Joichi Ito
Joichi Ito
Joichi "Joi" Itois a Japanese activist, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, Professor, and Director of the MIT Media Lab...
NationalityJapanese
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth19 June 1966
CountryJapan
fighting rights essentials
Upholding human rights is not merely compatible with fighting terrorism, it is essential.
cost ifs just-do-it
If the cost of figuring out whether to do something is more than just doing it, then just do it!
break-up government roles
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.
media democracy cash
Now that our media companies and it appears are policies are traded for cash, what is there to check the continuing consolidation of power and diminishing of democracy?
broken-heart japan democracy
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.
moving communication trying
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.
bridges roles ambassadors
I have always viewed my role as a sort of ambassador or bridge between groups to help provide a dialog.
fighting opportunity japan
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.
rights law would-be
It would be easy to define terrorism as attacks against human rights and international humanitarian law forbids attacks against innocent non-combatants which is often the definition used for terrorism.
mountain needs pencils
You're not going to be on top of mountain all by yourself with a #2 pencil What we need to learn is how to learn.
today rest-of-your-life adults
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.
fighting ideas trying
The idea of trying to fight against extremism was written off as naive.
risk cost failing
The cost of assessing risk is now often greater than the cost of failing.
whole-life connected has-beens
My whole life has been about connecting things that aren't connected.