We'll soon buy books and newspapers straight over the Internet. Uh, sure.

A box of crayons and a big sheet of paper provides a more expressive medium for kids than computerized paint programs.

As the networks evolve, so do my opinions toward them, and my divergent feelings bring out conflicting points of view. In advance, I apologize to those who expect a consistent position from me.

The Internet is a perfect diversion from learning... it opens many doors that lead to empty rooms.

Data isn't information, any more than fifty tons of cement is a skyscraper.

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.

If we built houses the way we build software, the first woodpecker to come along would destroy civilization.