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• A comment on Talk: Yves Rossy: Fly with the Jetman

  Nov 23 2011: This is absolutely brilliant and game changing demo! HANUMAN in the making :)...

• A reply on Conversation: Motivate retirees into academic research - don't let all the wisdom go waste!

  Oct 28 2011: Your every word resonates, that's why I started this discussion. My dad, now 73, a successful self employed professional for last 48 years, is in the process of forced retirement due to family circumstances. I feel it every day.
  
  And you are right, we have to find ways to tap into the accumulated wisdom, and not necessarily into the physical skills.
  
  How do we begin something very simple and tangible? I want to make it actionable, now.

• A comment on Conversation: Motivate retirees into academic research - don't let all the wisdom go waste!

  Oct 27 2011: So I see four key issues mentioned: a) Senior's health liability obligations in the research workplace, b) lack of certain senior's knack for academics, c) relevancy and accessibility of the research to the invited senior, and d) limiting the scope to academics alone and not extending to all commercial space.
  
  And we all agree that actively tapping into retirees expertise pool is a good idea.
  
  Now let's brainstorm how the four issues we have identified could be resolved? Also, let's think of few basic actions items that we can take up to test this idea. An example will be: how about we create a social exchange circles through facebook and google+ and invite retirees to briefly write about their expertise, availability, and research interest. And then we ask Academia to bounce off some challenges...
  
  Thoughts?

• A reply on Conversation: Motivate retirees into academic research - don't let all the wisdom go waste!

  Oct 26 2011: Agree. Ideally people should be allowed to work till the day they can. The entire notion of forced retirement came into play during recession.
  
  Given the situation we are in, drawing experienced heads into research seems more feasible and doable at first.

• A comment on Conversation: Motivate retirees into academic research - don't let all the wisdom go waste!

  Oct 26 2011: This is the exact kind of thinking that I am challenging....
  
  When bright people suggest to my dad how he could pass his time productively through volunteering, blogging and many such ways - there are implicit assumptions/messages that I'm arguing are not right. You are basically conveying with nice and respectful euphemism: hey dad, your turn is over - make the place for younger generations - impart your wisdom when asked.
  
  I'm saying, rather invite dad to help in academic research - music, arts, history, engineering, basic sciences, law, computers, genetics, literature - where ever a new perspective is needed. Don't stereotype academic research to TR-35 or Ivory towers. Don't contain academic research to some degree, or some job or start-up at the end. Who else other than retirees and rich could be in a better position to research without the need of a job at the end?