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The TED conversations admin team claimed that I had violated the site's Terms of Use and removed all of my previous comments without the courtesy of sending me a copy. It is obvious that their decision-making process is both careless and unreasoned. I propose the TED team to reinstate all of my previous comments and let the community to weigh in on whether those comments deserve to be removed in such a manner. I believe my point of view and opinions matter even if they do not fit into some people's paradigm. It is time for the TED team to stop acting like a pepper-spraying cop hiding behind an internet screen. Thank you and feel free to contact me at ehicks.j@gmail.com

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  A comment on Conversation: Is "being a workaholic" an essential ingredient to success?

  Feb 19 2012: No. You need an equal amount of playtime to become truly successful.

• A comment on Conversation: How personalized would you prefer products/services to be in the future? Do you want them to really, really, REALLY know you?

  Feb 16 2012: Eugenia, if I say, a person is much more than a set of preference, would you agree?
  
  PS I grew up with a grandmother whose closet was entirely custom-made according to her ever-changing moods and tastes. Each piece looked totally different from one another, more so than the physical differences between Neptune and Mars.
  
  So, no. I don't think any web tool can accurately predict what the interior design of my next apartment will look like.

• A reply on Conversation: Julliet is the sun? Is there a difference between hearing language and reading it?

  Feb 16 2012: My understanding: Juliet is NOT the sun, I am.

• A reply on Conversation: Would you keep it to yourself or give it away to someone who had already achieved the fame required to promote it to the world?

  Feb 16 2012: From what I've learned, skydiving is one of the safest extreme sports around. I'll say: go for it, brother.

• A reply on Conversation: Would you keep it to yourself or give it away to someone who had already achieved the fame required to promote it to the world?

  Feb 14 2012: Life sure is a gamble, isn't it?
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  A reply on Conversation: How do we achieve gender equality?

  Feb 13 2012: That's good to know. Perhaps narrowing down your topic to something like "how do we achieve equal pay for women and men in the workplace..." could have helped?
  
  On second thought, isn't it also the responsibility of the women themselves to ask for whatever they think their productivity and contribution are worth in the workplace in order to bring on real change in our society?
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  A reply on Conversation: Is Itunes a revoultionary service that changed Music and Technology forever?

  Feb 13 2012: Not really, it's just that the iTunes store doesn't have passionate music geeks as their sales clerks for me to interact with when, for example, what I'm looking for is a rare record.
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  A comment on Conversation: Is Itunes a revoultionary service that changed Music and Technology forever?

  Feb 13 2012: I feel bad for the kids who are missing out on the fun trips to the neighborhood record store.
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  A comment on Conversation: How do we achieve gender equality?

  Feb 13 2012: Erin, to be completely honest with you, the fact that I was not born with a pair of ovaries leading to my lack of ability to bear children seems so darn unfair. In your opinion, what am I supposed to do about it?

• A reply on Conversation: Does the media choose our presidential candidates for us?

  Feb 11 2012: As much as I'd like to think that the Buddha might have been a cool dude, "emptiness" is not solving our problems at the moment, or is it?
  
  Of course, we can't deny the possibility that one day if everybody starts blending into a tree or a lamp post next to him/her, stop doing anything, and most importantly, stop pretending whatever it is that they're doing is in any way meaningful, a radically different world may emerge.