A Quote by Taavet Hinrikus

We're living in a world where international governance is failing to overcome borders, but technology is succeeding in removing them.

Taavet Hinrikus

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Borders Failing Governance International Living Overcome Succeeding Technology Them World

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Taavet Hinrikus
Born: 1981

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Narendra Modi

You are going to fail, and failing, for me, is as joyful as succeeding. Failing means that there is something to learn, and we can improve and do it better next time.

Sebastian Thrun

We are bringing technology into governance in a very big way. This is making governance easy, effective, economic and transparent.

Narendra Modi

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Amy Lockwood

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Astro Teller

The European Union will continue to fully support multilateral global governance based on international law, human rights, and strong international institutions.

Federica Mogherini

9/11 was a signal that we were living in a new world - a world of interdependence, a world in which people could attack the United States not from the outside, but from the inside. It was a sign that the United States, the most powerful country in the world, could watch the cathedral of capitalism at the Trade Center and the heart of its defense at the Pentagon be struck internally, not really across borders, so that borders don't matter anymore.

Benjamin Barber

I don’t mind failing, but if I succeed it better be worth succeeding for.

Vinod Khosla

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Julie Andrews

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Zoltan Istvan

I like winning or losing, failing or succeeding on my own merit.

CM Punk

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Tim Pratt

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