Esther Dyson
Esther Dyson
Esther Dysonis 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 production of health and continues to invest in health and technology startups. She is the founder of HICCup...
normal simple truth
The simple truth is that it will get better, but it won't go back to being what we thought was normal before, ... That was nutty.
past stuff recommendations
If the past decade was the decade of searching and finding and looking for stuff, this coming decade is going to be the decade of filtering and going to your friends for recommendations.
thinking scarcity use
I think that the use of copyright is going to change dramatically. Part of it is economics. There is just going to be so much content out there - there's a scarcity of attention. Information consumes attention, and there's too much information.
responsibility government individual
I would much rather see responsibilities exercised by individuals than have them imposed by the government.
russia people effort
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.
technology phones cells
People have to understand that they can reject technology. They can turn off their cell phone. They can stop looking at their e-mail. It's there if they want it. It's not being forced on them.
matter excess disgusting
I've seen disgusting excess in business, and I've seen disgusting excess in Washington. But at the same time, I've certainly learned that Washington matters and that you can't ignore it, especially when you get into telecom.
alcohol loner want
The Internet is like alcohol in some sense. It accentuates what you would do anyway. If you want to be a loner, you can be more alone. If you want to connect, it makes it easier to connect.
technology may firsts
It may not always be profitable at first for businesses to be online, but it is certainly going to be unprofitable not to be online.
thinking people identity
The inner sort of consumer identity got the best of people. And everybody just wants things for free. And that's created this strange kind of cheapness to everything, where everything becomes throwaway. And people, I think, have started to undervalue things, maybe because there's too much, maybe because it's too easy to make, but I think mostly just because, somehow, that's the pattern that got set. And I think that's regrettable.
customers investors
The best investor is your customer.
mistake mindfulness
Always make new mistakes.
change mean people
Change means that what was before wasn't perfect. People want things to be better.
eye giving together
We invented our computers in the '80s. We networked them together in the '90s. Now we're giving them eyes, ears and sensory organs. And we're asking them to observe and manipulate the world on our behalf.