You have to think back to the '90s. The computer was this terrible-looking thing that was trying to compete with the television. And it was this idea of email and chat rooms and this kind of stuff that first people - got people there.
In the media, traditional media like print, we had boundaries. You know, we had spaces that ads didn't leave. They stayed where they were on the page… - Tim Wu
In the media, traditional media like print, we had boundaries. You know, we had spaces that ads didn't leave. They stayed where they were on the page…
- Tim Wu
The most interesting thing about Google is its founders hated advertising. - Tim Wu
The most interesting thing about Google is its founders hated advertising.
History shows a typical progression of information technologies: from somebody's hobby to somebody's industry; from jury-rigged contraption to slick … - Tim Wu
History shows a typical progression of information technologies: from somebody's hobby to somebody's industry; from jury-rigged contraption to slick …
I am the most concerned that we end up in a situation where your - everything is known about you and so therefore, not only Google, but Google, Faceb… - Tim Wu
I am the most concerned that we end up in a situation where your - everything is known about you and so therefore, not only Google, but Google, Faceb…
I wish more of the web had stayed nonprofit. But the advertising model took over and I think has delivered us to where we are, along with the develop… - Tim Wu
I wish more of the web had stayed nonprofit. But the advertising model took over and I think has delivered us to where we are, along with the develop…
The best antidote to the disruptive power of innovation is overregulation. - Tim Wu
The best antidote to the disruptive power of innovation is overregulation.
Let's say you're someone's phone, and you notice that your owner is drinking coffee at certain times of the day, just very subtly indicating where th… - Tim Wu
Let's say you're someone's phone, and you notice that your owner is drinking coffee at certain times of the day, just very subtly indicating where th…
We have just decided we have to have everything for free. And I think we're starting to pay for it in terms of our mental states. - Tim Wu
We have just decided we have to have everything for free. And I think we're starting to pay for it in terms of our mental states.
Markets are born free, yet no sooner are they born than some would-be emperor is forging chains. Paradoxically, it sometimes happens that the only wa… - Tim Wu
Markets are born free, yet no sooner are they born than some would-be emperor is forging chains. Paradoxically, it sometimes happens that the only wa…
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