Jon Katz Quotes

He had done everything you can do on a computer. He asked for information. He educated himself online. He connected with people online. He explored the world online,

It`s about the ability of human beings to change their lives using this radical new technology just the way Jesse did. Because he would not be standing here without the Internet. I wouldn`t know him. He wouldn`t be at this university,

I think the new reality that`s converging all this is, you have on the one end this culture of extraordinarily gifted outsiders who have patched together the Internet. And then there`s the rest of the world -- business, education and politics -- that suddenly has woken up to the fact that they desperately need the Internet. It`s very important. And so they become sort of central while still not being in the mainstream.

There`s a streak of alienation running through this culture, ... There`s a streak of braininess, obsessiveness. I mean, anybody can use a computer, but not anybody`s a geek.

(Jesse) was alienated from school. He wasn`t learning much. He didn`t have a lot of teachers who were close to him. He didn`t have social acceptance. He had never been invited to a party in high school. He`s very much a loner.