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• A comment on Talk: Robert Gordon: The death of innovation, the end of growth

  Apr 24 2013: Taken from another post on the argument 'that growth is under attack' but useful here:
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  1. Technological growth.
  This is the big driver of the shift from centralized to distributed personal production and service. Everything is getting smaller, cheaper and better, and automated systems seems inevitable. 3d printing, 'tri-corders', robotic drivers etc all work against jobs, and it now seems clear that the job-creation process works slower than the job-'deletion' process of technology/mechanization.
  
  2. The internet has opened up a unique possibility to share and collaborate, and people are utilizing this beyond what is legal. Free information, ideas etc are flourishing and cant really be stopped. Apps and services are abundant, and as such difficult to profit on.
  
  3. alternative valuesystems.
  Bitcoins, community money, circular consumption, self-reliance, Open-Source/everything and others will continue to chip away on the flow of cash that is needed by the current debt-model.
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  There are lots of new invention on the rise, but the economic environment - production, service and information - seems to be shifting towards distributed and free. I think you should be lucky to keep a 0.8% growth.

• A reply on Talk: David Anderson: Your brain is more than a bag of chemicals

  Mar 14 2013: Hi Syed.
  
  I'm not sure exactly what you are arguing for..
  
  "Science draws simple E= mc 2 like equations in everything"
  No, humans have a tendency to seek a common cause. Science - or better yet: The scientific methods are a list of 'currently best' rules to avoid our biases and arrive at the most likely result. These rules improves/evolve over time, as we get better at it. Dont let the word 'Science' get emotional like 'Communist' or 'Capitalist' etc.
  
  "..hence, treats Monkies at par with the humans"
  ? the further back in evolutionary terms we go, the more basic behavioral similarities exist, and while you cant just explain all our complex behavior from flies or primates, you certainly can see direct links from their 'primitive' inner workings.
  
  Are you suggesting changes to the scientific methods ?
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  A comment on Talk: Dan Pallotta: The way we think about charity is dead wrong

  Mar 13 2013: If no one else have said it: Great to see Dan engaging in the forum! Thumbs up..

• A reply on Talk: Dan Pallotta: The way we think about charity is dead wrong

  Mar 13 2013: Hi Don.
  
  I'm not sure i understand your comment ?
  
  Ps. 'Good lord' is overkill - just call me 'Simon' :)
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  A comment on Talk: Dan Pallotta: The way we think about charity is dead wrong

  Mar 11 2013: This guy is surely a good hearted guy with a good purpose, and I really don't wan't to put him down.
  
  He starts by talking about the problems for non-profit charity in the current system. Sounds reasonable.. Then he almost hints at a potential cause of the problems - greed/capitalism, but end up promoting a 'business-model' for charity.
  
  Dear Dan. You are not addressing the real problem. The current system produces more people in need a second, than you can help in your lifetime. Your heart is in the right place, but you are trying to remedy a never-ending problem. First we take, then we give some back, then we take what was given.
  
  We should not have to help people in need, we should prevent people becoming in need.
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  A reply on Talk: Colin Powell: Kids need structure

  Jan 24 2013: No. That's an antiquated point of view. Chaos dictates randomness, and leadership is a skill that nearly anyone can learn.
  
  But you miss the point. It doesn't matter what skills/how talented Colin is in other areas, when he has no more knowledge of what peoples needs are, than a random stranger from the street/youtube. He is there ONLY because he's a random celebrity, and NOT because he knows anything about what people needs.
  
  Unfortunately TED has a tendency/need to include celeb-talks in their shows, regardless of their actual knowledge or how narrow minded their pov are.
  
  Celebrities -> OUT, Researchers/visionaries -> IN!
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  A comment on Talk: Colin Powell: Kids need structure

  Jan 23 2013: The world is full of brilliant and knowledgeable people, but TEDxMidAtlantic takes a random celeb and let him talk about an area where he has no expert knowledge, no data nor research, and gives him time to spread his random experience.
  
  This talk is absolutely worthless, and cannot be used for any decision-making/serious debate in that area. Please turn the mike over to someone who research what kids/adolescent needs.

• A comment on Talk: Jeff Smith: Lessons in business … from prison

  Dec 5 2012: Just an outside perspective. Business is a war - Your on your own, everybody fight against everybody else using every trick in the book to manipulate their 'customers'. Seems to me that you dont want to nurture that kind of behavior. How about teaching them how to cooperate/help each other / other?
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  A comment on Conversation: Agriculture in Ocean

  Jul 24 2012: Hi Arun.
  
  On 3. Yes, of course. Dont know why i imagined it floating in the middle of nowhere, when it only need s to be a few kilometers off coast. DOH ;-)
  
  I like your low-tech approach with bottles. Another thought - grow algae. The nutritional value is great, the yield enormous, and - dependent of algae type - it produces oil to make plasticbottles, tubes and whatnot :)
  
  So..
  1. At least a small automated algae/oil/plastic producing unit.
  2. a system of interlocking the bottles.
  3. a autonomous reliable robot to build the infrastructure from the bottles.
  4. crop.
  5. Solar-driven transport to land (a few km :)
  6. initiative to pull it off (The hard one).
  
  A final thought on this. Would'nt it be enough to lay out giant sheets of plastic with tubes in it, cirkulate freshwater in a closed system (with algae) and then pump the final product to shore? Even considering biodegradeable plastic and the need to change the sheets regularly, this should definately be duable..
  
  Simon..
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  A reply on Conversation: The problem to ALL the world's conflicts problems, etc. is society.

  Jul 24 2012: I blame society. Unless one believe in satan or something like that, then there's only two influences that shape you. Your genes and the environment that shaped you. If we ignore the small influence of genes, then there is nothing you can say or do that is not directly related to how you were shaped. Even if you use society as an excuse to do whatever you want - that is still a 'simple' cause and effect from the environment. Politicians, war-mongers, 'criminals', corporate psycopats became what they became and cannot change by them selves.
  
  Ergo there is nothing else to blame than society (The structures and tools used).
  
  ps. glad you turned out allright! ;-)