May 6 2012: I almost hate to do this, but I'd have to say that I'm terribly disappointed with this talk. I advocate the involvement of young people in adult matters as it won't be long before they choosing their paths in life and have just as much right as anyone to voice their ideas and opinions. I also applaud Miss Gevinson's ambition and success with her website. I'm sure it has entertained and helped some people.
I was wholly unimpressed with her views of feminism in that they were sophmoric and frankly saccharine. I appreciate TED for its open-minded approach to important, inspirational topics, but listening to Gevinson share tired comments about female characters, etc. was like reading a dumbed-down MTV Girls article.
I will do my best to stay open minded about teen talks on TED as I'm confident they will be of a higher calibre than this was.
Oct 15 2011: From what I've read about E.O. Wilson's theories and Mr. Rosling's ideas, I agree. The evidence they've gathered/analyzed suggests they're right. I was merely wondering how many people COULD live on the Earth under the impression that current and future innovations alter the criteria by which the experts have chosen 9 to 10 billion (increase in birth rate, fecundity, urban expansion, building technology, energy sources, genetic science, agricultural science). I suppose, the sky's the limit, but even that isn't true.
Oct 14 2011: Wouldn't that get tiring? If it didn't, I wonder how one would deal with the probable upset in one's social life. Similar to winning 100 million dollars, your circle of friends would quake or topple. Living life with such fervor may be more easily accomplished if one's current life somewhat resembles a life filled with freedom, devoid of fear, supported by good health and fair winds.
Oct 14 2011: If I knew I had only one day to live and I were able bodied and of sound mind... good grief. The tsunami of depression would make it difficult to function.
I'd lay out a great feast, thank everyone I knew for being in my life and tell them I loved them (probably more than once). I might smoke some marijuana... no, I would definitely smoke some marijuana (at least at some point during that day). I'd take a walk outside. Pet some dogs. Watch a TED talk. Haha. Probably cry and fall to the ground. Maybe drink.
Oct 14 2011: For me, I would like to travel to different places for different reasons. I enjoy mountain climbing, so Argentina would be an easy choice (Mt.Aconcagua). Food is another factor to consider. I missed Italy when I was in Europe and feel terrible about it. Music? India and sitars, santoors, tanpuras... yay! Solitude... maybe Australia again, or my own Canada. Shopping? Tokyo! Wildlife? Madagascar!
Oct 14 2011: Not having read your report, it would be hard for me to comment on it, but I think you're right in one regard. Urban sprawl is a significant phenomenon. Calgary, Canada is a good example. Lots of houses. Not many apartments. Seoul, South Korea (where I live now) is closer to being the opposite. Apartments as far as the eye can see.
Perhaps, if 'spilling...into the farmland' is something we wish to avoid, then building more 50 floor apartments with greenhouses on the roof, or building underground will become attractive options. I might even guess that we will put our diets under greater and greater scrutiny thus decreasing waste food, abolishing wasteful agricultural practices (cattle, etc.), and genetically modifying food to contain more of what we need (for example, a rainbow potato with a variety of phyto/cyto chemicals and oozing with a range of vitamins and minerals). Living in smaller spaces (no more 100 acre private estates, or even apartments greater than 800 sq.ft.), recovering lost surface area by recycling our waste entirely (I think this is possible).
Oct 14 2011: Adequate technology certainly is an enabler. Water purification advancements. Success with fusion (crosses fingers), engineering and architectural innovations to increase resistance of collapse from earthquakes paired with societal acceptance of living in gargantuan buildings (tall like the Burj Dubai only cube-shaped) and virtual reality growing so ubiquitous it becomes a new age problem.
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I was wholly unimpressed with her views of feminism in that they were sophmoric and frankly saccharine. I appreciate TED for its open-minded approach to important, inspirational topics, but listening to Gevinson share tired comments about female characters, etc. was like reading a dumbed-down MTV Girls article.
I will do my best to stay open minded about teen talks on TED as I'm confident they will be of a higher calibre than this was.
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"It may be mankind's greatest mistake to believe that all he perceives is all there is to perceive."
This quote is humbling for me and reminds me that scant few things are for sure.
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I'd lay out a great feast, thank everyone I knew for being in my life and tell them I loved them (probably more than once). I might smoke some marijuana... no, I would definitely smoke some marijuana (at least at some point during that day). I'd take a walk outside. Pet some dogs. Watch a TED talk. Haha. Probably cry and fall to the ground. Maybe drink.
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A comment on Conversation: What do you think the carrying capacity of the Earth is?
Perhaps, if 'spilling...into the farmland' is something we wish to avoid, then building more 50 floor apartments with greenhouses on the roof, or building underground will become attractive options. I might even guess that we will put our diets under greater and greater scrutiny thus decreasing waste food, abolishing wasteful agricultural practices (cattle, etc.), and genetically modifying food to contain more of what we need (for example, a rainbow potato with a variety of phyto/cyto chemicals and oozing with a range of vitamins and minerals). Living in smaller spaces (no more 100 acre private estates, or even apartments greater than 800 sq.ft.), recovering lost surface area by recycling our waste entirely (I think this is possible).
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