If we destroy human rights and rule of law in response to terrorism, they have won.
Liberty, freedom and democracy are very fuzzy words, but human rights is very specific.
Want to increase innovation? Lower the cost of failure.
LinkedIn allows you to search histories and CVs in your network – it’s great for finding people who work in a particular company, or who have worked with someone you know. It’s also an interesting way to find references for people or companies you’re getting to know.
Upholding human rights is not merely compatible with fighting terrorism, it is essential.
Question authority; think for yourself. Talk to people, do things unrelated to school – to come up with your own framework for living. The world is too complex and people are too different to be overly prescriptive about the details.
If the cost of figuring out whether to do something is more than just doing it, then just do it!
I talked about the barriers created by monopolies. I said that it was the role of government to break up these monopolies and that we couldn’t do it alone.
Now that our media companies and it appears are policies are traded for cash, what is there to check the continuing consolidation of power and diminishing of democracy?
I noticed that democracy was broken and tried to work on fixing that in Japan. Then I realized that it was broken all over the place and decided to work on that too.
When there is a huge force pressing down on freedoms, sub-cultures with more creativity and power are likely to form.
I agree that it is not just the extremists who harbor bad thoughts or engage in bad acts, but they are usually the source of the polarization and try to keep education and communication of the main stream from moving forward.
There’s a new power of pull. Pulling resources from the network JUST when you need them.
I don’t like the word ‘futurists.’ I think we should be ‘nowists.’
We have a long way to go before we are able to hear the voices of everyone on earth, but I believe that providing voices and building bridges is essential for the World Peace we all wish for.