Joichi Ito Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Google is in an amazing position to be the target of tons of lawsuits that will set precedent for many important things for us on the Internet.”

“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.”

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

“When there is a huge force pressing down on freedoms, sub-cultures with more creativity and power are likely to form.”

“But my question is, am I compromising by adapting my words for the audience and where is the line beyond which I am not adapting words, but changing my position?”

“I just believe that the cost of marketing is going to increase and the cost of delivery is going to decrease as the Net gets stronger and mass media gets weaker.”

“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?”

“For some reason, I grew up generally believing that Japan and Korea were quite friendly. I do know that there is some bad history and the extremists on both sides are unreasonable.”

“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.”

“I definitely feel like my blog is going edgy to broad and boring.”