Steven Levy Quotations

I believe the plan and intent was for (the Mauro Farm) to be a residential zone. We don't get a chance very often to correct past mistakes.

We were promised a society of philosophers. But the Blogosphere is looking more and more like a nation of ankle-biters.

We might not have a drop in construction jobs, but we aren't going to have an 80,000 (job) gain. I do see a slowing in '06 and it could be more difficult if housing slows down more.

At this point, we don't see any connection with the other incidents, ... We are looking at all options. It could be coincidence, or it may involve friends of friends. We don't see any trends involving the same people, at this point.

At this point, we don't see any connection with the other incidents,

Five guys jumped this guy in the parking lot for a reason so far unknown to us, ... He got out of a car and got jumped. What his history is with these people, if there is any, I don't know at this point.

It's modest, but it is positive. The downturn is over in jobs now. But I wouldn't go crazy over it.

It's in the realm of reason. Lucent could be attractive for a company that doesn't have great exposure in North America. In September, we predicted that two of the telecom equipment makers would merge over the next 12 months, although we didn't say which two.

It's in the realm of reason, ... Lucent could be attractive for a company that doesn't have great exposure in North America. In September, we predicted that two of the telecom equipment makers would merge over the next 12 months, although we didn't say which two.

Insanely Great: The Life and Times of Macintosh, the Computer That Changed Everything.

In neither of those two months did we get 10 percent of the nation's jobs, which is below our share. It's the same mixed story it has been. The unemployment rate is down but the job growth rate is mediocre.

The folks who work for these utilities are very proud of what they do.

The ideal for me is to write about something really significant that previously hasn't been written about in-depth. Hackers is a good example.

Find a way to delight in all students. Look for the best, expect the best, and find something in each child [you] can treasure.

There has never been an unexpectedly short debugging period in the history of computers.

You can’t argue with facts. You’re not entitled to your own facts.

The fact that biological, or "natural" rules might help in the creation of a computer generated work of art is interesting, but even a wonderful work of art made in this fashion isn't the same as a person, with all his or her experiences and emotions involved, making art.

Computer technology is so built into our lives that it's part of the surround of every artist.

I think that the most beautiful thing lately hasn't been in hardware or software per se but collaboration - the idea behind Napster, which uses the distributed power of the Internet as its engine.

At the core of Silicon Valley is a passion for 'yes.'

You can create art and beauty with a computer.

The Hacker Ethic: Access to computers--and anything which might teach you something about the way the world works--should be unlimited and total. Always yield to the Hands-On Imperative! All information should be free. Mistrust authority--promote decentralization. Hackers should be judged by their hacking, not bogus criteria such as degrees, age, race, or position. You can create art and beauty on a computer. Computers can change your life for the better.

Ideas, Mike Jones, an engineer at Google explained, were like babies - everything about their environment said they shouldn't exist. But they do. You can't dwell on problems too early, or they will swamp the virtues and you will decide not to do the project.

[Google is] an omnivorous collector of information, a hyperencyclopedic vault of human knowledge, an unerring auctioneer, an eerily skilful student of languages, behaviour, and desires.

The world is poised on the cusp of an economic and cultural shift as dramatic as that of the Industrial Revolution. (OK, it doesn't take a genius, or even a politician, to figure out that big changes are afoot when we have a medium that lets someone throw up a virtual storefront on the Web and instantly gain access to the global market.)