THOUGHT LEADERS
Net World
Esther Dyson
How has the Internet changed the nature of government? Does increased connectivity expand individual freedom, or merely expose us to greater official and commercial surveillance? How will intellectual property evolve in an age of costless copying and peer-to-peer file sharing? Can online social networking become anti-social?
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To Russia with Social Media
Esther Dyson Series: Net World 
2010-03-19How can Russia - or any country - create its own Silicon Valley? The answer is not lots of money in proximity to a great university or two, but rather a culture that rewards thoughtful innovation and considers mistakes the price of learning.... read Comments: 1 Recommended: 1 Read: 776
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Mourning Becomes Connected
Esther Dyson Series: Net World
2010-02-22
Perhaps our most meaningful creations are the thoughts and changes that we leave in other people – traces that used to disperse and disappear over time after someone’s death. But now Facebook and other such tools, provide a place for those memories to gather. ... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 1963
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The Google that Can Say No
Esther Dyson Series: Net World
2010-01-18Google's threat to leave China probably stems from a combination of – or rather, a changing calculus around – its business interests and its values. The censorship issue has long grated at the company, but so have the constraints on any foreign company's ability to make serious long-term profits.... read Comments: 1 Recommended: 0 Read: 3550
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Listen to Me!
Esther Dyson Series: Net World
2009-12-18
Companies spend a lot of time and money watching customers, trying to figure them out, but so little time listening to them. They can use a wealth of new technologies to learn what their customers want, but, just as important, they need to listen in order to make customers feel listened to.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 3617
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The Incredible Vanishing Asset
Esther Dyson Series: Net World
2009-11-19More and more markets picked up two related concepts: time-based pricing and more efficient use of so-called “vanishing assets” – or capital goods that generate revenue only as they are used. Airlines and hotels were among the first to use time-based pricing, but now consumers can be targeted by anyone from a manicurist to an airport massage booth.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 4498
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The Future of Facts
Esther Dyson Series: Net World 2009-10-19
As the journalistic priesthood erodes and everyone can become a citizen reporter or commentator, training or regulating all would-be journalists is not the answer. In the end, everyone has to become a better reader – more skeptical and more curious.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 1 Read: 4877
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The Language of Genomics
Esther Dyson Series: Net World 2009-09-21Right now, a genome is akin to a novel written in an unknown language: a huge amount of information that we can’t understand. On the other hand, we have started recognizing some words – specific genes – that seem to correspond to certain incidents in history, which, in the case of genetics, are diseases and conditions.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 4773
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What Should Yahoo! Do?
Esther Dyson Series: Net World 2009-08-19
Many people think that Yahoo! is as good as dead: investors have pummeled the stock, driving it down 20% since its recent deal with Microsoft was announced. But the company is now in a stronger position to stake out new ground, rather than fight with Google over stale turf.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 6558
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Civil Society Unbound
Esther Dyson Series: Net World 2009-07-20The challenges facing civil-society organizations may be tougher in some parts of the world than in others, but the challenges facing civil society itself are are similar everywhere. Indeed, around the world there is a gap between civil-society organizations and the societies they profess to serve.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 7143
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