Esther Dyson

Change means that what was before wasn't perfect. People want things to be better. 

Esther Dyson

As long as a government can come and shoot you, you can't jump on the Internet to freedom. 

Esther Dyson 

A worker's paradise is a consumer's hell. 

Esther Dyson 

And the Russians certainly don't have it. If a woman shows up in a fur coat, I just assume she's a crook. And that's me, the nice American. The assumption that you can't make money honestly is a killer. 

Esther Dyson 

Don't leave hold of your common sense. Think about what you're doing and how the technology can enhance it. Don't think about technology first. 

Esther Dyson 

From the business point of view - not to overstate it - intellectual property is dead; long live intellectual process. Long live service; long live performance. 

Esther Dyson 

But there is a corollary to freedom and that's personal responsibility, and the real challenge is how you generate that personal responsibility without imposing it. 

Esther Dyson 

I became a real free market fanatic. I'm probably less so now than even two or three years ago. 

Esther Dyson 

I joined the board of the Santa Fe Institute. 

Esther Dyson

Having seen a non-market economy, I suddenly understood much better what I liked about a market economy. 

Esther Dyson