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• A reply on Talk: Alex Laskey: How behavioral science can lower your energy bill

  2 days ago: The cost of these reports should be negligible. They are often sent with your energy bill so do not waste paper. It's a more informative bill, to think it costs millions is ludicrous.
  
  Because you ignore them does not mean others do. If coupled with your energy usage from the same time in the previous year it would be doubly effective for (some) people.

• A comment on Talk: Andrew McAfee: What will future jobs look like?

  Jun 10 2013: Not what I was expecting form an economist. I must say that the idea of a basic income could be beneficial in many ways. Aside from the basic idea that it will stifle people's motivation and make them lazy I think it will free people to more readily pursue what it is that they love. The worry of 'making it' as a painter or writer would be removed and they could pursue their passion without the fear of (economic) failure. I think many people would still study hard to become doctors, even when some of their associates can spend their days studying the games dolphins play (the previous ted talk I watched).

• A reply on Talk: Jennifer Healey: If cars could talk, accidents might be avoidable

  Apr 25 2013: I agree that they don't demand much attention, but driving a manual transmission requires some motor skills, far more than basic driving. And that extra bit of attention paid to driving would pay off in increased awareness of the driving environment. Even if they ate or texted there's a greater connection with the car, a lower chance of becoming completely absorbed in a screen
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  A comment on Talk: Jennifer Healey: If cars could talk, accidents might be avoidable

  Apr 25 2013: Making reasonable predictions via a computer would likely lead to more accidents as many drivers are unpredictable. After riding a motorcycle in the city for a couple years now I pay a lot of attention to warning signs but there's only so much you can predict.
  
  A far simpler solution would be a return to manual transmissions as the norm. When driving an automatic car it is far to easy to 'zone out' and get from A to B and barely remember the drive, read due to talking or texting. A manual transmission demands a reasonable amount of competency and it also greatly discourages using an electronic device. Perhaps the most important thing is that manual transmissions demand your attention

• A reply on Talk: Erik Brynjolfsson: The key to growth? Race with the machines

  Apr 24 2013: Machine was made for man, not man for machine
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  A comment on Talk: Thomas Insel: Toward a new understanding of mental illness

  Apr 16 2013: An interesting talk. But what is the source of these 'mental disorders'? Could it be from being raised in a somewhat isolated way. One with mindless and meaningless school work only to be followed by the goal of accumulating hollow money as the means to judge your self worth. Now while many on this site have likely found meaning in their life it is difficult for many youth to find something to dedicate themselves to. Floating face down in the main stream is now way to mental health.

• A reply on Talk: Keller Rinaudo: A mini robot -- powered by your phone

  Apr 9 2013: Making it for Apple shows that it is available to the widest market. People who use Android understand that it has greater capacities and surely within a short amount of time (if not already) it will work for Android. He had to pick a smartphone and the Apple people would be complaining if they didn't get picked for the demonstration as well.
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  A comment on Talk: Skylar Tibbits: The emergence of "4D printing"

  Apr 4 2013: Whatever you do Skylar, do not found a company named Skylab!

• A comment on Talk: Lawrence Lessig: We the People, and the Republic we must reclaim

  Apr 3 2013: Interesting talk, but the constant repetition of Lester made it feel like a poor man's dr. seuss book.
  
  I do agree with his main point, and I learned a fair bit from him. Hopefully he can spark the flame of positive change.

• A reply on Talk: Mark Shaw: One very dry demo

  Mar 28 2013: Did Richard Turere's talk on his lion deterring light fence bother you? He's making these fences and supplying his community with them, he's probably closer to the financial gain part of the equation than Mark Shaw is.
  
  I said it was a infomercial like display, but there was no 'buy now and get 3 free' and any indication of how to buy. It's an incredible invention, why wouldn't you want to see a live demonstration of how it works?
  
  http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_turere_a_peace_treaty_with_the_lions.html