The definition of the problem, rather than its solution, will be the scarce resource in the future.
Esther DysonI believe in markets doing what they do well, which is to develop technology, and letting citizens do what they ideally do well, which is to set policy.
Esther DysonInternet becoming accessible everywhere, whether it was Wi-Fi at work, on your cell phone as you traveled. People had it at home with broadband. There was a big change.It used to be people used the Internet primarily at work, because that's where they had a good connection. Now they're using it at home. And the second big change is, they used it not just to get information, but to communicate with one another. And, so, it became not simply an information exchange, but a personal exchange, a communication mechanism.
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 DysonIt's not that you have jobs on the Internet, but the Internet makes it possible for more people to build their own jobs. What it does is, it erodes the power of institutions. It used to be you needed an institution to have a job. But, if you look at the three of us on this show, I don't think any of us is really employed by an institution. We run our own lives.
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