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During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet.

Al Gore

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The internet

Speaker

Al Gore

Source

CNN

Medium

Interview

Statement Type

Political gaffe

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Gore, Al. Interviewed by Wolf Blitzer. CNN, 9 Mar. 1999.

As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one.

Mike Godwin

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The internet

Author

Mike Godwin

Source

Wired Magazine

Medium

Magazine

Statement Type

Precepts and axioms

Language

English

Time

1994 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Godwin, Mike. "Meme, Counter-Meme." Wired, 1 Oct. 1994.

It seems reasonable to envision, for a time 10 or 15 years hence, a "thinking center" that will incorporate the functions of present-day libraries together with anticipated advances in information storage and retrieval... The picture readily enlarges itself into a network of such centers, connected to one another by wide-band communication lines and to individual users by leased-wire services.

J.C.R. Licklider

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The internet

Author

J.C.R. Licklider

Language

English

Time

1960 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Licklider, J. C. R. "Man-Computer Symbiosis." IRE Transactions on Human Factors in Electronics, Mar. 1960.

We've all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million typewriters will eventually reproduce the entire works of Shakespeare. Now, thanks to the Internet, we know this is not true.

Robert Wilensky

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The internet

Author

Robert Wilensky

Source

Mail on Sunday

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1997 1990s 20th century

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Wilensky, Robert. "Quotes of the Week." Mail on Sunday, 16 Feb. 1997.

The whole human memory can be, and probably in a short time will be, made accessible to every individual.

H.G. Wells

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Topic

The internet Man and machine Technological progress

Author

H.G. Wells

Source

Harper's Magazine

Medium

Essay Magazine

Language

English

Time

1937 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Wells, H. G. "The Idea of a Permanent World Encyclopaedia." Harper's Magazine, Apr. 1937.

Log off. That "cookies" shit makes me nervous.

Tony Soprano

The Sopranos

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Topic

Surveillance capitalism The internet

Speaker

Tony Soprano

Actor

James Gandolfini

Source

The Sopranos

Medium

TV program

Genre

Crime (TV) Drama (TV) Crime Drama

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

English

Time

2001 2000s 21st century

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Citation

"Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood." The Sopranos, written by David Chase, directed by Allen Coulter, season 3, episode 1, Chase Films and Home Box Office, 2001.

Things get passed around so easily on the internet. And fact becomes fiction and fiction becomes fact, without anyone stepping in to arbitrate and say, what are your sources?

Hilary Mantel

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Topic

Fake news The internet Truth vs. fiction Truth

Speaker

Hilary Mantel

Source

Art of Fiction interview Paris Review

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

English

Time

2015 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Mantel, Hilary. Quoted in "The Art of Fiction No. 226." Interviewed by Mona Simpson. Paris Review, no. 212, Spring 2015, www.theparisreview.org/interviews/6360/art-of-fiction-no-226-hilary-mantel.