PUBLIC INTELLECTUALS
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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Peeling, Meeting, and Shopping
Esther Dyson Series: Net World 2012-01-26The Russian protests – called “mitings” – are no longer just for old people, radical extremists, or jobless, unskilled feral youth. They are for sociable people who have time and money not just for politics, but also for shopping and, yes, even cosmetic procedures.... read Comments: 5 Recommended: 0 Read: 4970
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The Insider Brain Gain
Esther Dyson Series: Net World 2011-12-23
Unfortunately, many new technologies and business models make money for investors without creating jobs for workers, causing unemployment and “cognitive surplus” – unused brainpower. But what if all that unused inside information about companies could be monetized?... read Comments: 7 Recommended: 0 Read: 10407
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Start-Up Soup
Esther Dyson Series: Net World 
2011-11-17Building a company is a lot harder than having a good idea, for it requires attracting people and organizing them to work together. That fact is lost on too many Internet "entrepreneurs" nowadays, who sell themselves to Google, Facebook, and other large firms before they have created real companies.... read Comments: 3 Recommended: 0 Read: 12840
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The Steve Jobs Factor
Esther Dyson Series: Net World 2011-10-07
In the personal-computing business, Steve Jobs was the only true showman of what is now one of the world’s biggest industries. Others have become “business” leaders, but only Jobs became someone known and admired by millions.... read Comments: 5 Recommended: 0 Read: 12446
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Paying (for) Attention
Esther Dyson Series: Net World 2011-09-20It is fashionable nowadays to talk about personal attention as a commodity or even a currency. But attention is neither: it can be bought and sold, to some extent, but it cannot be traded to third parties, and it is not entirely fungible.... read Comments: 2 Recommended: 0 Read: 8832
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What’s in a Domain Name?
Esther Dyson Series: Net World 2011-08-25
The Internet's governing body, ICANN, is allowing for a dramatic expansion of the namespace with a host of new Top-Level Domains (TLDs), the suffixes that go after the dot, such as .com, .org, and, soon, .anything. That is likely to create money for ICANN’s primary constituents, but only added costs for companies and the public at large.... read Comments: 3 Recommended: 1 Read: 9952
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Venture Mentors
Esther Dyson Series: Net World 2011-07-26No one expects venture capitalists to divert their resources to village schools, but perhaps they could focus a little more on training new employees rather than poaching them from the competition at inflated salaries. They could also encourage their employees to donate their time to a local entrepreneurs’ club.... read Comments: 4 Recommended: 0 Read: 8309
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Turning Privacy “Threats” Into Opportunities
Esther Dyson Series: Net World
2011-06-22
Most companies regard online privacy warily, seeing only expensive disclosure requirements, constraints on their ability to collect information about their customers, and a potential source of legal liabilities. But companies should be turning personal data into an asset by giving it back to their customers in an enhanced form.... read Comments: 11 Recommended: 0 Read: 17133
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Illusions of Democracy
Esther Dyson Series: Net World
2011-05-19The Internet has changed how we do business, how we do politics, and even how we change our leaders – at least some of the time. But we should not let that fool us into believing that the online world is even remotely like democracy.... read Comments: 2 Recommended: 0 Read: 19418
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