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Electronic communication is an instantaneous and illusory contact that creates a sense of intimacy without the emotional investment that leads to close friendships.
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We'll soon buy books and newspapers straight over the Internet. Uh, sure.
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The Internet is a telephone system that's gotten uppity.
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Minds think with ideas, not information No amount of data, bandwidth, or processing power can substitute for inspired thought.
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The Internet is a perfect diversion from learning... it opens many doors that lead to empty rooms.
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Data isn't information, any more than fifty tons of cement is a skyscraper.
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The information highway is being sold to us as delivering information, but what it's really delivering is data... Unlike data, information has utility, timeliness, accuracy, a pedigree... Editors serve as barometers of quality, and most of an editor's time is spent saying no.
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The first time you do something, it's science. The second time, it's engineering. The third time, it's just being a technician. I'm a scientist. Once I do something, I want to do something else.
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If you really want to know about the future, don't ask a technologist, a scientist, a physicist. No! Don't ask somebody who's writing code. No, if you want to know what society's going to be like in 20 years, ask a kindergarten teacher.
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Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months.
Last Update: 28 January 2023
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