Only those blinded by greed would refuse to let a friend make a copy..

We need to take information, wherever it is stored, make our copies and share them with the world. We need to take stuff that's out of copyright and ….

The adults were completely wrong..

As the Internet breaks down the last justifications for a professional class of politicians, it also builds up the tools for replacing them..

With enough of us, around the world, we'll not just send a strong message opposing the privatization of knowledge - we'll make it a thing of the past..

No, you can’t force other people to change. You can, however, change just about everything else. And usually, that’s enough..

But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves. The world's entire scientific and cultural heritage, published over centuries….

What is "this drive"? It's the tendency to not simply accept things as they are but to want to think about them, to understand them. To not be conten….

Books are totally useless unless you take their advice. If you just keep reading them, thinking "that's so insightful! that changes everything," but ….

Most people's major life changes don't come from reading an article in the newspaper; they come from reading longer-form essays or thoughtful books, ….

Being around some of the bright lights of the technology world and having them expect great things helps you sit down and do it seriously..

Reality is painful -- it's so much easier to keep doing stuff you know you're good at or else to pick something so hard there's no point at which it'….

There is no justice in following unjust laws. It's time to come into the light and, in the grand tradition of civil disobedience, declare our opposit….

Information is power. But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves..

But all of this action goes on in the dark, hidden underground. It’s called stealing or piracy, as if sharing a wealth of knowledge were the moral eq….

Real education is about genuine understanding and the ability to figure things out on your own; not about making sure every 7th grader has memorized ….

Now everyone has a license to speak, it’s a question of who gets heard..

Creativity comes from applying things you learn in other fields to the field you work in..

I don’t want to be happy. I just want to change the world..

Think deeply about things. Don’t just go along because that’s the way things are or that’s what your friends say. Consider the effects, consider the ….

Life is short ... so why waste it doing something dumb?.