“Developments in information technology and globalised media mean that ...” — Timothy Garton Ash Quote

“Developments in information technology and globalised media mean that the most powerful military in the history of the world can lose a war, not on the battlefield of dust and blood, but on the battlefield of world opinion.”

“The key to the survival of liberty in the modern world is the embrace of multiple identities.”

“Yet another thing Canadians and Europeans have in common is an obsession with the United States, and with distinguishing themselves from it, often by crude stereotyping.”

“For the blue-collar worker, the driving force behind change was factory automation using programmable machine tools. For the office worker, it's office automation using computer technology: enterprise-resource-planning systems, groupware, intranets, extranets, expert systems, the Web, and e-commerce.”

“Our technological powers increase, but the side effects and potential hazards also escalate.”

“Our world is built on biology and once we begin to understand it, it then becomes a technology.”