You don't want a television with knobs marked "volume" and "brightness" and
"contrast." You want a television with knobs marked "sex" and "violence" and
"political bias."
-- Nicholas Negroponte, Director of MIT Media Lab
"contrast." You want a television with knobs marked "sex" and "violence" and
"political bias."
-- Nicholas Negroponte, Director of MIT Media Lab
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