The Internet is not just one thing, it’s a collection of things – of numerous communications networks that all speak the same digital language.

There were no PCs when I started programming on computers.

People are on their computers more than watching TV, because you can only watch voyeur TV, which is basically what reality shows are, for so long.

Eventually, I believe, current attempts to understand the mind by analogy with man-made computers that can perform superbly some of the same external tasks as conscious beings will be recognized as a gigantic waste of time.