But knowledge is not the same thing as information, and there is no question to my mind that the access to raw information provided by the internet is unparalleled and democratising.
DURING the height of the dot-com boom, Henry Blodget, then an analyst for Merrill Lynch, shouted from the rooftops -- and the studios of CNBC -- to herald the unparalleled power of the Internet.
In sharp contrast to Pai, past Republican chairmen have recognized the threat broadband providers can pose to the Internet's unparalleled openness and acted decisively to prevent interference by these gatekeepers.
The Internet is unparalleled in its power to quickly rally -- and pressure -- far-flung friends to participate, Green said.
As my young Tunisian tutor was showing me, the Internet, with its unparalleled ability to connect people throughout the world, is changing the way that many people learn languages.
"For people who want to tell compelling stories, and to have the freedom to depart from formulas and focus groups at a risk that's acceptable, since the budget is low, the Internet offers an unparalleled canvas," said Jonathan Zittrain, a founder of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School and a professor of Internet governance and regulation at Oxford.
So one more handclap, please, for Google's spoof moon base, Copernicus, which advertised for staff in 2004 to survey the internet from an unparalleled vantage point and answer questions such as, "Does spam go on for ever?" The job also involved harvesting faint electromagnetic pulses in a way that could recreate the lost first appearance of Pink Floyd on BBC TV.
People and products should get paid if they yield results, and from what we've seen on Fitocracy, the Internet is often unparalleled when it comes to getting people fit".
"I think while we will lose some amount of money [by banning lobbyist contributions], we will have participation on the Internet that is unparalleled and will more than make up for it.
And if anyone has any lingering doubts of the unparalleled marketing power of the Internet, just look at the Nov 1- Dec 23rd , 2008figure: $25.5 billion online -- in a bad economic year!
