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I'm passionate about

At this moment I'm passionate about talking to people face to face about new ideas.

An idea worth spreading

There is real $ to be made in better utilizing our (cast off) resources.

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How do people (in the US) with limited resources get recognized when they have a good idea?

People don't know that I'm good at

Listening and asking good questions.

My TED Story

A friend referred me to the site. I can't get enough, can't talk to enough people about it. What is it leading to?

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  A comment on Conversation: How can we best engage college students in the idea of learning instead of just getting a degree?

  Apr 10 2013: Another thing students must understand is that teachers are doing a job. They are trying to build up their credentials so they can get the next big promotion. How students "feel" about the teacher is not high on the list of criteria for promotion. The teacher has to write and get published, has to show initiative, leadership, personal excellence. Teachers are not there to pander to the needs of every slow or lazy student. Kids have to be self motivated and self directed to learn.

• A comment on Conversation: How can we best engage college students in the idea of learning instead of just getting a degree?

  Apr 10 2013: When I started back to college @ 38 yo, I was interested in metallurgy and welding, after completing a one year program I moved on to an associate of applied science. Along the way I picked up an associate of liberal arts. When I moved to a four year university I designed my own program through University studies. I took writing classes, communication and journalism, fine art, and English. What surprised me was what I didn't know but needed to before I started into any new course of study.
  
  I think all schools need to take student feedback more seriously. Students need to be prepared for the rigors of college from K-12. I read a lot of student papers which demonstrated very poor grammar and poor organization skills. Colleges have to provide more of an educational "experience" if they want students to have a zest for learning. It's also a good idea to point out that knowing a little about a lot of fields helps you navigate in society. Where learning everything you can about one field will help you earn a living. Both are necessary.

• A comment on Talk: Stewart Brand: The dawn of de-extinction. Are you ready?

  Mar 14 2013: We need to start prosecuting environmental crime as harshly as we prosecute drug crimes.
  
  On birds; "Put em back the way they wuz. Put em back the wa-ay they wuz!"

• A reply on Talk: Wade Davis: Gorgeous photos of a backyard wilderness worth saving

  Mar 12 2013: not even close

• A comment on Talk: Angela Patton: A father-daughter dance ... in prison

  Jan 15 2013: Awesome! Excellent! Powerful! Inspiring!

• A reply on Talk: Ellen Jorgensen: Biohacking -- you can do it, too

  Jan 15 2013: It's great that information hoarding is coming to and end...just in time for a recession that has some people (in my rural community) without the gas money to get to a nearby food bank. And the only time their kids get out of the house is when they are picked up the school bus so a teacher making 50 grand a year can tell them anything's possible.
  
  Put that in your DNA sequencer and smoke it!

• A comment on Conversation: Is the total eradication of mosquitoes a true solution?

  Jan 6 2013: Will killing off ALL mosquito kill off bats as well. Bats are pollinators. I do not want to have to pollinate everything with a paint brush do you? I think this is a huge mistep.
  http://www.ted.com/talks/emma_teeling_the_secret_of_the_bat_genome.html?quote=1955

• A reply on Conversation: Imagine a scenario this century that is very bleak for agriculture. What do you think we should do to address humanity's thrivability?

  Dec 31 2012: The first thing needing attention is the ?50% or so who don't really care. They have to purpose or meaning in their lives, no goals, and no prevalent system of values to encourage them to modify their behavior. Our governments and institutions have proven themselves impotent and slovenly; if it's every one for him or her self why bother? The first thing WE need to do is stop voting, stop shopping and give God a little CPR!

• A comment on Conversation: Imagine a scenario this century that is very bleak for agriculture. What do you think we should do to address humanity's thrivability?

  Dec 28 2012: The transcrip of the first video looks like it was run through a bad translator. My video card is going out so I have no other way to watch the vid right now.Second video no transcript available. Couldn't get any of them to play and there are no good transcripts.
  
  This is typical of the forge ahead screw everybody else mentality that is going to and is bringing our society down. It's sad to see it here.

• A comment on Conversation: How would you take over the world?

  Dec 27 2012: Amass an army and douse all electric power. When chaos ensues take over. (it's coming)