Quotes of Esther Dyson - somelinesforyou

“ The Internet is like alcohol in some sense. It accentuates what you would do anyway. If you want to be a loner, you can be more alone. If you want to connect, it makes it easier to connect. ”

- Esther Dyson

“ A worker's paradise is a consumer's hell. ”

- Esther Dyson

“ You have to be a grownup. You have to decide what government should do and not do. And what's its appropriate size and what's its appropriate scale. ”

- Esther Dyson

“ Since I became chairman, I've tried to turn EFF into civil liberties and responsibilities. ”

- Esther Dyson

“ Since I became chairman, I've tried to turn EFF into civil liberties and responsibilities. ”

- Esther Dyson

“ A worker's paradise is a consumer's hell. ”

- Esther Dyson

“ A worker's paradise is a consumer's hell. ”

- Esther Dyson

“ Microsoft's competition — most of it has been pretty inadequate. I don't see any reason to think that — with all due respect — a bunch of government lawyers are going to be any more clever than your average company, let alone Microsoft. ”

- Esther Dyson

“ There's almost no way of doing importing honestly, because if you do you're at such a disadvantage competitively. So people spend huge amounts of effort getting around stupid laws and not paying taxes. ”

- Esther Dyson

“ In the space of three weeks, I met a fair bunch of the guys who were just starting those little programmers' co-ops, and everybody was talking about starting businesses. ”

- Esther Dyson

“ I joined the board of the Santa Fe Institute. ”

- Esther Dyson

“ Since I became chairman, I've tried to turn EFF into civil liberties and responsibilities. ”

- Esther Dyson

“ Since I became chairman, I've tried to turn EFF into civil liberties and responsibilities. ”

- Esther Dyson

“ The Internet is like alcohol in some sense. It accentuates what you would do anyway. If you want to be a loner, you can be more alone. If you want to connect, it makes it easier to connect. ”

- Esther Dyson

“ And the Russians certainly don't have it. If a woman shows up in a fur coat, I just assume she's a crook. And that's me, the nice American. The assumption that you can't make money honestly is a killer. ”

- Esther Dyson

“ Since I became chairman, I've tried to turn EFF into civil liberties and responsibilities. ”

- Esther Dyson

“ Few influential people involved with the Internet claim that it is a good in and of itself. It is a powerful tool for solving social problems, just as it is a tool for making money, finding lost relatives, receiving medical advice, or, come to that, trading instructions for making bombs. ”

- Esther Dyson

“ You have to be a grownup. You have to decide what government should do and not do. And what's its appropriate size and what's its appropriate scale. ”

- Esther Dyson

“ Don't leave hold of your common sense. Think about what you're doing and how the technology can enhance it. Don't think about technology first. ”

- Esther Dyson

“ I became a real free market fanatic. I'm probably less so now than even two or three years ago. ”

- Esther Dyson

“ That was when I decided that I was going to keep doing this as half of what I was doing - just somehow try to foster Silicon Valley in Eastern Europe. ”

- Esther Dyson

“ You have to be a grownup. You have to decide what government should do and not do. And what's its appropriate size and what's its appropriate scale. ”

- Esther Dyson

“ The Internet is like alcohol in some sense. It accentuates what you would do anyway. If you want to be a loner, you can be more alone. If you want to connect, it makes it easier to connect. ”

- Esther Dyson

“ The Internet is like alcohol in some sense. It accentuates what you would do anyway. If you want to be a loner, you can be more alone. If you want to connect, it makes it easier to connect. ”

- Esther Dyson

“ The nature of business and government has been to build a surplus and self-perpetuate, but the Internet fosters and rewards smaller, more fluid organizations. ”

- Esther Dyson

“ Having seen a non-market economy, I suddenly understood much better what I liked about a market economy. ”

- Esther Dyson

“ That was when I decided that I was going to keep doing this as half of what I was doing - just somehow try to foster Silicon Valley in Eastern Europe. ”

- Esther Dyson

“ I've seen disgusting excess in business, and I've seen disgusting excess in Washington. But at the same time, I've certainly learned that Washington matters and that you can't ignore it, especially when you get into telecom. ”

- Esther Dyson

“ Change means that what was before wasn't perfect. People want things to be better. ”

- Esther Dyson

“ There's almost no way of doing importing honestly, because if you do you're at such a disadvantage competitively. So people spend huge amounts of effort getting around stupid laws and not paying taxes. ”

- Esther Dyson
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