We've seen how grassroots journalism by blogs has had an impact at various points politically, as ordinary people have amplified stories that were being ignored by the traditional press.

We are still in the very beggining of the Internet. Let's use it wisely.

My original concept was to provide a free encyclopedia for every single person in the world.

The Supreme Court has held that code is speech. And it doesn't matter that it's done on a computer or done face to face or done in a newspaper, reporting the facts of the world is protected speech.

A huge amount of what goes on in the Middle East has to do with people being fed really bad information.

While I'm optimistic about the direction the world is headed, generally, I think there is a need for constant vigilance and pressure on repressive governments.

I think it's a mistake to treat different realms of knowledge as if they are some how fundamentally the same.