61 Quotes by Joichi Ito


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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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    We talked about the Internet and Wikipedia and how facts and history are being collectively created online.

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    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.

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    It also brings me hope that we can resolve conflicts in our regions by connecting people and fighting against extremism in all of our countries.

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