I talked about the barriers created by monopolies. I said that it was the role of government to break up these monopolies and that we couldn't do it alone.

We discussed the history of postwar Japan and how Japan had missed an opportunity to build a more functional democracy because of the focus on fighting communism driven in large part by the American occupation.

Liberty, freedom and democracy are very fuzzy words, but human rights is very specific.

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.

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

Internet penetration in Italy is quite low and the Berlusconi media machine controls most of what people see.

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