Even with the sacred printing press, we got erotic novels 150 years before we got scientific journals.

It is possible to think that the Internet will be a net positive for society while admitting that there are significant downsides - after all, it's not a revolution if nobody loses.

The threat [of the U.S. bills SOPA and PIPA] is the inversion of the burden of proof, where we suddenly are all treated like thieves at every moment we're given the freedom to create, to produce or to share.

A revolution doesn’t happen when society adopts new tools. It happens when society adopts new behaviors

Communications tools don't get socially interesting until they get technologically boring.

Unlike sharing, where the group is mainly an aggregate of participants, cooperating creates group identity.

Society is not just the product of its individual members; it is also the product of its constituent groups.