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• A comment on Conversation: Could we orbit a telescopic satellite 1 light hour above the earth, and use it to zoom in on crimes, after the fact?

  Feb 6 2013: Cool concept.1 light/houre would be way out of orbit though.
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  A comment on Conversation: Should social media be taught in school?

  Feb 6 2013: Social media is now too bigger part of modern life not to be tought in school. I also believe schools should be teaching basic finance, like how tax and bank accounts work. + time management skills.
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  A comment on Conversation: How do we make peace between Israel and Palestine?

  Feb 6 2013: I believe that the begining of a long-term solution starts with the education of a new generation of Israeli children like the Galil Arab-Israeli school in Jerusalem. I don't believe that a Palestinian state is a peacefull answer in the long-term. I think a future-facing, liberal, intergrated Israel is a more realistic solution. If Israel looked at giving citizen-ship opportunities to palestinian refugees and started negotiating with the people more directly, everyone will be a lot happier. - the changes have to come from within, and it is Israel that has to take the ultimate responsibility for implamenting those changes. DC

• A reply on Conversation: How do we prove an answer

  Feb 4 2013: Haha, no ofcorse not,. It is consistent with itself though.

• A comment on Conversation: How do we prove an answer

  Feb 4 2013: Consistency of argument and evidence, but No staement can ever be proven 100.00% - Cartesian Doubt. DC
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  A comment on Conversation: What's a degree worth?

  Feb 3 2013: A degree is becoming less about what an employer is looking for and more about the skills it enables some-one to do. As an employer, I'd rather take on someone who I can mould to my companies way of doing things (a non graduate - a blank canves). On the other hand, as a third party investor, I would be far more inclined to bank on a more educated person, who understands and values research as they are far more likely to build an original business based on cutting-edge experties. The graduate can sometimes represent a threat to an established company as they may have their owne ideas on how things should be done. However, a non-graduate with a hunger to learn can master their field by gaining experince with the right mentors. There are many roots to succes but deep down, everyone respects a good degree. DC
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  A reply on Conversation: How do you deal with passive aggressive individuals?

  Feb 2 2013: Exelent Response - From this perspective, I beleave that it is a matter of the correct engagent to get through to a person who is suffering from pathalogical-passive-agressive anxieties. In order to communicate to some-one like that, you have to engage them in a way that they are liberated from their anxieties. If you consciously passify yourself before engagement, you will be able to address the problem in a way that they empathies with. If they are able to see you in a voulnarable light, they in turn will expose their voulnerability. The key is to prepare for your talk mentaly and be prepared to take (what may seem unfair) chriticism against your person. - one meaningful conversation can make all the difference - I hope you find this helpful. DC
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  A comment on Conversation: How do you deal with passive aggressive individuals?

  Feb 2 2013: Passive Aggressive behavior is something that all people display at times and is usually bought on in situations where people feel scared to voice their true opinions. I've got a strong personality at work and with my social peers, a more passive personality when learning from a mentor and develop passive aggressive personality when I'm in a situations such as 1) Having to take orders from someone who I believe is making a mistake 2) Being in awkward social environments with people who use subtle ways to undermine me for their own gain 3) Being in the company of someone with a very aggressive personality.
  
  If someone's displaying passive aggressive behavior to you, it means they're scared to be honest around you. If you can earn their trust and make them believe that voicing their real opinions won't have any bad consequences for them, they might open up and naturally let go of the passive aggressive behavior. In the work place, those people aren't the ones you should trust too much. Build the bridge but don't be to quick to test them with real responsibilities until you feel they're ready. If you want to short-term communicate with someone displaying Passive aggressive, try pacifying your own personality allot, that will always disarm the passive aggressive as passive aggressive behavior relies on counter attacks. - I hope you've found this helpful. DC
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  A comment on Conversation: Who is the enemy?

  Feb 2 2013: Great point you've raised here - I believe that the word enemy is a word that needs to be dismantled in any rational argument. It's a crude bass word used to discriminate against large groups of people. The truth of the matter is people-nations-corporations will always have conflicting interests that cause dispute, arguments and battles. In order to move forward as a society we must try and understand every conflict for what it is, not what it means to us on an emotional level. One of the things that dictators always do, is make enemy symbols for their community to give them control and power. It's how you distract ordinary people away from the oppression they're living under and focus their anger and frustration on someone else - Think George Orwell "Animal Farm" & "1984" - My bottom line on this is. If you think of people as enemies, you're probably not thinking for yourself. DC
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  A comment on Conversation: For those of you who live in other countries, how do you feel toward the United States?

  Feb 1 2013: It's just where society still is at the moment. I think the human specemin is similar the world over, but I think people are different, in as much as cultures really do make people look at things different. Every empire has it's positive and neative impacts. The brittish empire created industry but also industrialized slavery, the americans created many aspects of the modern world but also created (the now failing) capitalist model. Hopefully in the future, there won't be just one dominent empire. Hopefully we can build a global society with true international dialogue rather than the half-baked fear driven thing that we have now. I think the Ted ideoligis are deffinitely the progressive ones that could lead us all in to a more possitive, more global future. The question is, when will society be ready to transition. It means every society in the world coming to terms with and admitting their ills. - In my opinion, you can only lead by example as forced ideoligies are inherently corrupt. DC