We invent our technologies and then we turn around and use our technologies to reinvent ourselves as individuals, communities and cultures.

I'm actually an optimist about what lies ahead. Are wikis reliable? It depends on the specific business. Is Wikipedia reliable? You bet. Wikipedia is a researcher's dream.

Never mistake a clear view for a short distance.

Every new thing upsets people. We all know someone that has a teenage kid who sits in the room and the television is on, their iPod is on, they have the computer on and at least three other electronic devices going while they're doing their homework. It drives the dad nuts, but he can't complain because the kid's a 4.1 (GPA) student.

Any thinking person is qualified to be a forecaster, and in fact, everybody does it every day.

The thing I see happening is that there's a real compression between generations. There used to be about 20 years difference (in technology use). Now you talk to 15-year-old kids and their 9-year-old brother or sister is using stuff that they don't understand.

We tend to use a new technology to do an old task more efficiently. We pave the cow paths.