It’s fine to have social media that connects us with old friends, but we need tools that help us discover new people as well. Ethan Zuckerman Read Quote
Talking about ‘stopping globalization’ is unrealistic – and probably not what anti-globalization protesters actually want. Ethan Zuckerman Read Quote
Now if you’re using Twitter or other social networks, and you didn’t realize this was a space with a lot of Brazilians in it, you’re like most of us. Because what happens on a social network is you interact with the people that you have chosen to interact with. Ethan Zuckerman Read Quote
The Internet challenges traditional ways of distributing and processing information and so encourages new standards and behavior. Ethan Zuckerman Read Quote
People generally pay attention to what they already know about and what they care about. Ethan Zuckerman Read Quote
Reddit names are unconnected to real-world identities and it’s commonplace for users to create ‘throwaway’ accounts to reveal sensitive information. Ethan Zuckerman Read Quote
You can make the case that slacktivism is important because it makes people feel affiliated to a movement and be part of it, and talk about it. Ethan Zuckerman Read Quote
For countries such as Kenya to emerge as economic powerhouses, they need better infrastructure: roads, ports, smart grids and power plants. Infrastructure is expensive, and takes a long time to build. In the meantime, hackers are building ‘grassroots infrastructure,’ using the mobile-phone system to build solutions that are ready for market. Ethan Zuckerman Read Quote
