Here are my strong reservations about the wave of computer networks. They isolate us from one another and cheapen the meaning of actual experience. They work against literacy and creativity. They undercut our schools and libraries.

I spend almost as much time figuring out what's wrong with my computer as I do actually using it.

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.

Computers in classrooms are the filmstrips of the 1990s.

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.

If you don't have an e-mail address, you're in the Netherworld. If you don't have your own World Wide Web page, you're a nobody.