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There is this absurd assumption that the revitalisation of the public sphere is always a good thing. I think people tend to confuse 'civic' and 'civil,' and they believe that everything that is done by citizens is necessarily a good thing because you build a network, an association.

~Evgeny Morozov

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It is true that authoritarian governments increasingly see the Internet as a threat in part because they see the U.S. government behind the Internet.

~Evgeny Morozov

Topics: Authoritarian Because Behind Government Governments Increasingly Internet Part See Threat True U.s. Government

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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

Topics: Around Because Else Ever Everything Forgotten Glasses Google Make Nothing Now Record Somewhere Somewhere Else Stored Sure Us

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I think governments will increasingly be tempted to rely on Silicon Valley to solve problems like obesity or climate change because Silicon Valley runs the information infrastructure through which we consume information.

~Evgeny Morozov

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Cyberattacks have become a permanent fixture on the international scene because they have become easy and cheap to launch. Basic computer literacy and a modest budget can go a long way toward invading a country's cyberspace.

~Evgeny Morozov

Topics: Basic Because Become Budget Cheap Computer Country Cyberspace Easy Go International Invading Launch Literacy Long Long Way Modest Permanent Scene Toward Way

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If China's expansion into Africa and Russia's into Latin America and the former Soviet Union are any indication, Silicon Valley's ability to expand globally will be severely limited, if only because Beijing and Moscow have no qualms about blending politics and business.

~Evgeny Morozov

Topics: Ability About Africa America Any Because Beijing Blending Business China Expand Expansion Former Globally Indication Latin Latin America Limited Moscow Only Politics Russia Silicon Soviet Soviet Union Union Valley Will

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In reality, quitting Facebook is much more problematic than the company's executives suggest, if only because users cannot extract all the intangible social capital they have generated on the site and export it elsewhere.

~Evgeny Morozov

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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

Topics: Actually Any Because Explicitly Interesting Many Me Rejected Success Support Them Tunisia Very Washington

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Why does crime happen? Well, you might say that it's because youths don't have jobs. Or you might say that's because the doors of our buildings are not fortified enough. Given some limited funds to spend, you can either create yet another national employment program or you can equip houses with even better cameras, sensors, and locks.

~Evgeny Morozov

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I demanded more rights for women because I know what women had to put up with.

~Evita Peron

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