It’s rare that I see something that makes me feel like we technonerds are doing unqualifiedly good things for the world.
So, I’d like to thank Dean Kamen for just… doing good things.
Aaron mentioned TED to me some time ago as an interesting place to go for talks about the world; technology, science, economics, politics.
I finally got around to checking it out, and I have to admit, there’s a lot there.
It’s a time-consumer, no question, with the video talks running to 20 minutes each, so you might not get to see all of it at a shot, but I’m convinced it’s worthwhile. Right now I’m watching a talk on the application of economics to explaining AIDS in Africa, and there’s more like that.
Check it out.