Even many of the teenagers who feel confident on navigating the web simply don't have the skills needed to 'write and create' digital tools, not simply consume them.

A tablet replacing an exercise book is not innovation, it's just a different way to make notes.

One of the lessons of history is that even the deepest crises can be moments of opportunity. They bring ideas from the margins into the mainstream.

The City of London has never been known for understanding technology and has never matched Silicon Valley's tradition of knowledgeable investment in technology start-ups, just as the U.K. government has never matched the vast investment made by the U.S. government.

Cities simply don't have the powers they need to radically innovate in cutting obesity or the number of disaffected teenagers.

In every capitalist economy there are anti-capitalist movements, activists, and even political parties; in a way, that there are no longer anti-democratic movements, activists, and parties.

One effect of an individualistic culture that's poor at instilling mutual respect is that people jump more quickly to anger or violence.