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

I talked about the barriers created by monopolies. I said that it was the role of government to break up these monopolies and that we couldn't do it alone.

When there is a huge force pressing down on freedoms, sub-cultures with more creativity and power are likely to form.

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.

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

The most important thing I learned in school was how to touch type.

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.