iPod liberalism [is] where we assume that every single Iranian or Chinese who happens to have and love his iPod will also love liberal democracy.

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.

You deepen the injury. It is sufficient already.

Limerick gained a reputation for piety, but we knew it was only the rain.

Traditions are lovely thingsto create traditions, that is, not to live off them.

I think that criticism is unjustified. It's a cute term, but noone shouldn't be criticized for who he is.

Lowell is my home. It is where I drew my first breath. It is where I will always derive a sense of place and a sense of belonging

Most of the great results of history are brought about by discreditable means.

A grenade launcher will easily take out a tank; a Molotov cocktail placed in its air intake will destroy one as well.

I really love him [Jack Gleeson as Joffrey in Game of Thrones] - I love watching that character. It's quite phenomenal how people love to hate that character.

Go get yourself crucified and then rise on the third day.

The reservist is twice the citizen.