Joichi Ito quotes

If we destroy human rights and rule of law in response to terrorism, they have won. (Joichi Ito)
The US constitution's First Amendment rights only cover Americans, but I believe that in a democracy the competition of ideas and free speech should combat beliefs that it does not agree with - more speech and debate, not censorship. View quote
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I have always viewed my role as a sort of ambassador or bridge between groups to help provide a dialog. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Liberty, freedom and democracy are very fuzzy words, but human rights is very specific. View quote
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Most creative work is a process of people passing ideas and inspirations from the past into the future and adding their own creativity along the way. View quote
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Upholding human rights is not merely compatible with fighting terrorism, it is essential. View quote
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The most important thing I learned in school was how to touch type. View quote
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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. View quote
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Money creates a power relationship between the payer and the payee. (Joichi Ito)
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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I definitely feel like my blog is going edgy to broad and boring. View quote
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The idea of trying to fight against extremism was written off as naive. View quote
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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. View quote
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When there is a huge force pressing down on freedoms, sub-cultures with more creativity and power are likely to form. View quote
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Internet penetration in Italy is quite low and the Berlusconi media machine controls most of what people see. View quote
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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. View quote
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Joichi Ito

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Photo: Mikegr, CC BY-SA 2.0
Occupation: Japanese Businessman
Born: June 19, 1966
Quotes count: 19