Esther Dyson said this quote

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

Part of the problem is when we bring in a new technology we expect it to be perfect in a way that we don't expect the world that we're familiar with to be perfect.

~ Esther Dyson

It may not always be profitable at first for businesses to be online, but it is certainly going to be unprofitable not to be online.

~ Esther Dyson

What I'm thinking about more and more these days is simply the importance of transparency, and Jefferson's saying that he'd rather have a free press without a government than a government without a free press.

~ Esther Dyson