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

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

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.

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.

There's a new power of pull. Pulling resources from the network JUST when you need them.

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