If ebooks mean that readers' freedom must either increase or decrease, we must demand the increase.

Idiots can be defeated but they never admit it.

Geeks like to think that they can ignore politics, you can leave politics alone, but politics won't leave you alone.

Sharing is good, and with digital technology, sharing is easy.

I'm the last survivor of a dead culture. And I don't really belong in the world anymore. And in some ways I feel I ought to be dead.

I've read that male dolphins try to have sex with humans, and female apes solicit sex from humans. What is wrong with giving them what they want, if that's what turns you on, or even just to gratify them?

Talking about freedom, about ethical issues, about responsibilities as well as convenience, is asking people to think about things they might prefer to ignore, such as whether their conduct is ethical. This can trigger discomfort, and some people may simply close their minds to it. It does not follow that we ought to stop talking about these things.