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It has extremely low entry barriers for individuals. It is the most interactive medium in history and the one with the greatest potential for connecting individuals to one another and to a universe of knowledge. It's a platform for pursuing the truth, and the decentralized creation and distribution of ideas, in the same way that markets are a decentralized mechanism for the creation and distribution of goods and services. It's a platform, in other words, for reason. But the Internet must be developed and protected, in the same way we develop and protect markets — through the establishment of fair rules of engagement and the exercise of the rule of law. The same ferocity that our Founders devoted to protect the freedom and independence of the press is now appropriate for our defense of the freedom of the Internet. The stakes are the same: the survival of our Republic. 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It might also involve fishing. Sometimes the Web does remind me of fishing.", "language": "en", "author": { "name": "William Gibson", "slug": "william-gibson", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-gibson" }, "book": { "title": "Distrust that Particular Flavor", "slug": "distrust-that-particular-flavor", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-gibson/distrust-that-particular-flavor" }, "character": null, "chapter": null, "chapter_parent": null, "page": null, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "rest", "slug": "rest", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/rest" }, { "name": "the internet", "slug": "the-internet", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/the-internet" } ], "source": { "name": "Wikiquote", "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Gibson#Distrust_That_Particular_Flavor_(2012)", "license": { "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } }, "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:41:10" }, { "id": "686a9304-aa65-4b91-b30b-cc6c47a6a693", "slug": "the-content-that", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/katherine-perry/ticker-shock-a-playbook-for-investor-relations-communications-and-leadership-in-the-age-of-retail-investors/the-content-that", "text": "The content that spreads most easily is often the content that cuts the most corners. [...] Tone becomes part of the data. Hesitation becomes part of the story.", "language": "en", "author": { "name": "Katherine Perry", "slug": "katherine-perry", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/katherine-perry" }, "book": { "title": "Ticker Shock: A Playbook for Investor Relations, Communications, and Leadership in the Age of Retail Investors", "slug": "ticker-shock-a-playbook-for-investor-relations-communications-and-leadership-in-the-age-of-retail-investors", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/katherine-perry/ticker-shock-a-playbook-for-investor-relations-communications-and-leadership-in-the-age-of-retail-investors" }, "character": null, "chapter": "The incentive system of the feed", "chapter_parent": "Chapter two: The attention reflex", "page": 29, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "media", "slug": "media", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/media" }, { "name": "the internet", "slug": "the-internet", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/the-internet" } ], "source": null, "added_at": "2026-09-21T21:42:42" } ] }