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.

A box of crayons and a big sheet of paper provides a more expressive medium for kids than computerized paint programs.

Electronic communication is an instantaneous and illusory contact that creates a sense of intimacy without the emotional investment that leads to close friendships.

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

The Internet is a telephone system that's gotten uppity.

The first time you do something, it's science. The second time, it's engineering. The third time, it's just being a technician. I'm a scientist. Once I do something, I want to do something else.