I always say that the largest party in every country - the largest opposition group in every country - is the youth party.

Since most cyberwar is conducted covertly, governments avoid any public acknowledgment of their own abilities and shy away from engaging in any sort of 'cyber diplomacy.' Statecraft conducted in secret fails to create public norms for deterrence.

When people think of digital diplomacy, they think of government tweeting. It is not what it is. That is public diplomacy.

The intensity of cyber conflict around the world is increasing, and the tools are becoming cheaper and more readily available.

Qualified software engineers, managers, marketers and salespeople in Silicon Valley can rack up dozens of high-paying, high-upside job offers any time they want, while national unemployment and underemployment is sky high.

While the digital transformation of industries will be profound, we must keep in mind that it will have wider economic and social impact, too, as with previous revolutions driven by steam and coal, electricity and computers.

We humans are an extremely important manifestation of the replication bomb, because it is through us - through our brains, our symbolic culture and our technology - that the explosion may proceed to the next stage and reverberate through deep space.

Technology is unlocking the innate compassion we have for our fellow human beings.