When I Was A Young Student, I

Few Influential People Involved With The Internet Claim That It Is A Good In And Of Itself. It Is A Powerful Tool For Solving Social Problems, Just As It Is A Tool For Making Money, Finding Lost Relatives, Receiving Medical Advice, Or, Come To That, Trading Instructions For Making Bombs.

The Nature Of Business And Government Has Been To Build A Surplus And Self-perpetuate, But The Internet Fosters And Rewards Smaller, More Fluid Organizations.

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.

From The Business Point Of View—not To Overstate It—intellectual Property Is Dead; Long Live Intellectual Process. Long Live Service; Long Live Performance.

It's Not That You Have Jobs On The Internet, But The Internet Makes It Possible For More People To Build Their Own Jobs. What It Does Is, It Erodes The Power Of Institutions. It Used To Be You Needed An Institution To Have A Job. But, If You Look At The Three Of Us On This Show, I Don't Think Any Of Us Is Really Employed By An Institution. We Run Our Own Lives.