I think e-mail petitions are an illusion. It gives people the illusion that they're participating in some meaningful political action.

Active people to revitalize what is really the root of democracy: citizens communicating with each other. Democracy is not just about voting, it's about citizens talking with each other about the issues which concern them. We've lost a great deal of that in the age of the mass media.

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.

Essentially pursuit of happiness is saying, everything's allowed until we come down on it.

There is sort of a continuing problem of putting a moral template on the future that is based on the morality of today.

See technology used to be our friends. But now, nobody is quite so sure.

Let's cut loose what you were given and find what you can seek.