Esther Dyson Quotes

United States, Scientist
July 14, 1951

Esther Dyson is a Swiss-born American journalist, author, businesswoman, investor, commentator and philanthropist. She is a leading angel investor focused on breakthrough efficacy in healthcare, government transparency, digital technology, biotechnology, and space. Dyson is currently focusing her career on health[9] and continues to invest in health and technology startups

Owning the intellectual property is like owning land: You need to keep investing in it again and again to get a payoff; you can't simply sit back and collect rent.

Esther Dyson
- Land
- Property
- Investing
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.

Esther Dyson
- Money
- American
- Shows

I think I have the right to know what Steve Forbes paid in taxes - I don't think there should be a law. I think there should be a presumption. I wouldn't vote for a guy who wouldn't reveal what he paid in taxes. That kind of thing.

Esther Dyson
- Law
- Vote
- Taxes
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
As long as a government can come and shoot you, you can't jump on the Internet to freedom.

Esther Dyson
The definition of the problem, rather than its solution, will be the scarce resource in the future.

Esther Dyson
Always make new mistakes.

Esther Dyson
- Mistakes
I joined the board of the Santa Fe Institute.

Esther Dyson
- Board
- Joined