Evgeny Morozov Quotes

People somehow assume that the Internet is going to be the catalyst of change that will push young people into the streets, while in fact it may actually be the new opium for the masses which will keep the same people in their rooms downloading pornography.

Evgeny Morozov

• Internet
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• Catalyst
• Pornography
• Opium

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• We're more interested in someone writing a really great answer that's going to be read by thousands or tens of thousands of people over the next few years as it stays on Quora and as it gets distributed on the Internet.

  

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• The Internet is just a bunch of servers and broadband cables and routers that traffic data around the world. But I think now the Internet is starting to become an entity that society views as a human thing.

  

  Adam Ostrow
  • World
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• The way I'm portrayed on the Internet is partly my doing, but it's partly the people that are presenting it so, you know, people come to know this strange version of a human. It can be pretty weird because people think I'm digging through dumpsters and smell like crap all the time.

  

  Mac DeMarco
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• It's dangerous to read the Internet about yourself when you're me. Or when you're anyone in the public eye.

  

  Taylor Swift
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• At one point I thought changing my name might help with privacy, but that was before the Internet.

  

  Olivia Wilde
  • Help
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• Luckily for both the tech industry and Hollywood, there is only one thing that counts - use of the Internet is still growing exponentially, as consumers shift to digital everything from analog.

  

  Kara Swisher
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  • Internet
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• When I get up, I have a cup of coffee, surf the Internet, then do a half-hour run.

  

  Katarina Witt
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• The fact that the internet is so active; people can now speak to me indirectly.

  

  Randy Bachman The Guess Who
  • People
  • Speak
  • Internet

• I have my website, The Ruckus, which is an Internet site, similar to the Funny or Die format, where people post funny videos. I get a chance to rate their videos; they get a chance to blog and kick it with me.

  

  J. B. Smoove
  • People
  • Funny
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• There was no Internet, not even many cookbooks except the old reference books. So we would sit down at night, a group of six chefs, and we'd exchange recipes and each talk about how we were doing things. It was the only way to learn new ideas.

  

  Daniel Boulud
  • Night
  • Ideas
  • Internet

• No computer or smartphone can ever be considered 100 percent 'safe.' We're all engaged in a perpetual battle with criminals and hostile governments trying to use computers and the Internet to steal information and identities.

  

  Walt Mossberg
  • Trying
  • Internet
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• Basically, the Internet is just the way now. It's the end-all, be-all of self-promotion. It's not like you got to burn CDs and pass them out or sell them. The Internet is a tool that reaches billions and billions of people. It's like a no-brainer to tie it in with self-promotion, or even label promotion.

  

  Wale
  • People
  • Internet
  • Now

• Finding things to wear is what the Internet's for.

  

  Ian Hecox
  • Things
  • Internet
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• There is a significant momentum behind the social Internet. A wide range of public investors were very enthusiastic about that.

  

  Yuri Milner
  • Internet
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• Cryptocurrencies will create a fifth protocol layer powering the next generation of the Internet.

  

  Naval Ravikant
  • Internet
  • Create
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• It really matters whether people are working on generating clean energy or improving transportation or making the Internet work better and all those things. And small groups of people can have a really huge impact.

  

  Larry Page
  • People
  • Work
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• The Internet has created an incredible democratization of the architecture industry.

  

  Cameron Sinclair
  • Internet
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• No one can keep track of how many people use Internet, how many machines it can reach, or even how many sub- and sub-sub-networks form a part of it.

  

  Barton Gellman
  • People
  • Internet
  • Reach

• I do not buy CDs any more; I usually stream Internet radio. For movies, I hardly every buy any DVDS. I have a DVR, so just record things off HBO, Showtime and so on.

  

  Oren Peli
  • Movies
  • Internet
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• There is an underlying, fundamental reliance on the Internet, which continues to grow in the number of users, country penetration and both fixed and wireless broadband access.

  

  Vint Cerf
  • Country
  • Internet
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• If you wish you were me right now, it's natural.

  

  Trixie Mattel
  • Wish
  • Natural

• I've always said it's interesting to watch devils cry when angels want to stab you in the back. I like that mixture.

  

  Norman Reedus
  • Angels
  • Mixture
  • Devils

• Essentially, for me, the whole point of being a chef is to have your own restaurant.

  

  Ranveer Brar
  • Whole
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• People somehow assume that the Internet is going to be the catalyst of change that will push young people into the streets, while in fact it may actually be the new opium for the masses which will keep the same people in their rooms downloading pornography.

  

  Evgeny Morozov
  • Internet
  • Assuming
  • Catalyst