We have a long way to go before we are able to hear the voices of everyone on earth, but I believe that providing voices and building bridges is essential for the World Peace we all wish for.

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

I don't like the word 'futurists.' I think we should be 'nowists.'

I have had a great deal of interaction with Koreans and feel a fairly strong bond with Korea.

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

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.

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.