For years, we've been bludgeoned with the cliche "information is power." But information isn't power. After all, who's got the most information in your neighborhood? Librarians. And they're famous for having no power at all. And who has the most power in your community? Politicians. And they're notorious for being ill-informed.

Rather than bringing me closer to others, the time that I spend online isolates me from the most important people in my life, my family, my friends, my neighbourhood, my community.

It's easier to apologize afterwards than getting something allowed in the first place.

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

While I admire the insights of many of the people in the world of computing, I get this cold feeling that I speak a different language.

No computer network with pretty graphics can ever replace the salespeople that make our society work.

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.