The bottom line when it comes to kids, sex and the Internet is that no matter what laws we pass and what high-tech solutions we devise, the three of them together will never be less volatile than the first two alone. We can mitigate but not eliminate the drawbacks of high tech; there’s no way to get its benefits without them.
The solution to everything on the Internet is software; software is king.
The Exon Amendment [Communications Decency Act] certainly raised consciousness. But we believe there is a variety of fairly straightforward tools that would allow us to self-regulate.
Kids are finding ways to experiment with self-presentation … The Internet is becoming a way to play with identity, where adolescents can develop a sense of themselves.
This paradigm shift will transform every facet of science, engineering, and mathematics, starting with the fundamental nature of education. Every home will have an unlimited laboratory in which to conduct experiments.
High-performance computers will enable wide use of digital images and image processing, transforming a broad variety of disciplines, such as radiology, forecasting, urban geography and military intelligence.
In image-processing and animation, traditional filmmaking techniques could be replaced by realistic computer-generated scenes. Real actors would be computed and placed in real scenes.
1-gigbit chips could be in use by 2002.
The best use of optical computing would be in the design of a switching system in order to effectively utilize fiber-optic links. This will occur perhaps a decade before an optical computer is developed.
Diversity is valuable if something goes wrong. [With global communications like the Internet,] we’re taking down all the barriers, and I’m not sure that’s a good thing.