The cost of assessing risk is now often greater than the cost of failing. Joichi Ito More Quotes by Joichi Ito More Quotes From Joichi Ito If we destroy human rights and rule of law in response to terrorism, they have won. Joichi Ito terrorismrightslaw Education is what people do to you. Learning is what you do to yourself. Focus on being connected, always learning, fully aware and super present. Joichi Ito coachingfocuspeople Want to increase innovation? Lower the cost of failure. Joichi Ito innovationcostwant Consequently, the only thing I learned in school was typing. In the old days, people like me who don't have college degrees had a hard time thriving in society. But today, the ability to learn on your own or from your peers has become really easy. I think this change is leading to a fundamental disruption in education. Independent and lifelong learning are really starting to peak - there is an inflection point coming around how people learn. Joichi Ito independentcollegeschool My whole life has been about connecting things that aren't connected. Joichi Ito whole-lifehas-beensconnected Liberty, freedom and democracy are very fuzzy words, but human rights is very specific. Joichi Ito democracylibertyrights I don’t think education is about centralized instruction anymore; rather, it is the process [of] establishing oneself as a node in a broad network of distributed creativity. Joichi Ito creativityinstructionthinking Education is something that other people do to you. Learning is something you do for yourself. Joichi Ito people Most creative work is a process of people passing ideas and inspirations from the past into the future and adding their own creativity along the way. Joichi Ito creativityinspirationpast 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. Joichi Ito googletargetimportant Question authority; think for yourself. Talk to people, do things unrelated to school - to come up with your own framework for living. The world is too complex and people are too different to be overly prescriptive about the details. Joichi Ito peopleschoolthinking Upholding human rights is not merely compatible with fighting terrorism, it is essential. Joichi Ito essentialsfightingrights We have a long way to go before we are able to hear the voices of everyone on earth, but I believe that providing voices and building bridges is essential for the World Peace we all wish for. Joichi Ito voicebridgesbelieve 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. Joichi Ito waitingdiscoverypeople 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. Joichi Ito rolesgovernmentbreak-up If the cost of figuring out whether to do something is more than just doing it, then just do it! Joichi Ito just-do-itcostifs Consent of the Networked will become the seminal book firmly establishing the responsibility of those who control the architecture and the politics of the network to the citizens who inhabit our new digital world. Consent of the Networked should be required reading for all of those involved in building our networked future as well as those who live in it. Joichi Ito readingresponsibilitybook There's a new power of pull. Pulling resources from the network JUST when you need them. Joichi Ito pullingresourcesneeds I don't like the word 'futurists.' I think we should be 'nowists.' Joichi Ito futuristshouldthinking 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. Joichi Ito rest-of-your-lifeadultstoday
