Microsoft, Yahoo and others are helping to institutionalize and legitimize the integration of censorship into the global IT business model.

In modern politics, even the leader of the free world needs help from the sultan of Facebookistan.

The Internet is an empowering force for people who are protesting against the abuse of power.

The only legitimate purpose of government is to serve citizens, and ... the only legitimate purpose of technology is to improve our lives, not to manipulate or enslave us.

Governance is a way of organizing, amplifying, and constraining power.

Increasingly, people have very little tolerance for anything that smacks of propaganda.

I study how governments seek to stifle and control online dissent.

Shibuya is a trendy part of Tokyo where young people come to meet and have a good time.

The Patriot Act, passed overwhelmingly but hastily after 9/11, allows the FBI to obtain telecommunication, financial, and credit records without a court order.

We have to start thinking of ourselves as citizens of the Internet, not just passive users. I don’t see how we can bring about change in our digital lives if we don’t take responsibility.

We’re at a point in history that whether the Internet is going to evolve in a way that’s compatible with democracy and human rights is really kind of up in the air.

War has no longer the justification that it makes for the survival of the fittest

Only great minds can afford a simple style.

I was acting when I was playing baseball.

I guess I am not naturally energetic. I like to sit around and talk.

I can't talk religion to a man with bodily hunger in his eyes.

Act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole world.

The very concept of universal formal education is a product (and a relatively late product) of the capitalist world-economy.

It's always been a dream of mine to be in a Woody Allen comedy.

You needn't consult me about redecorating. I know no female can live two days in a house and leave anything as it was. I shall be much astonished if I can find my way about when I return.

Here lies one of the world's rare generalized TINAs. There Is No Alternative to creativity and innovation: these days, obscurantism and conservatism will do for you every time.