Great Throughts Treasury

This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.

Ethan Zuckerman

American Media Scholar, Blogger and Internet Activist, Director of the MIT Center for Civic Media

"It can be a bit overwhelming, but it's a great overview of the conversations taking place in and around Africa."

"The culture around here is much less cutthroat than it is in, say, Silicon Valley, or even within the non-profit culture in D.C."

"We are trying to do a transfer of technology that allows people to express themselves without taking risks. It is about free speech, that's all."

"While the Internet is censored in China, the censorship is allowing a level of speech to take place that's unprecedented."