Doing something totally new is tricky. If you are second – and if you are smart – you can learn from the first person’s mistakes. Esther Dyson Read Quote
In the sense that people who produce things and work get rewarded, statistically. You don’t get rewarded precisely for your effort, but in Russia you got rewarded for being alive, but not very well rewarded. Esther Dyson Read Quote
Since I became chairman, I’ve tried to turn EFF into civil liberties and responsibilities. Esther Dyson Read Quote
Well, take the evolution of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. It began as hackers’ rights. Then it became general civil liberties of everybody – government stay away. Esther Dyson Read Quote
What I’m thinking about more and more these days is simply the importance of transparency, and Jefferson’s saying that he’d rather have a free press without a government than a government without a free press. Esther Dyson Read Quote
As long as a government can come and shoot you, you can’t jump on the Internet to freedom. Esther Dyson Read Quote
But there is a corollary to freedom and that’s personal responsibility, and the real challenge is how you generate that personal responsibility without imposing it. Esther Dyson Read Quote
Oh, that all the things my father had told me about how disgusting Washington is are true. And again it’s the system – there are lots of nice, well-meaning people there. But it’s a sleazy place. And politics is all about doing favors. Esther Dyson Read Quote
