The Internet has made it much more effective and cheaper to spread propaganda.

The bigger the network, the harder it is to leave. Many users find it too daunting to start afresh on a new site, so they quietly consent to Facebook's privacy bullying.

You know, anyone who wears glasses, in one sense or another, is a cyborg.

The goal of privacy is not to protect some stable self from erosion but to create boundaries where this self can emerge, mutate, and stabilize.

I worry that as the problem-solving power of our technologies increases, our ability to distinguish between important and trivial or even non-existent problems diminishes.

As smart technologies become more intrusive, they risk undermining our autonomy by suppressing behaviors that someone somewhere has deemed undesirable.

Information technology has been one of the leading drivers of globalization, and it may also become one of its major victims.

Smart technologies are not just disruptive; they can also preserve the status quo. Revolutionary in theory, they are often reactionary in practice.

As economic life relies more and more on the Internet, the potential for small bands of hackers to launch devastating attacks on the world economy is growing.

For much of its existence, design was all about convenience. We wanted to hide technology so that users are not distracted into thinking about the tools they use.

Information wants to eat brie.

My change of heart isn't about flaking out

Give me health and a day, and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous.

Never underestimate the capacity for romance, no matter what the circumstances.

The longer you remain in Rome, ' said [Cardinal] S.C., ‘the smaller you will find it.

Making money is a hobby that will complement any other hobbies you have, beautifully.

Go on, my friend, and fear nothing; you carry Caesar and his fortune in your boat.

Tony Blair is a very able politician; he's perhaps one of the best of his generation. He made a major contribution in many areas, but in Iraq I believe he got it wrong. He got it wrong.

My career has always been one of the most important things, but after having a baby you find that it drops down on the totem pole.

Estate agents: like them or loathe them, you'd be mad not to loathe them.