Ithiel de Sola Pool Quotes:

The onus is on us to determine whether free societies in the twenty-first century will conduct electronic communication under the conditions of freedom established for the domain of print through centuries of struggle, or whether that great achievement will become lost in a confusion of new technologies.

source: - Ithiel de Sola POOL (2009). “Technologies of Freedom”, p.10, Harvard University Press

Topics: Struggle, Communication, Technology, Electronic Communication

It is within the police power of the state to prohibit public use of fighting words that create a danger of breach of the peace, but simply to prohibit public use of fighting words is too broad. Those words may sometimes be used in situations where there is no danger.

source: - Ithiel de Sola POOL (2009). “Technologies of Freedom”, p.64, Harvard University Press

Topics: Fighting, Power, Police, Police Power

The Telephone will democratize hierarchic relations.

source: - Ithiel De Sola Pool (1983). “Forecasting the Telephone: A Retrospective Technology Assessment”, Ablex Pub

Topics: Telephones, Relation