66 Quotes by Clifford Stoll

The Internet is a telephone system that's gotten uppity.

Why is it drug addicts and computer afficionados are both called users?

Computers in classrooms are the filmstrips of the 1990s.

When I'm online, I'm alone in a room, tapping on a keyboard, staring at a cathode-ray tube.

Rather than bringing me closer to others, the time that I spend online isolates me from the most important people in my life, my family, my friends, my neighbourhood, my community.

The problem with intelligent agents and filters is that they can never do anything more than a crude approximation of my desires and wants.

Human kindness, warmth, interaction, friendship, and family are far more important than anything that can come across my cathode-ray tube.

The Internet has no such organization - files are made available at random locations. To search through this chaos, we need smart tools, programs that find resources for us.

It's a great medium for trivia and hobbies, but not the place for reasoned, reflective judgment. Suprisingly often, discussions degenerate into acrimony, insults and flames.