14+ Jonathan Zittrain Quotes On Education, Religion And Socialism

Jonathan Zittrain is an American law professor at Harvard Law School. He is also a professor of computer science at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. He is the founding director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School, where he focuses on the study of cyberspace, technology, and the law. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Jonathan Zittrain on education, religion, socialism.

The qualities that make Twitter seem inane and half-baked are what makes it so powerful. — Jonathan Zittrain

Another view is Western companies chartered in societies that believe in this kind of censorship shouldn't be carrying water for societies that do. — Jonathan Zittrain

When I worry about privacy I worry about peer-to-peer invasion of privacy. About the fact that anytime anything of any note happens, there are three arms holding cell phones with cameras in them or video records capturing the event ready to go on the nightly news, if necessary. And I think that does change a lot our sense of what is going on in our neighborhoods. — Jonathan Zittrain

Generativity is a system's capacity to produce unanticipated change through unfiltered contributions from broad and varied audiences. — Jonathan Zittrain

If you entrust your data to others, they can let you down or outright betray you. — Jonathan Zittrain

If what you are getting online is for free, you are not the customer, you are the product. — Jonathan Zittrain

Enterprising law-enforcement officers with a warrant can flick a distant switch and turn a standard mobile phone into a roving mic or eavesdrop on occupants of cars equipped with travel assistance systems. — Jonathan Zittrain

When something online is free, you're not the customer, you're the product. — Jonathan Zittrain

Digital books and other texts are increasingly coming under the control of distributors and other gatekeepers rather than readers and libraries. — Jonathan Zittrain

Thanks in part to the Patriot Act, the federal government has been able to demand some details of your online activities from service providers - and not to tell you about it. — Jonathan Zittrain

Being closed to outsiders made the iPhone reliable and predictable. — Jonathan Zittrain

What keeps me up late at night, in the sense of worry, I guess it's innovation. It's funny to be worried about it, because it's a fair point that wow, look at the innovation we've seen over the past, not just 30 years, but over the past two years. — Jonathan Zittrain

The Internets distinct configuration may have made cyberattacks easy to launch, but it has also kindled the flame of freedom. — Jonathan Zittrain

There are some conversations that are undeniably improved when the rule going in is that you have to stand behind what you say and have to wear a name tag when you do it. But that's certainly not all conversations. People might be prepared to ethically stand behind what they say, but might be in a position that they can't afford to lose their house over it. Speech shouldn't just be for people with lawyers. — Jonathan Zittrain

Life Lessons by Jonathan Zittrain

1. Jonathan Zittrain teaches us that technology can be both a powerful tool for good, but also a potential source of harm if not properly managed and regulated.
2. He emphasizes the importance of understanding the implications of technology and the need for thoughtful governance to ensure its responsible use.
3. He encourages us to think critically about the ethical implications of technology and to consider how we can use it to create a better world.