My first encounter with Biz Stone, the co-founder of Twitter, took place in the historic Sheldonian Theater — a grand seventeenth-century venue designed by Christopher Wren. Sitting there, surrounded by curved seating and a spectacular painted ceiling, I found it hard to imagine a more striking contrast: a centuries-old theatre hosting the man who helped revolutionize modern communication. Yet as Biz Stone began to speak, I realized how seamlessly innovation and tradition can coexist, and how one can inform the other in unexpected ways. Read more in my column for MANILA BULLETIN: https://mb.com.ph/2025/3/11/what-i-ve-learned-from-biz-stone