As long as a government can come and shoot you, you can't jump on the Internet to freedom.
Esther DysonWhat's really going on here is, this is a media shift. It's comparable to what happened in the 1950s and the birth of electronic mass media back then.This is the birth of a new kind of personal media, where, instead of we're all watching one program, we're all watching each other. And the history of media makes it really clear. Whenever we have a big innovation, the first wave of stuff we do is pretty crummy. The printing press gave us pornography, cheap thrillers, and how-to books. Television gave us Newt Minow's vast wasteland.
Esther DysonAs an investor in small companies, I don't care how rich Microsoft is. I care about what my opportunities are.
Esther DysonListening to other companies' customers is the best way to gain market share, while listening to the visionaries is the best way to create new markets.
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