I definitely feel like my blog is going edgy to broad and boring.

I noticed that democracy was broken and tried to work on fixing that in Japan. Then I realized that it was broken all over the place and decided to work on that too.

Upholding human rights is not merely compatible with fighting terrorism, it is essential.

I have always viewed my role as a sort of ambassador or bridge between groups to help provide a dialog.

I agree that it is not just the extremists who harbor bad thoughts or engage in bad acts, but they are usually the source of the polarization and try to keep education and communication of the main stream from moving forward.

The cost of assessing risk is now often greater than the cost of failing.

In a world where discovery is more important than delivery, it's the people who find, remix and direct attention to old stuff that should be rewarded, not the people who deliver it or sit on it waiting for someone to show up.