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About Me

Pete Castricone .:. Architect | Entrepreneur | Writer | Alpinist .:. Master of Business Administration (MBA) | Master of Architecture (M.Arch) | Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

Location:
United States, Denver, CO
Current organization:
Entrepreneur
Past organizations:
TangoPost
Current role:
CEO and Founder
Gender:
Male
Areas of expertise:
Architecture, Leadership, Energy, Business Management
I am:
Activist, Architect, Entrepreneur, Explorer
Associations:
American Institute of Architects (AIA)
Languages:
English
My website links:
Peter Castricone's Blog, TangoPost
Universities:
University of Colorado at Boulder, University of Colorado at Denver
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More About Me

I'm passionate about

...being an iconoclast. Everything in life should engage and ignite the spirit. If that means breaking the stranglehold of mainstream ideology and its habitual pessimism, so be it.

An idea worth spreading

You're an individual. Act like it.

Talk to me about

Architecture | Politics | Diplomacy | Urbanization | Energy Planning | Mountaineering | Innovation | Nuclear Proliferation | Poverty | Economics | Entrepreneurship | Strategy

People don't know that I'm good at

Singing. Great, in fact.

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  • A comment on Conversation: I believe the right to an education is a basic human right..what can we do to make that a reality?

    Oct 17 2011: Not intending to criticize your belief system, but education is not a basic human right. Keep in mind that the expression, "human rights," is a human construct. Pragmatically, there are very few actual rights that exist in reality. Education may be a path by which one might attain another debatable human right, such as freedom to choose. If you want to make education accessible to everyone, you're really talking about equal opportunity, which, for many reasons, can never truly exist. One more point: the opportunity to improve lives through education is a valid direction, but don't be fooled into thinking that all children are capable of achieving at the same level. Many factors to consider, including culture, intellect, ambition, competition, nature/nurture, etc.

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