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• A comment on Conversation: Does prison work?

  Jul 25 2012: I understand that society needs some kind of system in place to keep order and also that individuals need some kind of comfort that those who wronged them but is there there any evidence to suggest that the prison system, as it is now, actually works? This is a serious question. I can not find any data.
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  A comment on Conversation: What advice would you give a younger you?

  Jul 13 2012: At this moment I just turned 38. I am going to write myself a letter from my hopefully alive future self at 76 years old:
  
  Dear 38,
  You are two years from 40 now. You are now entering the second chapter. By 40 some people have given up on many of their personal goals and dreams. I want you to realize 38, you have only used half of the time you have been given to live, maybe even less! Sit down and think of all the things you have managed to cram into this life so far! You learned to walk, talk, ride a bike, and mathematics (kind of). You have had your first love, your second, a long endearing marriage, you have traveled the world, you have learned a second language, you have had several good career paths that have kept you mentally engaged. You have developed some long term, deep and wonderful relationships, you have pissed your parents of and you have made them proud. You have developed many interests and passions! You have been full of energy and exhausted. Stressed and fancy free. You have had good sex! You have had times in your life when you laughed so hard that you almost peed your pants! Just think 38 of all the wonderful things in life you have done in the last 38 years! Now just think of all the things you can still do in the next 38!!!!!!! Don't spend your time doubting yourself or thinking about "do I still have time to accomplish this"? Just do! Do everything you can! Everything that will make you happy! Make the world a better place, learn yet another language, meet wonderful people who will inspire you to do even more! Just go and when you are filled to the brim of things you can do, then let your life catch up to you!
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  A comment on Conversation: 2011: what are the 3 things ( in three sentences) that you learned this year watching TED?

  Jan 2 2012: There are simple and effective solutions all around us. We just need to open our minds enough to see them...then learn how we can apply them.

• A comment on Conversation: Do you use crowd wisdom to think? Be part of creating the first ever crowd sourced TED talk

  Dec 21 2011: This is an incredible example of crowdsourcing:
  www.ideaconnection.com

• A reply on Conversation: Can we abolish nationalism and live in a globalized society?

  Dec 21 2011: Now that it a scary thought! :)

• A comment on Conversation: Do you use crowd wisdom to think? Be part of creating the first ever crowd sourced TED talk

  Dec 19 2011: This conversation reminds me of two topics that my be helpful. One is a TED talk, Learning from the Barefoot Movement by Bunker Roy:
  http://blog.ted.com/2011/10/17/learning-from-a-barefoot-movement-bunker-roy-on-ted-com/
  The other is from a TED conversation I was reading about the topic Corporate Rebels. One person, Lois Kelly had posted an interesting presentation on what makes a corporate rebel. It is a different topic but I thought it did relate since these 'rebels' tend to act based on wanting their company to succeed rather then for self branding.
  http://www.slideshare.net/Foghound/corporate-rebel-ebook
  
  Both these these topics were about using 'non-leaders' expertise or natural talents to create innovate change. Is it possible to have a crowd wisdom consisting of experts? I don't know if you believe crowd wisdom must incorporate every single voice but it certainly seems that people weed themselves out by being lackadaisical. Meaning, not everyone cares to put the effort in to be apart of a movement or change.
  Hope it helps and good luck with your talk. Enjoy!

• A reply on Conversation: How do Corporate Rebels challenge conventional business practices?

  Dec 18 2011: Can I ask where your stats came from? If you collected them yourself, what country where they collected in and was there a certain company profile you used when surveying? I enjoyed your presentation!
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  A comment on Conversation: Can we abolish nationalism and live in a globalized society?

  Dec 18 2011: I think it's not a matter of nationalism but a matter of cultural identity. One idea that bothers me is that to combat racism many people think each person must be viewed exactly the same, sometimes to the extreme of not noticing our differences. I think this way of thinking leads to a different form of racism. I do not believe we will see the end of racist extremist until smaller societies learn that differences are not a negative aspect but rather a strength. Viewing the world from different cultural perspectives can give us a better understanding of whole picture.
  
  There are a lot of 'melting pot' societies that push the idea of one 'American culture' (as an example) which leads to our micro cultures loosing much of their cultural heritage such as foods, language, musics, traditional beliefs and ancient knowledge. It is the fear of losing identities that manifest into racism. That being said, history and cultural background is important to ultimately understanding who we are and why we operate the way we do. As I see it, the question is, how do we keep our unique identities while respectfully working together? The more globalized the world becomes, the more we lose our historical backgrounds and become one global mono culture. Of course that adds another element which is, if we were a globalized society, what culture would dominate our perspective? In other words, who or what would be in charge of the rules and regulations in that society? How would we decide which cultural lens to look through when holding people and business to ethical standards?