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If nothing else, the Internet allows people to put their ideas out there and let the world decide whether they're worth paying attention to.

You have to have access to ideas. The Internet is facilitating that access to ideas. In 25 years, the way that data's going to flow back and forth, we don't quite understand yet.

I think that the Internet - and I do love the free flow of ideas on the 'Net - is like the wild west of the information world.

With the new medium of knowledge - the Internet - knowledge not only takes on properties of that medium but also lives at the level of the network.

The original idea of the web was that it should be a collaborative space where you can communicate through sharing information.

The Internet is a tool, a technology, and we like to say that it has all of these properties, but really, it's just a place where our writing is.

The Internet works because a lot of people cooperate to do things together.

The Internet goes doot-doot-doot - it goes sideways. There's nothing hierarchical about it. And the best thing about it is also the worst thing about it, which is there are no gatekeepers on the Internet. Consequently, there's a whole lot of bad information on the Internet. But I think that sorts itself out over time.

Information flow is what the Internet is about. Information sharing is power. If you don't share your ideas, smart people can't do anything about them, and you'll remain anonymous and powerless.