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IPE, Economics (behavioural & trade theory), Business, Media, History

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Great Restaurants/Culinary Experiences, Coffe/Tea, Positive Psychology, Start-up Ideas, Financial Markets, Sourcing/Procurement techniques, Sales Enablement and Geopolitics & Your Story

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Identifying patterns and orientating myself

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  A reply on Talk: Luis von Ahn: Massive-scale online collaboration

  Dec 9 2011: It is my firm believe that this world weaving internet collaboration is going to have a positive impact, no matter how we frame it. I would not consider it profiting but enabling, like part of a mechanism. I think it is a good force.

• A comment on Talk: Thomas Suarez: A 12-year-old app developer

  Nov 17 2011: That was impressive. What I like the most is the part where he says "I had to convince my parents to pay the $99 fee for the AppStore" With this kind of economy the access to credit is much more simple. Sure that with Bustin Jieber or Earth Fortune at 0,79 € he didn´t take long to reach the break-even point and start making a profit. We still don´t grasp how much Steve Jobs has inspired these kids.

• A comment on Talk: Niall Ferguson: The 6 killer apps of prosperity

  Sep 30 2011: Certainly the comments have been numerous and the scale and scope of the conversation very much interesting. His worldview might be controversial, agreed. Some people here discredit the “killer apps” theory too easily, might be so. We are living through the Rise of the Rest, positively so. The influence and development of the West was all Evil and Destructive for the Rest... I think that is too simplistic. Those are my reductionist statements.
  
  But my main point is that talks like these, to a certain extent controversial and challenging, turn out to be a great source of debate and inspiration among many from East, West, North and South. If you realize, even if the subject might be confrontational, only one comment was deleted, and somehow that shows big progress.
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  A comment on Conversation: If you could teach the world 1 valuable thing you learned, what would it be and why?

  Aug 3 2011: It would be how to play chess. My granddad taught me how to play when I was little and although I never mastered it (far from that) I believe it is a positive thing to learn, keeps you sharp and it is entertaining.

• A reply on Conversation: What's on your bucket list? What are some things that you want to do before you die?

  Aug 2 2011: Ok, so after having dinner with friends and in the comfort of my apartment let's see... now I would come up real quick with the following -not in order of priorities -
  1) Drive through the great Ocean Road in Australia
  2) See the Great Coral Reef
  3) Go to Bali
  4) Be a paradigm changer
  5) Start a family
  6) Own a house -maybe I'm not that much interesting?-
  7) Start my own business
  8) Make a documentary film
  I think 8 is enough now, I plan to write off half in a year :) (Not sure if possible yet, but the challenge is on)
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  A comment on Conversation: What's on your bucket list? What are some things that you want to do before you die?

  Aug 2 2011: Plant, grow, pick up and eat my own vegetables. Something my grandparents did -as a hobby and source of what we would now call "organic" food, was lost in my parent´s generation and I think I should do it at least ones again. I haven´t tasted tomatoes as delicious as those ones. Among many many other things but that is the first thing that came to mind right away, maybe I´m hungry? :D

• A reply on Conversation: What do you think are the fundamental traits that define a productive member of society?

  Aug 2 2011: Dear Judge, I´m afraid I did not fully understand what you mean. It would be more clear if you could elaborate on it. Although my question was not to elucidate the purpose of life or even life itself (the subject has been previously discussed on the Conversations by fellow tedsters) I would be thrilled to know more about your point. Thanks!

• A reply on Conversation: What do you think are the fundamental traits that define a productive member of society?

  Aug 1 2011: And those that hypothetically create / contribute to the need?

• A reply on Conversation: What do you think are the fundamental traits that define a productive member of society?

  Aug 1 2011: I like those three spheres you have got into to describe a productive member of society; namely, labour, engagement and idea-generation.

• A comment on Talk: Julian Treasure: 5 ways to listen better

  Jul 30 2011: To listen -understand, empathize, reflect, come to conclusions- and to speak up -voice your thoughts, ideas and points- one of today's most fragile equilibriums. See politics for instance.