The rock sitting on the shelf has potential because it can fall - it's the same way with the Internet. It has this potential. It's not really doing it yet, but it's about to.
Michael NesmithTypically what happens is, somebody drags an idea from the past that worked in an old set of logics that they try to apply to the new one. And it doesn't work.
Michael NesmithThe Internet provides the access to resources, so it's incumbent upon the people who control those resources to make sure that the economic engine stays intact.
Michael NesmithYou have to have access to ideas. The Internet is facilitating that access to ideas. In 25 years, the way that data's going to flow back and forth, we don't quite understand yet.
Michael Nesmith