TED Community » Tom Jackson

Lifelong underachiever but strangely lovable.

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Everybody please calm down a little.

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A reply on Conversation: There should be an equivalent to the Nobel Prize for education.

Jul 5 2012: Precisely. But then... you might ruin a great teacher by turning them into an Administrator. A conundrum indeed.
A reply on Talk: Ray Kurzweil: A university for the coming singularity

Jul 4 2012: 1.) I assume it is because the people putting it together have to support their habits. You know, habits like keeping roofs over their heads, feeding themselves and their families.
2.) Hopefully it's a for-profit undertaking. Those are the sort that actually produce efficient, usable information, services and products.
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A comment on Conversation: Fill in the Blank - What the World needs now is __________ ?

Jul 4 2012: to exhale followed by a very deep breath and another exhale. Then it needs to stop whining and start doing.
A comment on Conversation: There should be an equivalent to the Nobel Prize for education.

Jul 4 2012: I disagree. There should be a much more meaningful award for a great teacher than The Nobel Prize. Otherwise, a deserving educator might never be recognized because of their failure to pander sufficiently.
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A comment on Conversation: What advice would you give a younger you?

Jul 4 2012: Worry less. A LOT less!