I'm kind of concerned the combined effect, not only Google, all these companies is kind of to make us more boring and that seems the opposite of what the Internet was supposed to be.
Tim WuHitler understood the demagogues' essential principle to teach or persuade is far more difficult than to stir emotion.
Tim WuThere's always going to be a tradeoff between trolling and anonymity, and I guess that's the way life will be. And you can manage it, but you can't cure it.
Tim Wu