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I'm passionate about

Health and wellness responsibility. Industry will provide what consumers WANT not what they need. Food is becoming addictive and nutrient poor. We are starving to death while getting fatter and sick

An idea worth spreading

What does maximum health look like? What is peak physical and mental health? Who has it? Can you get it back? To me it is keeping up with a typical 3 year old. These young educators know that everything is possible, have boundless energy, are full of wonder and joy, don't hold grudges and can turn a negative mental state into a positive one in a moment's notice.

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Absolutely anything positive.

People don't know that I'm good at

wonderment and curiosity. I love all aspects of science and nature. I love learning about how things work and why they work the way they do. I am fascinated by time travel as a concept and reality.

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  A reply on Conversation: Is an engineer morally responsible for harm caused by their creations?

  Feb 8 2012: How about taking some personal responsibility instead of going the "American Way" and blaming others and pushing the responsibility on others. The only thing that can be controlled in this world is our own selves. We cannot control others. If we could, killing would be unnecessary!

• A comment on Conversation: Is an engineer morally responsible for harm caused by their creations?

  Feb 4 2012: I take your point. There are some inventions that are hard to justify such as the Gatling gun, the Norden bomb sight or the atomic bomb. In all those cases, the INTENT was to create something so terrible that it would bring war(s) to a quick end. History shows us that that intention never seems to work and only exacerbates the situation for a short time until counter measures are created.
  Biological Engineering is an area that needs intense scrutiny. It would be too easy to create some apocalyptic entity either by malevolent intent or accident (valuable intention). Rest assured that, like meteorites & earthquakes, it will happen.
  In the end, only time can tell whether any of it is valuable or not. There are always two sides to every coin. Positives arise out of every cataclysm. Death to dinosaurs and the rise of mammals for instance. What happens, happens. We give it all a meaning/intent, either good or bad, which will change over time. Like mammals destroying the planet?
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  A comment on Conversation: Is an engineer morally responsible for harm caused by their creations?

  Feb 4 2012: What was the INTENT in inventing the gun? Was it to bring home the bacon or to kill one's neighbor? It is taking personal responsibility that matters. It is in the INTENT of the user that matters - not the inventor.
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  A comment on Conversation: Is an engineer morally responsible for harm caused by their creations?

  Feb 3 2012: An engineer is only responsible for his own intent. The user is responsible for his/her own intent. Why did he invent what he invented? To what purpose? Is the inventor of a brick responsible for it being used as a weapon? The user of the brick is. The inventor of a spear is responsible for his intent - was it to kill his neighbor or to bring home dinner....
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  A comment on Talk: A.J. Jacobs: How healthy living nearly killed me

  Jan 9 2012: The highest possible "healthiness" is being a 3 year old. Boundless energy, everything is possible, loving, and holding no grudges.

• A comment on Conversation: Do you think China will be the next Superpower? Really?

  May 3 2011: The U.S. economy will collapse within the year due to the loss of faith in the "almighty" dollar. Who does that leave to fill the gap?

• A comment on Conversation: What social and policy investments need to be made in order to realize a vision of driverless automobile commuting?

  Apr 24 2011: I think when systems are "dumbed down" we get dumber results. We need to treat people for who they truly are - namely amazing, powerful, loving creatures - anything else is insulting. Stop insulting our intelligence!
  Personally, I would love to never drive again. It is a waste of time. I'd rather read....

• A reply on Talk: Jeff Bezos: What matters more than your talents

  Feb 8 2011: Excellent!

• A comment on Talk: Melinda French Gates: What nonprofits can learn from Coca-Cola

  Feb 8 2011: There is a big difference between what a person needs and what a person wants. Ask any successful merchant which they sell.
  The marketing game, as Melinda pointed out, is converting the need into a want.
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  A reply on Talk: Dean Ornish: The world's killer diet

  Jun 3 2009: Based on what? Got any evidence, facts, or proof?