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How tech dramatically changes business and society. First the skeptics deny that change will happen. Then they fight it. Then they accept it, saying they knew all along that it was inevitable.

An idea worth spreading

We need to focus more on wisdom and insight, rather than just developing the next shinier and newer version of technology.

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Something you're excited about. Really excited about.

People don't know that I'm good at

Rock n' roll trivia

My TED Story

Been going to the conference for 12 years. Always a highlight of the year. TED is electricity for the soul.

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• A comment on Conversation: How can design-driven and vocational education improve our schools and communities? Join our live Q&A on Feb 5th at 3PM

  Feb 5 2013: How do you think Studio H will help spark community change in other places? How do you scale this project?
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  A comment on Conversation: Live Q&A at 3:00PM Eastern: Why do the choices we make about the seafood we eat play a part in a complex and interconnected ecosystem?

  Jan 3 2013: We are nation struggling with lifestyle diseases such as obesity, heart disease, cancer, and Type 2 diabetes that could be avoided for many if we changed our diets, as you suggest. Do you see efforts in schools to get kids interested in the whole foods movement? Eating a whole fish might be a little off-putting to a child.
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  A comment on Conversation: Live Q&A today at 3:30 Eastern: How is the developing brain of a child like the emerging global brain of the Internet?

  Dec 4 2012: I understand that your short film 'Brain Power' is part of a series you're working on. What's the meta-theme of the series, and how does 'Brain Power' fit into it? What will the other films be about?

• A comment on Conversation: How do you think mathematics are related to music?

  Mar 6 2011: As a side point to your conversation, music nurtures core ideals that we want to impart in our children. It helps with memory, for one, as musicians must memorize not only the melody of a piece but also the individual notes that constitute it. Music also teaches us how to get along with others. A band must play in balance or else it becomes cacophony. If the drummer bangs away too loudly, for instance, everything feels off kilter. A powerful and supporting group dynamic teaches the importance of choice, of listening, and of conversing. The group that works together achieves its goals. In this way, it also interlinks with mathematics, which to my mind (and I'm not a mathematician) always seemed in some abstract way to be about balance.