Joichi Ito
Joichi Ito
Joichi "Joi" Itois a Japanese activist, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, Professor, and Director of the MIT Media Lab...
NationalityJapanese
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth19 June 1966
CountryJapan
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The most important thing I learned in school was how to touch type.
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Consequently, the only thing I learned in school was typing. In the old days, people like me who don't have college degrees had a hard time thriving in society. But today, the ability to learn on your own or from your peers has become really easy. I think this change is leading to a fundamental disruption in education. Independent and lifelong learning are really starting to peak - there is an inflection point coming around how people learn.
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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.
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Blogging was another important way of solving the freedom of expression and flow of information I was after and there was Six Apart.
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I still believe that there are definitely costs to anonymity, but stifling anonymous speech is a huge cost to democracy.
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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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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?
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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.
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If we destroy human rights and rule of law in the response to terrorism, they have won.
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An open network is more important for democracy than the right to bear arms and the right to vote. Voice is more important than votes.
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Korea has an extremely vibrant gaming, blogging, mobile phone and youth culture scene and I was eager to find out more about what was going on.
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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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I think it's important to remember that Hitler was human and that we always need to be aware of the risk allowing anyone to have so much power.
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I fear that my jokes will be misinterpreted and the irony lost. I fear that someone will take offense. I fear that a post will sound boastful.