If you really want to know about the future, don't ask a technologist, a scientist, a physicist. No! Don't ask somebody who's writing code. No, if you want to know what society's going to be like in 20 years, ask a kindergarten teacher.

When I'm online, I'm alone in a room, tapping on a keyboard, staring at a cathode-ray tube.

Computers force us into creating with our minds and prevent us from making things with our hands. They dull the skills we use in everyday life.

Electronic communication is an instantaneous and illusory contact that creates a sense of intimacy without the emotional investment that leads to close friendships.

Computers in classrooms are the filmstrips of the 1990s.

Data isn't information. ... Information, unlike data, is useful. While there's a gulf between data and information, there's a wide ocean between information and knowledge. What turns the gears in our brains isn't information, but ideas, inventions, and inspiration. Knowledge-not information-implies understanding. And beyond knowledge lies what we should be seeking: wisdom.

Minds think with ideas, not information No amount of data, bandwidth, or processing power can substitute for inspired thought.