Quotes from Joichi Ito

Internet penetration in Italy is quite low and the Berlusconi media machine controls most of what people see.

In a world where discovery is more important than delivery, it's the people who find, remix and direct attention to old stuff that should be rewarded, not the people who deliver it or sit on it waiting for someone to show up.

I definitely feel like my blog is going edgy to broad and boring.

Money creates a power relationship between the payer and the payee.

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.

For some reason, I grew up generally believing that Japan and Korea were quite friendly. I do know that there is some bad history and the extremists on both sides are unreasonable.

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?

There's a new power of pull. Pulling resources from the network JUST when you need them.

I just believe that the cost of marketing is going to increase and the cost of delivery is going to decrease as the Net gets stronger and mass media gets weaker.

But my question is, am I compromising by adapting my words for the audience and where is the line beyond which I am not adapting words, but changing my position?

Education is what people do to you. Learning is what you do to yourself. Focus on being connected, always learning, fully aware and super present.

When there is a huge force pressing down on freedoms, sub-cultures with more creativity and power are likely to form.

My whole life has been about connecting things that aren't connected.

Upholding human rights is not merely compatible with fighting terrorism, it is essential.

It would be easy to define terrorism as attacks against human rights and international humanitarian law forbids attacks against innocent non-combatants which is often the definition used for terrorism.

In the old days, you became an adult when suddenly your life went from learning to doing the same thing for the rest of your life, but today you can't afford to do that.

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.

If we destroy human rights and rule of law in the response to terrorism, they have won.

There was a very convincing argument made that the extremists have won and the aggression is now supported by the majority, therefore fighting until surrender was the only alternative.

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.

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.

Google is in an amazing position to be the target of tons of lawsuits that will set precedent for many important things for us on the Internet.

Liberty, freedom and democracy are very fuzzy words, but human rights is very specific.

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.