TED Community » Joanna Murawska

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• A reply on Talk: Richard Dawkins: Militant atheism

  Feb 2 2012: I was always (and still am) under the impression that Buddhism isn't a religion, but a way of life.

• A comment on Conversation: Did I just help society, or hurt society?

  Dec 20 2011: The only way you've helped society, is by stimulating the economy.
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  A comment on Conversation: Is the ease of retrieving information minimizing growth in our young population?

  Dec 20 2011: Being 16, and a frequent user of technology to find answers, very often I find myself wondering how different my life would be if access to information was like it was in 'the old days'. And I often feel quite sad about the answer I come up with.
  
  I feel like now that answers are so readily and easily available, my generation aren't learning and growing as much as we potentially could be. Whenever I read a book from a library for some information, my eye is always catching some new information, something that I wouldn't have learnt if I had Googled the original question it. I think that's what the problem is these days with information retrieval. A search engine is able to give you pages specific to your question, that answer only that single question, while a book will tell you another 10 things on the same page the answer is written on.
  
  And as to asking experts, there is a reason they are experts. Online, you never know who is behind the text on your screen. But an expert is trained in their field, and are a lot more genuine.

• A comment on Conversation: In addition to increasing income, what else should poverty eradication include?

  Dec 20 2011: Like others have said, I think that education plays a HUGE roll in eradicating poverty.