Internet penetration in Italy is quite low and the Berlusconi media machine controls most of what people see.

If we destroy human rights and rule of law in response to terrorism, they have won.

Most creative work is a process of people passing ideas and inspirations from the past into the future and adding their own creativity along the way.

There's a new power of pull. Pulling resources from the network JUST when you need them.

The US constitution's First Amendment rights only cover Americans, but I believe that in a democracy the competition of ideas and free speech should combat beliefs that it does not agree with - more speech and debate, not censorship.

If the cost of figuring out whether to do something is more than just doing it, then just do it!

Consent of the Networked will become the seminal book firmly establishing the responsibility of those who control the architecture and the politics of the network to the citizens who inhabit our new digital world. Consent of the Networked should be required reading for all of those involved in building our networked future as well as those who live in it.