Esther Dyson

When you talk to the people who work at Facebook or at Google or lots of these places, they know they're manipulating people. They know that they're selling something addictive. And you're destroying the self-love and self-efficacy, both of your supposed customers, that your customers are really the advertisers, and of the people who work for your company and feel they're being corrupted.

When you talk to the people who work at Facebook or at Google or lots of these places, they know they're manipulating people. They know that they're selling something addictive. And you're destroying the self-love and self-efficacy, both of your supposed customers, that your customers are really the advertisers, and of the people who work for your company and feel they're being corrupted.

When you talk to the people who work at Facebook or at Google or lots of these places, they know they're manipulating people. They know that they're selling something addictive. And you're destroying the self-love and self-efficacy, both of your supposed customers, that your customers are really the advertisers, and of the people who work for your company and feel they're being corrupted.

And then you have the CEOs who... are surrounded by people who tell them how great they are, and sometimes they totally believe it, and sometimes they know it's not true, and they end up committing what I call negligent suicide.

And then you have the CEOs who... are surrounded by people who tell them how great they are, and sometimes they totally believe it, and sometimes they know it's not true, and they end up committing what I call negligent suicide.

And then you have the CEOs who... are surrounded by people who tell them how great they are, and sometimes they totally believe it, and sometimes they know it's not true, and they end up committing what I call negligent suicide.

Glad to be here.

Glad to be here.

Glad to be here.

Okay. Just curious about your sister. Is she still living there or doing anything? What's she up to now? Just curious.

Okay. Just curious about your sister. Is she still living there or doing anything? What's she up to now? Just curious.

Okay. Just curious about your sister. Is she still living there or doing anything? What's she up to now? Just curious.

I'm sorry to hear that. For all I know, we crossed at some point. What was your name?

I'm sorry to hear that. For all I know, we crossed at some point. What was your name?

I'm sorry to hear that. For all I know, we crossed at some point. What was your name?

I will ask around because, so I have no Russian heritage like her. My father, however, was a scientist. He trained as a scientist at Cambridge, and his math professors were mostly Russian emigres. And he was basically, after the war, he was going to move to Russia so that he could work with all these brilliant Russian scientists.

I will ask around because, so I have no Russian heritage like her. My father, however, was a scientist. He trained as a scientist at Cambridge, and his math professors were mostly Russian emigres. And he was basically, after the war, he was going to move to Russia so that he could work with all these brilliant Russian scientists.

I will ask around because, so I have no Russian heritage like her. My father, however, was a scientist. He trained as a scientist at Cambridge, and his math professors were mostly Russian emigres. And he was basically, after the war, he was going to move to Russia so that he could work with all these brilliant Russian scientists.

And then after the war, he did a little more research and decided to move to the U.S. instead. And he ended up working for Robert Oppentheimer at the Institute for Advanced Study. One of our neighbors was Vladimir Zvorykin, a Russian guy who developed color TV for RCA. Same as with your sister, we knew that the Russians were good, even though their system was bad. And my mother...

And then after the war, he did a little more research and decided to move to the U.S. instead. And he ended up working for Robert Oppentheimer at the Institute for Advanced Study. One of our neighbors was Vladimir Zvorykin, a Russian guy who developed color TV for RCA. Same as with your sister, we knew that the Russians were good, even though their system was bad. And my mother...