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I'm passionate about

science (mainly biology and physics, but I love it all), Wikipedia, the Internet, education, reading, basketball

An idea worth spreading

Basic income guarantee – I think that in last few centuries (and especially last couple of decades) we as a mankind have made living so much easier for regular people. It is, of course, nearly all due to science. We've automated so many processes, we've regulated a lot of diseases (though some new have come to the surface – but, we're working on that too), we've... I guess you can think of a lot of other things yourself. We don't need everyone to work anymore. Looking at modern capitalism (especially in the USA), I think it doesn't really work. Rich become richer, poor poorer – it's time for a change. I think now is the time we should start to think about basic income guarantee, which would allow every person – working or not – to live a normal life. This may sound like utopia, but I think it could work. I believe a lot of people don't work only for money, but for the feeling of contributing to the society.

Talk to me about

everything interesting

My TED Story

I started to watch TED talks in 2008 when I was 14 years old and since then I watch them every day.

Comments

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• A reply on Talk: Paul Bloom: The origins of pleasure

  Jul 28 2011: Exactly!

• A comment on Talk: Paul Bloom: The origins of pleasure

  Jul 27 2011: Oh, Paul Bloom! Amazing talk of course, and if you're interested in psychology (in general), here's link to Paul Bloom's course. I watched it and it's great too. http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6A08EB4EEFF3E91F

• A comment on Talk: Sheena Iyengar: The art of choosing

  Sep 19 2010: I really enjoyed this talk - really interesting, well presented.
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  A comment on Talk: Jim Toomey: Learning from Sherman the shark

  Aug 26 2010: Nice metaphor indeed.

• A comment on Talk: Maz Jobrani: Did you hear the one about the Iranian-American?

  Aug 19 2010: Well, I must admit, he's pretty funny :)
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  A comment on Talk: Aditi Shankardass: A second opinion on developmental disorders

  Aug 19 2010: What fascinates me isn't the "brain scanner", but the fact that it isn't common method! It has to be spread all around the world as quickly as possible... Good thing someone realized it :o)

• A comment on Talk: Benoit Mandelbrot: Fractals and the art of roughness

  Aug 19 2010: Good talk, I like math :-) It reminds me something I've read about Einstein - that he thought the rules of complex Universe are - must be - simple.

• A comment on Talk: Kamal Meattle: How to grow fresh air

  Aug 19 2010: Well, it evidently brings results, so thank you... But I'm afraid not many of these plants will fit in my room.
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  A comment on Talk: Juan Enriquez: The next species of human

  Aug 19 2010: This made me think a lot (I'm talking about that scientific part). I think he's right and we'll eventually start to extensively improve our bodies with science. Though I think it will be hard for a lot of people to accept it, this really seems like the way we're heading.

• A comment on Talk: David Byrne: How architecture helped music evolve

  Aug 18 2010: I've never thought about music like that. Thanks for that idea.