For good ideas and true innovation, you need human interaction, conflict, argument, debate.
The power of real debate is in the language and intellectual honesty of the debaters, alongside the engagement of spectators.
I've led a school whose faculty and students examine and discuss and debate every aspect of our law and legal system. And what I've learned most is that no one has a monopoly on truth or wisdom. I've learned that we make progress by listening to each other, across every apparent political or ideological divide.
Democracy must be built through open societies that share information. When there is information, there is enlightenment. When there is debate, there are solutions. When there is no sharing of power, no rule of law, no accountability, there is abuse, corruption, subjugation and indignation.
I love argument, I love debate. I don't expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that's not their job.