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. Joichi Ito actagreebad share on social
We discussed the history of postwar Japan and how Japan had missed an opportunity to build a more functional democracy because of the focus on fighting communism driven in large part by the American occupation. Joichi Ito americanbuildcommunism share on social
Internet penetration in Italy is quite low and the Berlusconi media machine controls most of what people see. Joichi Ito berlusconicontrolinternet Change image and share on social
Upholding human rights is not merely compatible with fighting terrorism, it is essential. Joichi Ito compatibleessentialfight Change image and share on social
Money creates a power relationship between the payer and the payee. Joichi Ito createmoneypayee Change image and share on social
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. Joichi Ito barrierbreakcreate Change image and share on social
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. Joichi Ito attackcombatantdefine share on social
Liberty, freedom and democracy are very fuzzy words, but human rights is very specific. Joichi Ito democracyfreedomfuzzy Change image and share on social
We talked about the Internet and Wikipedia and how facts and history are being collectively created online. Joichi Ito collectivelycreatefact Change image and share on social
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. Joichi Ito breakdecidedemocracy Change image and share on social