Esther Dyson Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

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

“I think that the use of copyright is going to change dramatically. Part of it is economics. There is just going to be so much content out there - there's a scarcity of attention. Information consumes attention, and there's too much information.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

“I would much rather see responsibilities exercised by individuals than have them imposed by the government.”

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

“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.”

“From the business point of view - not to overstate it - intellectual property is dead; long live intellectual process. Long live service; long live performance.”