The Amish communities of Pennsylvania, despite the retro image of horse-drawn buggies and straw hats, have long been engaged in a productive debate about the consequences of technology.

Openness and participation are antidotes to surveillance and control.

Personal computers were created by some teenagers in garages because the, the wisdom of the computer industry was that people didn't want these little toys on their desk.

We've got a planet in which we don't want to have everybody having sex, and most people are lonely anyway.

Kerouac was this kid who exemplified something happening.

You know back when there were light shows, there was this thing for people to sync into together. And the more people got synced into it, the more sync started happening. I guess it's just the size of the venue, and traveling around and so forth that it doesn't happen anymore. I don't know why.

Democracy is not just voting for your leaders; it's really premised upon ordinary citizens understanding the issues.