Hamish MacEwan

Wired: So what happens when innovation gets pushed to the edges?
Ito: There is freedom to innovate, freedom to connect, and freedom to access. It’s the core features of the whole Silicon Valley venture world.

Wired: How is that freedom exhibited outside Silicon Valley?
Ito: It turns out that you can use the same formula for startups and apply it to other things. For example, the personal landmine treaty would not have passed if it were not for the fact those NGOs could run circles around the United Nations by using email. It cost them nothing to collaborate. In the past it cost tons to collaborate.

Wired: And cheap is what matters?
Ito: Being able to do shit without money is a tremendously important thing. Whether you are talking about venture startups, nonprofits, a civic action, the overthrow of dictators, it all comes from diminishing the cost of access, and diminishing the cost of innovation.