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The Internet reflects the societies in which we live, and so the content on the Net and some of the abuses that you see on the Net are reflections of that.

Vinton Cerf

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I've been hearing-impaired, not quite since birth, but I've been wearing hearing aids since I was 13, so I'm very conscious of the difficulty of voice communication.
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I'd like to know what the Internet is going to look like in 2050. Thinking about it makes me wish I were eight years old.
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Although I've had several major career changes, I was extremely hesitant about making some of them.
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Written communication is a tremendous help for me, and so when electronic mail was invented in '71, I got very excited about it, thinking well, gee, the deaf community could really use this, or the hard of hearing community as well.
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Today we have 1 billion users on the Net. By 2010 we will have maybe 2 billion.
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First of all, in terms of investment in Internet-related developments, venture capitalists - once burned - are now very cautious and are investing in areas that actually make business sense.
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My reaction to a lot of the current situation that we're in is based in part on a serious concern that the present administration's course ignores reality.
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Power corrupts, and PowerPoint corrupts absolutely.
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But what we all have to learn is that we can't do everything ourselves.
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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.
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I'm disappointed in people in general.
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Science fiction does not remain fiction for long. And certainly not on the Internet.
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In a small company, you often see a lot more of what goes on in a broader range of things. And that's good.
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The computer would do anything you programmed it to do.
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I am an optimist by nature and believe strongly that technology can be brought to bear to create alternatives, even in crisis situations.
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There is an underlying, fundamental reliance on the Internet, which continues to grow in the number of users, country penetration and both fixed and wireless broadband access.
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Instant messaging and chat rooms have basically created a level playing field for deaf people.
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We never, ever in the history of mankind have had access to so much information so quickly and so easily.
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Privacy may actually be an anomaly.
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