Jeff Faux, 10/16/12

Founder and now Distinguished Fellow at the Economic Policy Institute

Walk into any Apple store today and you can see what's coming tomorrow. I don't mean the array of electronic gadgets laid out on the countertops; I mean the army of bright, ambitious, heavily indebted college graduates working for roughly $12 an hour.

Tim Mohin, 10/16/12

Director of Corporate Responsibility, AMD

Let's stipulate that, like breathing or ocean tides, we cannot and should not stop the trend toward a digital society. Let's also stipulate that it is absolute folly to attempt to regulate what people can and cannot do on the Internet in the name of energy efficiency.

Bob Garfield, 10/15/12

Author, Journalist

I didn't really write my new book so much as Google it.

Shai Reshef, 10/16/12

Founder, University of the People

Let Ada inspire many more modern-day "Enchantress of Numbers" to come to light.

Susan Landau, 10/15/12

Author, "Surveillance or Security? The Risks Posed by New Wiretapping Technologies"

It's easy to gather "suspicious data" and forward it on, especially if that is the model of success within the organization. But does such data collection make us safer?

Ash Kumra, 10/15/12

Startup America California co-leader, DreamItAlive.com co-founder; Public speaker

We're learning to share. Well, at least our entrepreneurs are. It's called collaborative consumption, and more and more small businesses and entrepreneurs are using this concept to launch their companies.

Melissa Webster, 10/15/12

Music journalist

Would he secretly embrace digital technology while publicly spurning anything short of vinyl records as a bastardization of music? Or, would he publicly welcome the changes and call it evolution for music and artists?

Fortune's Stanley Bing, 10/14/12

Fortune Magazine Columnist

It's just the beginning, guys. Every breath you take. Every move you make. Every bond you break, every step you take, Apple will be watching you. Unless you find the well-hidden option, that is.

Maura O'Neill, 10/16/12

Chief Innovation Officer and Senior Counselor to the Administrator, USAID

We are sparking the imagination and entrepreneurial talent of the world to use the new mobile and computing technology to solve one of the world's most devastating problems.

Shira Lazar, 10/16/12

Co-Founder, WhatsTrending.com

Warren Sapp is used to having the final say on his show, "Judge Sapp," where he settles disputes with his trademark no-nonsense attitude and outrageous wit.

John Pavley, 10/13/12

CTO @ The Huffington Post, Mgt Hckr

I have three flat touch devices on my desk right now. All three pretty much do the same thing. I feel having three of these things should be an extravagance but it's not.

David Ropeik, 10/16/12

Author, 'How Risky Is It, Really?'

What a fantastic demonstration of the animal wiring of the human brain when it comes to fear. What a thrill! For Felix, sure, but for us too.

Carey Perloff, 10/16/12

Artistic Director, American Conservatory Theater

If the arts in San Francisco go under, there is far less incentive for startups and tech companies to relocate here. Let's not make the assumption that the success of the tech industry is unique and separate from the rest of the city.

Shawn Amos, 10/12/12

Freshwire

Are podcasts back? Did they ever leave? The former "next big thing" was front and center this week courtesy of a clever interview request from Nerdist frontman Chris Hardwick.

Timothy Karr, 10/12/12

Campaign Director, Free Press and SavetheInternet.com

In a year of misleading political attack ads and distracted television newscasters, the Internet may offer salvation for voters seeking the truth. A new Google poll found that 64 percent of battleground-state voters have used the Internet to fact-check the candidates in 2012.

Rafael Fernández de Castro, 10/12/12

Wikipedia will not resolve an international dispute. Nevertheless, the site is increasingly becoming a forum that challenges subjective, traditional, and institutionalized information -- in the case of the Falklands Islands, history.

Michael K. Powell, 10/15/12

President and CEO, National Cable & Telecommunications Association

Author David Cay Johnston won a Pulitzer Prize in 2001 for his reporting on U.S. tax policy. But in his just released book, The Fine Print, Johnston falls woefully short of that standard in his attempt to critique the state of broadband in the U.S.