The point I'm trying to make is if these networks of communication technologies are owned, monetized, surveilled, and classified by those with power …

- Ramesh Srinivasan

This is what engineers in Silicon Valley typically do. "Ok, well, of course there are some problems of our technology because it is so excellent and …

- Ramesh Srinivasan

I'm really interested not just in privacy for the individual but respect for the local communities. And I think we have a problem with both and whene…

- Ramesh Srinivasan

If you create networks that allow people in their own local systems to have power and agency and sovereignty in their own systems. The idea that peop…

- Ramesh Srinivasan

Fake news is a product of the internet that is not transparent. Fake news can spread online because as users we have no idea where any of the content…

- Ramesh Srinivasan

When I was in graduate school at MIT I was trying to think about how to develop software and systems for farmers and villagers in India. In the proce…

- Ramesh Srinivasan

Technology is nothing but an expression of human values. It's not neutral, it's not about efficiency, it's about people's values and their knowledge.

- Ramesh Srinivasan

I think the governments need to encourage internet companies and convince them that they can be extremely profitable without necessarily spiraling ou…

- Ramesh Srinivasan

The Silicon Valley companies are not understating that they are so politically and socially and culturally central in the world. They would probably …

- Ramesh Srinivasan