The idea of the Internet as sort of open and democratic and free and with no hierarchy, the libertarian beginnings as it were, with peer-to-peer networks... I'd sort of like for everyone to just admit that we're beyond that now.
From Beeban Kidron
I don't see such a huge difference between online and 'in real life'. I think it has now become one and the same.
I come from the school who thought the Internet could be the great democratising force, that getting rid of the gatekeepers was a positive move.
The thing I have come to find astonishing is that people from all political sides routinely say that the Internet has to be the model of free speech and freedom.
When politicians say, 'Oh, parents should supervise their kids' Internet use,' it drives me crazy.
Parents cannot be in the same physical space as their children at all times.
Whether in cave paintings or the latest uses of the Internet, human beings have always told their histories and truths through parable and fable. We are inveterate storytellers.
Cinema is arguably the 20th century's most influential art form.
The film that changed my life is a 1951 film by Vittorio De Sica, 'Miracle in Milan.' It's a remarkable comment on slums, poverty and aspiration.
We are increasingly offered a diet in which sensation, not story, is king.
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