Universities ought to be aware of the degree they would want to accept funding from governments like China to work on, say, face recognition technology.

The bigger the network, the harder it is to leave. Many users find it too daunting to start afresh on a new site, so they quietly consent to Facebook's privacy bullying.

You know, anyone who wears glasses, in one sense or another, is a cyborg.

The goal of privacy is not to protect some stable self from erosion but to create boundaries where this self can emerge, mutate, and stabilize.

I worry that as the problem-solving power of our technologies increases, our ability to distinguish between important and trivial or even non-existent problems diminishes.

As smart technologies become more intrusive, they risk undermining our autonomy by suppressing behaviors that someone somewhere has deemed undesirable.

Information technology has been one of the leading drivers of globalization, and it may also become one of its major victims.

Smart technologies are not just disruptive; they can also preserve the status quo. Revolutionary in theory, they are often reactionary in practice.

As economic life relies more and more on the Internet, the potential for small bands of hackers to launch devastating attacks on the world economy is growing.

For much of its existence, design was all about convenience. We wanted to hide technology so that users are not distracted into thinking about the tools they use.

Information wants to eat brie.

My roots are firmly planted in the glory of nature. The soil beneath my feet heartens each step.

…She kissed me on my thin lips and all my words were pushed back into my mouth. “I don’t want to die, ” she whispered, “but I need to lose the shackles of this multitude of hearts.

Anonymity crowned him as if t'were the halo of romantic glory.

Without the gods, how would I sing?' I asked.With your own voice, ' he said.

We may get knocked down on the outside, but the key to living in victory is to learn how to get up on the inside.

Courage is not the absence of fear and pain, but the affirmation of life despite fear and pain.

If there is a problem you can't solve, then there is an easier problem you can't solve: find it.

We live in the flicker -- may it last as long as the old earth keeps rolling! But darkness was here yesterday.

The enemy of a tree is not only the enemy of humanity, but also the enemy of all the living beings!

I tried sticking a piece of candy up my nose...it ended up getting stuck and the nurse had to get it out.