For many oppositional movements, the Internet, while providing the opportunity to distribute information more quickly and cheaper, may have actually made their struggle more difficult in the long run. Evgeny Morozov cheapdifficultdistribute Change image and share on social
Faster roads are not always safer roads - and virtually all societies, democratic or authoritarian, prefer safety over speed, even if many of their citizens enjoy fast driving. Evgeny Morozov authoritariancitizendemocratic Change image and share on social
WikiLeaks is what happens when the entire U.S. government is forced to go through a full-body scanner. Evgeny Morozov bodyentireforce Change image and share on social
When it is about technology, there is this tendency to just reject all criticism as being anti-technological and anti-modern. I think this is very unhealthy. Evgeny Morozov anticriticismmodern Change image and share on social
In business, standards establish the rules of the game, creating path dependencies as investments are made and corresponding designs are set in stone and plastic. Inferior standards can prevail due to smart marketing or industry collusion. Evgeny Morozov businesscollusioncreate share on social
We can now with Google Glasses record everything around us, and we can make sure that nothing is ever forgotten because everything is stored somewhere in Google servers or somewhere else. Evgeny Morozov forgetglassgoogle Change image and share on social
Steve Jobs was notoriously blunt about products he found wanting, but his attack on Flash - Adobe's popular technology for playing multimedia content inside a browser - was particularly vicious. Claiming it was buggy and insecure, Jobs banned it from the iPad. Evgeny Morozov adobeattackban share on social
To me, the success of the cyberactivists in Tunisia is actually very interesting, because many of them explicitly rejected any support from Washington. Evgeny Morozov cyberactivistsexplicitlyinterest Change image and share on social
If WikiLeaks were a for-profit company, determining its real value would be a nearly impossible task. Evgeny Morozov companydetermineimpossible Change image and share on social
Universities ought to be aware of the degree they would want to accept funding from governments like China to work on, say, face recognition technology. Evgeny Morozov acceptawarechina Change image and share on social
