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TEDxMelbourne organiser. Passionate connector.

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• A comment on Talk: Juan Enriquez: Will our kids be a different species?

  Jan 23 2013: Wow. Thats interesting. Never heard of Silicon Valley Syndrome. I know that Einstein didnt talk until very late as did a number of great physicists.
  
  I probably saw that SciAm article. I pretty much read all of the ones that have topics around mind or quantum mechanics.
  
  I hate labels.
  
  Fascinating insight. Thanks.
  
  Don't suppose you are going to TEDActive in Feb?

• A reply on Talk: Juan Enriquez: Will our kids be a different species?

  Jan 23 2013: Hi Becca, What have you seen? Interested to know from someone closer to the situation.

• A comment on Talk: Hanna Rosin: New data on the rise of women

  Nov 21 2012: Fascinating statistics. Looking forward to the day when no "labels" of any type are a reason to accept someone.
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  A reply on Talk: Dan Gilbert: The surprising science of happiness

  Nov 21 2012: Do you think you can be happy for no particular reason? I think so. Kind of like "having a good day"
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  A comment on Talk: James Stavridis: A Navy Admiral's thoughts on global security

  Jul 31 2012: Why aren't we focused on his opening line? "We don't need to build walls, we need to build bridges"? No matter what our political views are, until we start choosing to connect, share and open our minds we will perpetuate conflict and difference of view.
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  A comment on Talk: Juan Enriquez: Will our kids be a different species?

  Jul 11 2012: What if autism was not a "negative" but an acute version of a specific skill set that we can fully utilise? Yes there are factors that make their actions "not acceptable" to outsiders but what do these people have that is not available to the "average" person? Just a thought

• A comment on Talk: Steve Keil: A manifesto for play, for Bulgaria and beyond

  Jun 19 2011: Yay Play! Im a big fan of going so far as to say play and work should be the same thing as much as possible
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  A comment on Conversation: What 3 things did you learn while you were in a near-death experience?

  May 25 2011: 1. I am not afraid of death
  2. I am not afraid of life
  3. Im not done yet and commit fully each day to achieving my dreams.
  
  It took 10 years to realise my experience was even what people call an NDE. It took another 10 to realise above and how much time I had wasted in the mean time

• A comment on Conversation: Wealth and power have been our conventional measures of success. What definition will better sustain us now and how can we move into it?

  May 25 2011: I like Earl Nightingale's definition.
  
  "Success is the progressive realisation of a worthy ideal".
  
  To me, that is all about how we evolve as human beings, communities and families. In this sense, your mother is absolutely successful. To have a daughter as a TED fellow is an extraordinary feat. There are not that many Fellows. Additionally, ANYONE who is brave enough to migrate anywhere has been successful. Moving overseas to live is one of the HARDEST things to do personally, financially and psychologically.
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  A comment on Conversation: Rethink the human-centered airline experience. *A TEDActive Travel Project*

  Apr 18 2011: I think a MAJOR contributor to traveler experience is the attitude of the staff and the quality of the training. Nobody likes it when things go wrong, staff and passengers.
  
  ATTITUDE
  Angry, indifferent and "Do I look like I care" attitudes don't help any. Particularly frustrating for both staff and passengers is staff inability to fix even the most minor of issues or being bogged down with bureaucracy.
  
  TRAINING
  How many times have you asked a question and got more than one answer? My most frustrating experience is being told "You have to go to the other end of the terminal to get your luggage" only to be told I have to go all the way back because they didn't give me a form. Then return all the way back to hand in the form TO GO ALL THE WAY BACK AGAIN to pick up my luggage which was behind the door of my original request. I almost missed my transit flight.