“Ultimately, the current argument is "not having net neutrality will hurt innovation," and you can make that argument, but I would rather make the public good argument, which is not just about innovation or nurturing new companies that will add to the nation's GDP, it's actually about creating a democratic public sphere.” NationsHurtCompanyCreatingArgumentInnovationAddDemocraticCurrentsSpheresNurturingNeutralityGdpPublic GoodNet NeutralityNew Company Author:Astra Taylor
“We have to build movements in the face of trade retaliation on the basis of people's democratic rights, on the basis of an ancient heritage of collective innovation. We work from the grassroots all the way to the national government and the World Trade Organization. It basically means being very multidimensional in our campaigns. And that is where part of the fun is. It involves both resistance and creativity. It involves constructive action, while at the same time saying "no."” PeopleWorldWayMeanGovernmentActionFacesFunCreativityRightsMovementOrganizationBasesInnovationTradeDemocraticAncientCampaignsResistanceCollectivesHeritageConstructiveSaying NoWorld TradeGrassrootsRetaliationDemocratic RightsWorld Trade Organization Author:Vandana Shiva
“Singapore and China, which don't want to encourage democratic citizenship, are expanding their humanities curricula. These reforms are all about developing a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship.” WantHumanityCultureInnovationDemocraticChinaEntrepreneurshipReformDevelopingCitizenshipExpandingSingapore Author:Martha C. Nussbaum
“"Hypercoherence" is one of the most dangerous threats to the long-term survival of our civilization. Hypercoherence is the close efficient linkage of all parts of the world economic, communication and transport systems. It has been crucial in the spread of great innovations, the rise of world wealth, and even the dissemination of democratic concepts and ethical values and the defeat of oppressive regimes.” WorldValuesWealthEconomicDangerousCommunicationSurvivalInnovationThreatDemocraticDefeatSpreadEthicalTransport Author:Arthur Demarest
“During the summer of 2009, conservative activists turned up the heat on Democratic politicians to protest the innovation-destroying, liberty-usurping Obamacare mandate. In the summer of 2012, it's squishy Republican politicians who deserve the grassroots flames.” LibertyPoliticianRepublicanSummerDeserveInnovationDemocraticConservativeFlamesHeatProtestActivistDestroyingObamacareMandatesGrassroots Author:Michelle Malkin
“India is at the vanguard of figuring out how to exploit technology and innovation on behalf of democratic accountability.” TechnologyIndiaInnovationDemocraticAccountabilityBehalfExploitsVanguardTechnology And Innovation Author:Samantha Power
“Overregulation stifles creativity. It smothers innovation. It gives dinosaurs a veto over the future. It wastes the extraordinary opportunity for a democratic creativity that digital technology enables.” GivingOpportunityCreativityTechnologyWasteInnovationDemocraticExtraordinaryDigitalDinosaursVetoDigital Technology Book:Free Culture: The Nature and Future of Creativity Source: Free Culture: The Nature and Future of Creativity
“If you want the best things to happen in corporate life you have to find ways to be hospitable to the unusual person. You don't get innovation as a democratic process. You almost get it as an anti-democratic process. Certainly you get it as an antithetical process, so you have to have an environment where the body of people are really amenable to change and can deal with the conflicts that arise out of change an innovation.” PeopleIfsWayWantPersonsBodyHappensProcessDealsEnvironmentConflictInnovationDemocraticClimateAriseCorporateBest ThingsUnusualDemocratic ProcessAmenable Author:Max De Pree