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...
land intellectual needs
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.
lying law dont-lie
Dyson's Law: Do ask; don't lie.
technology people needs
People need to understand that the technology is for them. It's not to them. It's not over them. People still sometimes want to be led a little too much.
real achievement fearless
I had a lot of successes, but what really made me fearless was my complete failure at Zidd-Davis. Once you've lived through that, you know you can survive, and you're not as scared ... There's nothing to build confidence like real achievement, but also like real failure.
home community design
The Net is not a single home. Rather, it's an environment where thousands of small homes and communities can form and define and design themselves.
economy market-economy understood
Having seen a non-market economy, I suddenly understood much better what I liked about a market economy.
people choices confusing
People still have a choice, but, if they find it all too confusing, or they just want someone else to make a choice for them, there's a default that works pretty well. That's this concept of libertarian paternalism. And it's handy.
real years two
I became a real free market fanatic. I'm probably less so now than even two or three years ago.
integrity believe thinking
I think copyright is moral, proper. I think a creator has the right to control the disposition of his or her works - I actually believe that the financial issue is less important than the integrity of the work, the attribution, that kind of stuff.
thinking law guy
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.
clean companies confidence consumer forcing increasing lost personal poses private records reporting serious threat
The increasing incidence of reporting of lost private personal records poses a serious threat to consumer confidence -- and to vendor profits. Yet it is the right thing to do because it is forcing companies to clean up their acts.