We had made a - sort of a national decision that we wanted to be this intellectual property country, where we would have things manufactured in China, but we would do the design, we would do the creative stuff.And now what we have done is, we have forgotten that that's what we wanted, and we're making the intellectual stuff more and more free. And, so, we're sort of left with less and less.
Esther DysonThe Net is not a single home. Rather, it's an environment where thousands of small homes and communities can form and define and design themselves.
Esther DysonIf the past decade was the decade of searching and finding and looking for stuff, this coming decade is going to be the decade of filtering and going to your friends for recommendations.
Esther DysonI think we really made a mistake in separating the Internet from capitalism in a certain way that is bad for our country.
Esther DysonPeople still have a choice, but, if they find it all too confusing, or they just want someone else to make a choice for them, there's a default that works pretty well. That's this concept of libertarian paternalism. And it's handy.
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