the 6…

— Quincy Jones

Without sounding too cliche, the Internet really is the birth of global mind.

— Terence McKenna

But today, just a few years into the twenty-first century, we already find ourselves in a different and precarious position. As revolutions in communications…

— Barack Obama

The big change, the really radical change in communication, was in the late 19th century. The shift from sailing ships to telegraph is astronomical.…

— Noam Chomsky

The Internet was supposed to be the greatest tool of global communications and means of sharing knowledge in human history. And it is. But…

— Trevor Paglen

“Today we have something that works in the same way, but for everyday people: the Internet, which encourages public thinking and resolves multiples on…

— The Penguin Press

Are we on the tail-end of a generation that is enamored with the novelty of these devices and will younger people coming of age…

— Astra Taylor

In a single generation, the Internet has given to virtually every person on the face of the earth the ability to communicate with fellow…

— Bob Barr