Leaders of institutions everywhere have lost trust. The global economy is stalled and the world is deeply divided, too unequal, unstable and unsustainable.

These kids [of the current generation] have no fear of technology ... sort of like I have no fear of a refrigerator.

Holding back technology to reserve business models is like allowing blacksmiths to veto the internal combustion engine in order to protect their horseshoes.

Industrial capitalism brought representative democracy, but with a weak public mandate and inert citizenry. The digital age offers a new democracy based on public deliberation and active citizenship.

You think that social media is about hooking up online? For these kids [in the Tunisian Revolution], it was a military tool to defend unarmed people from murderers.

All one needs is a computer, a network connection, and a bright spark of initiative and creativity to join the economy.

Peering succeeds because it leverages self-organization—a style of production that works more effectively than hierarchical management for certain tasks.