The most terrifying thing yet about the Internet

25 Nov 2011



"Television is the first truly democratic culture - the first culture available to everybody and entirely governed by what the people want. The most terrifying thing is what people do want."

-- Clive Barnes

He said the above about television, but it's better applied to the Internet.

Thanks to Trish Jones, Chief Emerging Technologies Officer, Turner Broadcasting System, for using this quote in a recent presentation.
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Posted by Jack D. Lail on Friday, November 25, 2011 at 2:47 PM

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