"We can't
blame the
technology
when we
make mistakes.”
–founder of the internet, Tim Berners-Lee
"The internet
is becoming
the town square
for the
global village
of tomorrow.”
–Microsoft founder Bill Gates
"We are all
now connected
by the Internet,
like neurons in
a giant brain.”
–physicist Stephen Hawking
"The internet,
in general,
I find troubling.
The anonymity
has made us all
meaner
and dumber.
This thing
that was supposed
to bring us
closer together,
I see it doing
the opposite.”
–writer and producer Aaron Sorkin
"The internet
is so big,
so powerful
and pointless
that for
some people
it is a complete
substitute
for life.”
– journalist Andrew Brown
"The internet
could be a
very positive
step towards
education,
organisation and
participation in
a meaningful
society.”
–philosopher Noam Chomsky
"Dear Internet:
You are very good
at spreading
rumours.
Truth is more
valuable and
much harder
to come by.”
–novelist Mark Frost
"Everyone is on
the internet but
they're not all
talking with
each other ...
while the internet
brings everyone
into a
shared space,
it does not
necessarily
bring them together.”
–film-maker David Lynch
"The internet
tempts us
to think that
because an email
or a new website
can be accessed
in seconds
that everything
works at the same
instant speed.
Art is more like
the growth
of a plant.
It needs time
and space.”
–composer Stephen Hough
"The world's
urban poor and
the illiterate
are going to be
increasingly
disadvantaged
and are in
danger of being
left behind.
The web has
added a new
dimension
to the gap
between the
first world
and the
developing world.”
–Tim Berners-Lee
The internet was founded in April 1969
THE Australian Casus Circus comes to Strode Theatre in Street at 6.30pm on Friday 22nd June to perform Driftwood after its debut performances in London.
Regarded as the hottest contemporary circus company in Australia and based in Brisbane, Casus Circus takes circus arts to a new level. Performances incorporate choreography, acrobatics, trapeze and aerial stunts, involving skill, strength and bravery of t performers who test the limits of the human body.