We get so little news about the developing world that we often forget that there are literally millions of people out there struggling to change things to be fairer, freer, more democratic, less corrupt.

I think we're going to start to see a new model of civic advocacy where people get together once in a while to protest, but it's more about an ongoing, sustained engagement in issues, networks and communities about which people care.

Saying the Tech Bloom is not commercially driven is like saying Mother Teresa had an interest in the poor.

In almost all city governments in America, the small group of people who don't want change are able to block change.

Urban retrofitting: creating different sorts of spaces and uses out of places that are already there.

Powerful people doing bad things LIKE cynical, despairing citizens.

To be young and aware is to know you’re being lied to; to know that a bright green future is possible; to know that we can reimagine the world, rebuild our cities, redesign our lives, retool our factories, distribute innovation and creativity and all live in a world that is not only better than the alternative, but much better than the world we have now.