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I'm passionate about

Economics, development in developing countries, Africa. natural science - esp. physics, biology, and chemistry.

An idea worth spreading

There are issues out in the world. But which can be solved in the most efficient way?

People don't know that I'm good at

discussing difficult ideas, but those are usually the most interesting ones.

My TED Story

I am grateful to find this spectacular community and this web. All those great speakers have vastly enritched my thinking about the world...

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  A comment on Talk: Paul Romer: The world's first charter city?

  Aug 5 2011: The think I really like about TED is that it is more than a chance to spread new ideas around. It is a chance to push things forward and eventually to make the world a better place. I hope charter cities will be another proof of this statement.

• A comment on Talk: William Ury: The walk from "no" to "yes"

  Dec 1 2010: Probably he hasn´t come with something new, but he speakes about essential ideas of conflict resolution. Anyway he´s a good speaker...
• +1

  A comment on Talk: Birke Baehr: What's wrong with our food system

  Nov 29 2010: "I have discovered the dark side of industrialised food system." It makes me laugh ... just laugh.

• A comment on Talk: Denis Dutton: A Darwinian theory of beauty

  Nov 19 2010: Looks like guys, who make RSA Animate got together to enhance a TED talk. I hope they will do other soon :-).
• +1

  A reply on Talk: Bruce Bueno de Mesquita predicts Iran's future

  Oct 27 2010: You thought "Al-Qaeda in 1988" not "Al-Qaeda in 1088". Ain´t I right? ... but put that aside. What if Americans knew that, there was achance, that some kind of a militant group would be created that becomes terroristic. But for americans it was worth a try, rather letting Afghanistan to Soviets...

• A comment on Talk: Rory Sutherland: Life lessons from an ad man

  Oct 24 2010: That shredies marketing reseach is a delight...
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  A comment on Talk: Paul Romer: Why the world needs charter cities

  Oct 24 2010: I like the idea - especially, when Romer talks about charter cities as a mean to transform and reform. You want to live under different rules? You go there. You don´t like it there? You move back...
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  A comment on Talk: Dan Pink: The puzzle of motivation

  Oct 24 2010: Sounds great... I wish I could work for a company, that would apply Dan Pink´s ideas.

• A comment on Talk: Bjorn Lomborg: Global priorities bigger than climate change

  Sep 8 2009: Hy everyone.
  
  In the first week of september there was Copenhagen Consensus on Climate in Washington DC.
  Here are the final results:
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQlgMSoo5FM&eurl=http://reason.com/blog/show/135885.html&feature=player_embedded#t=62
  
  http://fixtheclimate.com/fileadmin/templates/page/scripts/downloadpdf.php?file=/uploads/tx_templavoila/CC_FINAL_RESULT_02.pdf

• A comment on Talk: Bjorn Lomborg: Global priorities bigger than climate change

  Jul 27 2009: Here are the results of Copenhagen Consensus 2008. There are several changes in comparison with the 2004 conference.
  
  Copenhagen Consensus 2008 Final Results
  
  http://www.youtube.com/user/CopenhagenConsensus#play/all/uploads-all/1/zfa3fExNMuk