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.

In the old days, you became an adult when suddenly your life went from learning to doing the same thing for the rest of your life, but today you can't afford to do that.

My whole life has been about connecting things that aren't connected.

Money creates a power relationship between the payer and the payee.

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

LinkedIn allows you to search histories and CVs in your network - it's great for finding people who work in a particular company, or who have worked with someone you know. It's also an interesting way to find references for people or companies you're getting to know.

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