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Esther Dyson (born 14 July , 1951 ) is the daughter of Freeman Dyson , the sister of George Dyson , and a noted expert and Philosopher in the field of emerging digital technology.

After graduating from Harvard in Economics , Dyson began her career in 1974 as a fact-checker for Forbes and quickly rose to reporter. In 1977 she joined New Court Securities as "the research department", following Federal Express and other start-ups. After a stint at Oppenheimer covering Software companies, she moved to Rosen Research and in 1983 bought the company from her employer Ben Rosen, and renamed it EDventure Holdings .

A signature element of her projects are their names:

  • Release 1.0 is Dyson's monthly technology-industry newsletter, published for the last 20 years by EDventure Holdings. Dyson writes several issues herself and edits the rest.


  • Release 2.0 is Dyson's 1997 book on the effect of the Internet on individuals' lives. The full title is ''Release 2.0: A design for living in the digital age''. She published an updated volume, ''Release 2.1'', in 1998.


  • Release 3.0 is Dyson's bimonthly column for the New York Times and its syndicate. Dyson also publishes the column in her own newsletter.


  • . On March 4, 2005, Dyson changed the address for her blog to her Flickr account ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/edyson/ ).


Dyson and her company specialize in analysing the impact of emerging technologies and markets on the economy and society.

She is a participant in numerous , George Sadowsky , Veni Markovski and others. She is also a member of the board for The Long Now Foundation . She has a part-ownership of the '' First Monday '' journal.


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