Worrying about a large institution, especially when it has computers, is like worrying about a large gorilla, especially when it's on fire.

The future is a process, not a destination. Richard Stallman is a guy my age. I sympathize with Richard rather more than I sympathize with Richard's open-source ideas, but the guy's a mortal human being and so is his social movement. Open-source is a means of production.

My dream appliance circa 2050 has one big dial on it, and when I twist it to the right, my IQ goes up to 450.

I wouldn't describe that "position" as "parasitic." I'd describe that experience as "edifying." I don't merely write from a critical intellectual distance. I actually live around here.

I like to get paid for doing basic research, so it's pleasant to write some nonfiction about it.

Don't become a well rounded person. Well rounded people are smooth and ull. Become a thoroughly spiky person.

The internet brought many laudable things, but prosperity, stability, accountability and honest politics were not four of them.