TED Community » Edward Chin

About Me

Location:
China, Hangzhou
Current organization:
con/artistry institute
Past organizations:
Hangzhou Cares @ Kiva.org (microcredit collective), TEDhz (TED in Hangzhou)
Current role:
Creative Project Director
Gender:
Male
Areas of expertise:
Film & Festival Producer, Music, Creative Writing, Chinese Culture, communication, Journalism, Events Planning / Promotion / Production, ESL/EFL, ESL/EFL - business English corporate training, Travel


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An idea worth spreading

"With great power comes great responsibility." - Uncle Ben, Spider-man comic books; "I'll be more careful next time about my racist remarks, Detective. You never know who's listening." - quote from NYPD patrol officer in Spike Lee's film, Inside Man

People don't know that I'm good at

roller-blading; singing R&B; communicating functionally (if rudimentarily) in Spanish; acting; motorcycle riding

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    A comment on Conversation: Can we really identify if someone is crazy or not?

    Sep 15 2011: I suppose a very simple definition and way to distinguish "crazy" from "genius" would be ...

    "crazy" is a particular mental capacity that reaches a point where a person or group of people become a threat to those around them and/or society, whereas "genius" is when this party becomes a benefit.

    The blurry line comes when we label people who are socially inept due to their divergent mental capacities, at which time their benefit to society in unclear.

    But what if this party becomes a threat to itself?

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