Funding a civilization through advertising is like trying to get nutrition by connecting a tube from one’s anus to one’s mouth.

A digital sound sample in angry rap doesn't correspond to the graffiti but the wall.

Criticism is always easier than constructive solutions.

The wisdom of crowds works when the crowd is choosing the price of an ox, when there's a single numeric average. But if it's a design or something that matters, the decision is made by committee, and that's crap. You want people and groups who are able to think thoughts before they share

An intelligent person feels guilty for downloading music without paying the musician, but they use this free-open-culture ideology to cover it.

If you love a medium made of software, there's a danger that you will become entrapped in someone else's recent careless thoughts. Struggle against that.

We have repeatedly demonstrated our species's bottomless ability to lower our standards to make information technology look good.