In A Town Of 3,000

I Am An Optimist By Nature And Believe Strongly That Technology Can Be Brought To Bear To Create Alternatives, Even In Crisis Situations.

My Reaction To A Lot Of The Current Situation That We're In Is Based In Part On A Serious Concern That The Present Administration's Course Ignores Reality.

My Belief Is That There Will Be Very Large Numbers Of Internet-enabled Devices On The Net - Home Appliances, Office Equipment, Things In The Car And Maybe Things That You Carry Around. And Since They're All On The Internet And Internet-enabled, They'll Be Manageable Through The Network, And So We'll See People Using The Net And Applications On The Net To Manage Their Entertainment Systems, Manage Their, You Know, Office Activities And Maybe Even Much Of Their Social Lives Using Systems On The Net That Are Helping Them Perform That Function.

Privacy May Actually Be An Anomaly.

I Was Very Nervous About Going Up To Teach At Stanford And Very Nervous Even About Going To Arpa.