Ethan Zuckerman > Quotes

“while it’s easier than ever to share information and perspectives from different parts of the world, we may now often encounter a narrower picture of the world than in less connected days.”
― Ethan Zuckerman, Digital Cosmopolitans: Why We Think the Internet Connects Us, Why It Doesn't, and How to Rewire It

“we need to be cautious of architectures that offer convenience and charge isolation as a price of admission.”
― Ethan Zuckerman, Digital Cosmopolitans: Why We Think the Internet Connects Us, Why It Doesn't, and How to Rewire It

“connection can inspire crucial collaborations just as well as it can spread infection.”
― Ethan Zuckerman, Digital Cosmopolitans: Why We Think the Internet Connects Us, Why It Doesn't, and How to Rewire It

“In the fields of observation chance favors only the prepared mind.”
― Ethan Zuckerman, Digital Cosmopolitans: Why We Think the Internet Connects Us, Why It Doesn't, and How to Rewire It

“The ascent of strongmen in India, Brazil, Hungary, and Poland reminds us that democracy is fragile, easily crushed. The “illiberal democracies” that have taken over in these countries no longer pretend to seek dialogue or compromise with their political opponents. They’ve embraced tribalism on a national scale and see their opponents not as fellow citizens but as enemies of the state. Ominously, their examples warn free people elsewhere that the fall from a liberal democracy to an illiberal one can be swift and unexpected.”
― Ethan Zuckerman, Mistrust: Why Losing Faith in Institutions Provides the Tools to Transform Them