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As a man craving for it means to be a hero I look to answer some new fundamental questions of our youth generation. There not that much difference between the age old questions of our forefathers and the ones asked by my generation on understanding our existence. To be more precise when I ask myself why am I here on this earth I say its because I want to save the earth. Now just to clarify this dosent mean I going dawn my cape and become superman. No it means that on a practical level. My goal in life is leave the world better than I found it, or to keep the pieces together if necessary. To incorporate this with my major I have used my studies to learn how best to and where I want to apply what I know to make the world a better place.

I don't know about you but I am certain that I hear to much talk about the "left" and the "right" in this country as if the only expression of political ideas is through our dominant political parties. As a political scientist I resent the idea that the only way we can explain peoples political spectrum is in one linear dimension. we not only need 2 or 3 dimensions but 4 if we want to understand what politics matter to any voter let alone communities or entire populations.

Working to unravel the community action problem with new internet tools. Changing citizen apathy and the democratic process are just some of the major issues the world may have the tools to challenge now.

Location:
United States, Eugene, OR
Current role:
Student - B.A. Political Science
Gender:
Male
Areas of expertise:
Studiousness
I am:
Activist, Christian, Concerned citizen, Explorer, Job-seeker, Policy maker, Potential employer, Public servant, Single, Student
Universities:
U of Oregon
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I'm passionate about

Transcending boring and apathetic media organization, to renew a sense of local community from online community and, to stop the talking past one another and start talking too one another.

An idea worth spreading

When I've fleshed them out a little more I'll let you know.

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Just about darn near anything, accept anatomy it grosses me out too much.

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  • A comment on Talk: Heather Brooke: My battle to expose government corruption

    Oct 19 2012: I for one believe that although digitization is a wonderful tool for helping people govern we need to use it on a case by case basis. If all we talk about is our new shinny internet to use in fixing broken parts of government we might start believing that its the only tool necessary. Arbitrary pulling of public secrets is just as bad for them as it is for us. I for one can say that I have done some very sinful things and I don't believe that these sins (especially at my young age) should prevent me from wanting to pursue a job as a public representative. God himself does not purpose to judge a man until the end of his days, why then should we? It would be a thousand times more helpful to get to know your local government and participate in seeking new leadership as well as aiding current leaders at any level, than it would to constantly criticize current dysfunctionality.
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    A comment on Talk: LZ Granderson: The myth of the gay agenda

    Jun 24 2012: What marriage is defined as should be given to the people who invented it.
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    A comment on Talk: LZ Granderson: The myth of the gay agenda

    Jun 19 2012: This guy has been in a TED talk before so I thought it best to mention his work on this subject. I would be best to at least watch the classes before this one (not to mention the readings) but if you want you can just skip ahead to this link.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzD9P-9sj4M&feature=player_embedded
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    A comment on Talk: William Noel: Revealing the lost codex of Archimedes

    May 31 2012: The internet is probably the single biggest change to information since the invention of language. the funny thing about it is that now we face the single largest collective action problem that prevent the world from being amazing.
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    A comment on Conversation: Is Social Business the future of capitalism ?

    May 28 2012: I seems to me that this assumes that these social issues can be better addressed if their is a middle ground profit motive. I believe that people should be motivated to do the right thing, because its the right thing to do. Paying someone to do the right thing such as aid the poor indicates that they need that extra to complete the motivation and thereby devalue the nonprofit goal. Part of the issue is working to treat people as ends and not means, by mixing profit making with nonprofit goals you essentially combine both of these together. This combination demands that the employees and the employer must choose who is a means and who is a part of their end. As someone who has never herd of this guy before I have to ask, how dose he detail that such a business would function, and what would prevent it from becoming a nonprofit organization or an ordinary for profit business?

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