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Your Idea: A Weapon that creates Peace
Let's face it; War is a business.
How, then, do we create a product of war, that doesn't hurt, maim, or kill, but rather does the opposite and heals, prevents, and stops conflict that a corporate company can patent and therefore make money from, keeping not only innocent people from being harmed, but also feeds the corporate companies' bottom line of keeping investors happy?!?
The idea is simple in effect, and promotes peace whilst still increasing worth.
I just have little idea on what the war product could be, so I'm crowd-sourcing from you, fellow TEDsters, to help build the perfect weapon: A weapon of peace.
Should it be just one weapon of peace, or, just as there are many weapons of war, perhaps there should be multiple weapons of peace that can each be patented by the companies listed here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_modern_armament_manufacturers and allow such companies to make money from peace?
as always, I'm awaiting your thoughts.....
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carolyn mcauley 10+
griffin tucker 10+
allow me to explain why.
when a drug is taken that affects the brain, the mind is in an altered state of consciousness, and usual logical, lateral, and non-spontaneous thinking styles are affected heavily. in order to make well-thought-out decisions, the human mind needs these thinking styles to be somewhat appropriate according to the situation. when emotion over-rules logic, spontaneous decisions are made, and could have disastrous effects on (for instance) a leader's decision.
all that being said, with alcohol, it affects the liver in a bad way, and fights break out much more often in crowds where alcohol is being served than, say, a rave in a ware-house or forest.
to be quite honest, i think mdma is much more safer than alcohol in terms of the social spectrum of society, considering it really is just pure mdma and not mixed with other chemicals or agents. i would go as far as to say that alcohol users have a higher risk of death than extacy users. however, there isn't really a sure-fire method to know what's in a small pill that is referred to as extacy, when it could actually be a dangerous substitute like 'fantasy' or worse, often this is unknown, and often this causes deaths.