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.
Clifford StollSpending an evening on the World Wide Web is much like sitting down to a dinner of Cheetos, two hours later your fingers are yellow and you're no longer hungry, but you haven't been nourished.
Clifford StollMinds think with ideas, not information No amount of data, bandwidth, or processing power can substitute for inspired thought.
Clifford StollNo computer network with pretty graphics can ever replace the salespeople that make our society work.
Clifford Stoll