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Code Swaraj economy, focus on environment, conservation as opposed to consumption, and finally, non-violence.

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Again, that ties into Gandhian thought. I believe Gandhi is more relevant to the world today than ever before in the history.

Through Internet, we can really reach out to large number of young with Gandhian thought. With all the things we have in the world, with the new technology and the possibilities, there is hardly any reason to fight, because there is just so much that is going to happen in the next 20 years in terms of longevity, production, food, transportation, communication, medicine, environment, energy.

This should give whole new way of restructuring of our societies.

There is very little conversation today about redesigning the world. Everybody is locked into the old design. Everybody thinks we must copy U.S., and we must do what U.S. has put on the table 70 years ago. I am one of those who firmly believe that that design just doesn’t work anymore.

I think what Carl, the Internet Archive, and all others are trying to do, in a sense, is to democratize information, empower people, give them more rights to their own destiny, make them participate in their democracy.

Today, in many countries, there is democracy, but there is very little freedom to act.

The Internet Archive, and the Internet, are putting kinds of these documents in the hands of larger public, make it available, accessible anytime, anywhere at almost no cost really gives whole different dimensions to the future of the world.

I am very excited about the potential. I want to be party to it. I am delighted that I have had the opportunity today to be here with Carl.

Carl and I went to India last year in October on October 2nd. We had a major event at the Gandhi Ashram, where I had called a meeting of about a hundred people.