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

Why is it that drug addicts and computer aficionados are both called users?

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.

Anyone can post messages to the net. Practically everyone does. The resulting cacophony drowns out serious discussion.

The information highway is being sold to us as delivering information, but what it's really delivering is data... Unlike data, information has utility, timeliness, accuracy, a pedigree... Editors serve as barometers of quality, and most of an editor's time is spent saying no.

Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months.

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