The Internet is like alcohol in some sense. It accentuates what you would do anyway. If you want to be a loner, you can be more alone. If you want to connect, it makes it easier to connect. – Esther Dyson
Dont leave hold of your common sense. Think about what youre doing and how the technology can enhance it. Dont think about technology first. – Esther Dyson
Change means that what was before wasnt perfect. People want things to be better. – Esther Dyson
Part of the problem is when we bring in a new technology we expect it to be perfect in a way that we dont expect the world that were familiar with to be perfect. – Esther Dyson
Using Twitter like a dandelion uses the wind… Spreading messages, not exactly knowing where they might go, some taking roots and blossoming, some making a adventurous journey through the air but not falling on fertile ground. So what? A process of beauty and joy. – Detlef Cordes, detlefcordes.org
Every man should have a library. The works of the grandest masters of literature may now be procured at prices that place them within the reach almost of the very poorest, and we may all put Parnassian singing birds into our chambers to cheer us with the sweetness of their songs. – William E.A. Axon, October 1867