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.

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

It's a great medium for trivia and hobbies, but not the place for reasoned, reflective judgment. Suprisingly often, discussions degenerate into acrimony, insults and flames.

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

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.

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

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.