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A Brief History of Gardening in Containers:
Do you like gardening but digging in the dirt is too painful, messy, or time consuming? Container gardening is your answer. For many years now, container gardeners have been using pots, tubs, and boxes of all sizes to garden in. While raised bed gardens have also gained in popularity, so have "bucket gardens" or tubs become an economical way to garden with more control over your soil and more success with hard to grow vegetables.
Recently, the advent of so-called "self watering" containers have helped gardeners to grow flowers, vegetables, and herbs with even more success. Many companies, such as Earth Box, The Grow Box, and models from Gardeners Supply and others have developed easy to assemble boxes with water reservoirs in the bottom. However, these are often pricey. All over gardening websites and forums, do it yourself versions of these boxes have popped up to provide more economical ways of yielding the same results with significantly reduced costs. There is even a book on gardening vegetables in Self-watering containers by Ed Smith, which you can find here.
At the University of Maryland Extension, Jon Traunfeld designed a Salad Table which is essentially a shallow wooden frame with a large surface area and a mesh bottom that allows water to drain. This is a design of great benefit, as you can plant seeds and cut vegetables comfortably at waist level and avoid problems with pests on the ground. If you would like to know more about Jon's original table (and find many more uses, ideas, and advice about Salad Tables), please visit his page here.
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I loved the idea of a salad table as a way to maximize the space I have to grow salad greens to feed myself and my rabbits. Having made my own self-watering tubs for lettuces and other greens the previous summer, I saw how well they flourished with this method even under the hot humid summers of Washington DC. So I decided to combine both the ideas of self-watering containers and the salad table into one. The result is this instructable. This table is deeper than a 2X4, so you can grow much more than just salad greens in it, as you have more space for roots.
What is Self-Watering?
Essentially, this is a system where by you allow water at the bottom of the container to be drawn up, or wicked, to the roots as they need it. There is an overflow hole in the side of the container, near the top of the water reservoir that overflows when the water reaches the top. For me, the term self-watering is a bit tricky as you still have to water the vegetables, you're just doing it from the bottom of the container. This allows the plant to draw water as it needs it, thus reducing the possibility of overwatering or underwatering. The holes in a wicking basket or chamber allow the soil to touch the water for wicking. For tricky or picky vegetables, this also allows you to maintain an even level of moisture in the plant which is what many of them need to grow well.
There is a great need for this in Urban areas as more and more areas find out that their native soil is contaminated with lead, arsenic and other toxic materials. Since urban farming and gardening is on the rise, systems like this will allow people to produce their own food, or at least a great percentage of it safely, easily and very conveniently.
Keep up the great work.
What a fantastically well written Instructable! Thank you so much for sharing it!
do you use any kind of gasket for the straw to keep water from dribbling out through the space in the hole around the straw? I'm building your design to use inside my apartment and want to avoid ruining my carpet at all possible by using the straw to drain into another container.
You've probably already done something like this already, but if you haven't, a small amount of rubber cement (Shoe Goo is good) around the hose on the outside should work to seal it.
Thanks so much for the idea! We live in a townhouse with a postage stamp sized yard, and between our house and our garage, we only get consistent sunlight on a narrow strip of our walkway. We also live in Denver, and it get very hot and dry in the summer. In the past we had mixed success with herbs, but only by watering them two or three times a day. This is the perfect solution to our problems.
I did make a few modifications. First, I couldn't find tubs that were the same dimension as yours, plus we wanted to grow tomatoes as well as salad greens, so I went with 19 gallon tubs. I also only used two, as I had to orient them sideways relative to your design. You can see why in the second picture below - we needed room to get by the planter on our way to the garage! Because of the added weight, I also added a brace underneath. On advice of a woodworker friend, I also put the castors on a 2x4, and then glued and screwed the 2x4 to the legs. If I had it to do again, I would use two fixed castors, and two swiveling castors. It would make moving it much easier. I also used 4" PVC perforated drain pipe instead of a basket. I cut them so,that they would fit snugly to the sides, and leave a gap on the right and left. A test before I filled them with potting mix showed that they filled very nicely. I took the suggestion of one other commenter and added a shelf on the bottom, and that's proved to be very useful.
Thanks again! Now let's eat!!
Great Idea, thank you for sharing your plans. I made a few modifications. Adding an extra box allowed me to put in another set of legs, so I have six legs total, adding to the support. I also made the table a total of 30 inches high, which is the standard table/desk height. Laslty, I added a slatted shelf on the bottom for additional storage or more plants that dont need full sun.
Nice design. Any problems with mosquitoes breeding in water reservoir?
I haven't had any problems yet... But I have read that people use "Mosquito Dunks" in their rain barrels, which is a veggie safe way to kill any larvae. Thank you for brining this to my attention, I will head over to a big box store and pick some up.
Also, in the picture above, I have WAY to many plants per box. This year I have a maximum of six plants per box and even that is a bit tight.
Hank....do you have written plans for this or pics? I would like to make this.
It is indeed excellent and I would try this . But please let me know how would you ensure drainage , usually in potting soils over ti electrical conductivity increases due to increased fertiliser or sal contents . Once every couple of. Months it is recommended to leach the soil
Great Instructables! I followed it last year, with slightly different dimensions and had plenty of tomatoes and aromatic herbs (will not grow zucchini anymore however, as they take too much space...). The watering system works perfectly and the refill can be made after 2-3 days. I'll use it this year again.
Thanks a lot for sharing, Kindlekat!
Looks amazing. Have you modified anything to your "earthbox" setup or, are you getting the desired results. I am about to build your "table". But trying to decide the best option for the container.
I just wrote an instructable about self-watering (mainly for indoor plants, but will work for some outdoor setups): really self-regulating, and no powering needs.
It is here: http://www.instructables.com/id/Self-regulating-watering-system
Hope someone find it useful.
Best wishes,
My mind is already turning over the idea of making a hydroponic version.
Love it!
Cheers again.
In a much more tropical area such as you describe Tushar, I could see the advantage to having maybe 2 overflow pipes per container. Just remember that you need a straw to connect to the water reservoir inside.
Please see steps 11 and 12 in this instructable to see more detail to what I am talking about. Good luck! I look forward to hearing how your project goes!
Hope that helps!
(2*63) + (4*24) + (4*32.5) + (4*36) = 496" of cuts.
4 * (12 * 10) = 480" of material.
These containers have been in my fence for about 12 years now. Each spring I add some more soil to the top to replace what soil decomposed.
I have grown everything from tomatoes and squash to flowers in these containers.
I watter with a tube setup connected to a faucet. I water about every 3 days in mid-hot time.
It is official zone 8b here in the Portland, Oregon area, but effectively it is zone 9a most years. The old saying in Oregon is, " What did you do last summer?"
"I missed it, I went to the beach." We do get a lot of cloudy weather.
I'd also cover the white basket with window screen or a rot proof fabric, to keep your soil mix from getting into the reservoir area and displacing water.
From my experience, I drained my water barrels but not my self-watering planters. In the D.C. area, we routinely get below 20 degrees F, which is below freezing, but not sub zero temps. Last winter my tubs did not crack and I am not sure why, but I was glad.
I've got a potting bench that uses the same style of tub under a slatted top, and I don't give it a second thought when winter rolls around -- it's held up fine for the last 3 midwest winters.
You have had a lot better luck than I have, on the freezing and breaking issue.
But I will agree the tubs should be protected from the sun.
Gordy in MN
We are far enough north to make it not possible to grow a lot of plants because of the extreme low temps we get here. But hot enough to make it miserable.
You have done an excellent job.


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Where: Vigo County Annex Building, 127 Oak Street, Terre Haute, IN 47807
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The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) will be developing a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for the Otter Creek watershed in Vigo, Clay and Parke counties. As part of the process, IDEM is holding a public meeting at 6 p.m., Thursday, January 17, 2013, at the Vigo County Annex Building, 127 Oak Street, Terre Haute.
Citizens who attend this week's kickoff meeting will learn more about water quality data for Otter Creek watershed and the next steps in the TMDL process, which includes community involvement and investigating watershed impairments.
TMDL is the term for a calculation to determine the maximum amount of pollutants, or pollutant load, a stream can receive and not violate state water quality standards. A TMDL document for a watershed may contain TMDL calculations for one or more streams within the watershed.
IDEM plans to develop an E. coli Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for the entire Otter Creek watershed based on water samples from several area streams showing violations of the standard for E. coli. E. coli is a bacteria found in the intestines of warm-blooded animals, and its presence in streams and lakes indicates the overall sanitary quality of soil and water environments.
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"The hybrids are drawing a lot of attention," said Peter Kitzmiller, president of the Maryland Automobile Dealers Association, which is helping coordinate the show along with producer Motor Trend Auto Shows. The event runs through Sunday at the Baltimore Convention Center.
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The Toyota Prius led all hybrid sales nationally last year, rising 73 percent from 2011 to about 240,000 vehicles in 2012, according to research firm Autodata.
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Despite both being titans of European football, Real Madrid and Manchester United have only ever played each other eight times ahead of their meeting in the 2012/13 UEFA Champions League last 16.
However in, a testament of quality over quantity, four of those games have been classics, and FIFA.com looks back over those historic, heavyweight encounters in the European Cup.
Real Madrid 3-1 Manchester United – Semi-final first leg (agg. 5-3), 11 April 1957
In United's first foray into Europe, Matt Busby's English champions had won many hearts for their impressive style of play. Against the European champions, however, they were given a harsh lesson in a 3-1 defeat.
English newspaper The Times lauded Real's entertaining "pirouetting" attack, describing their play "as if they were the spread tail of a peacock, proud and at times even arrogant".
The front five of Francisco Gento, Hector Rial, Alfredo Di Stefano, Enrique Mateos and Raymond Kopa were just too much for United, despite holding out for an hour thanks to heroics from Jack Blanchflower, Roger Byrne, Duncan Edwards, not to mention Ray Wood in goal.
United had chances of their own though but the pressure they fought against finally told thanks to a fine diving header from Rial at the far post following Gento's inviting cross.
Di Stefano was performing as if from "another planet" that night. Covering every inch of the final third, he was imperious. He doubled the scoreline, slotting past Wood, before Taylor bundled in a reply after an almighty goal-mouth scramble.
Enrique Matos ensured the 125,000 fans went home happy though, slotting home from six-yards following a neat flick from Kopa, seeing Los Blancos regain their two-goal lead. In the second-leg, Real were 2-0 up inside half-an-hour and while United drew level late-on, it was in the Bernabeu that the tie was won.
Real Madrid 3-3 Manchester United – Semi-final second leg (agg. 3-4), 15 May 1968
A 1-0 win courtesy of George Best had put United within touching distance of their first European Cup final at the fourth attempt, but little was certain against Madrid – as the ensuing game would show.
The game looked to be following the pattern of 11 years prior, with United holding back wave after wave of attack from Real before the deadlock was broken on 32 minutes. Pirri headed home from Amancio's free-kick to level the tie, before Gento put the Spaniards ahead after a defensive error.
Ignacio Zoco sliced into his own goal to provide brief parity, but a swift Amancio shot from 18 yards sent the hosts in ahead on aggregate at half-time. Real looked confident, the fans looked jubilant, but that was to drastically change.
First, David Sadler pounced on a Paddy Crerand's flick-on to level the tie. Then George Best produced the moment of brilliance that put United into the final, darting in from the right with 12 minutes left, drawing in two defenders, before cutting the ball back for Bill Foulkes to fire in. The response was intense but United held out.
Spanish newspaper Ya felt, "the English did not deserve the draw... but the Madrid defence sent them into the final", while The Times described it as a "hazardous and remarkable journey" for United at the Bernabeu, one they would complete against Benfica at Wembley to lift their first European Cup.
Manchester United 2-3 Real Madrid – Quarter-final second leg (agg. 2-3), 19 April 2000
After a goalless draw in Madrid, United needed to maintain a tight defence during the return leg in Manchester, but when Roy Keane turned the ball into his own net after 21 minutes Old Trafford was silenced and the pendulum swung vehemently in favour of the visitors.
The European champions had no choice but to throw all they could at Real, but an up-and-coming young goalkeeper by the name of Iker Casillas kept them at bay. "For an 18-year-old, that was not normal," Sir Alex Ferguson reflected after the game.
The home side came out after half-time intent on drawing themselves level, but their gung-ho approach – later described as "tactical anarchy" by Real coach Vicente del Bosque – was to be their undoing.
United were picked off while in defensive disarray, first with a fine curling finish by Raul, and then the Spaniard double his tally following a sublime work from Redondo, who beat Henning Berg on the wing with deft backheel.
David Beckham had his say, rifling into the top-corner after beating three men, before Paul Scholes then scored a late penalty, but it remained 3-2.
In hindsight Ferguson admitted he got the approach wrong. "The second leg at Old Trafford was a defining moment for me because we would have gone through if we had the patience," the experienced Scotsman said. "Instead, after going 1-0 down, we attacked them and were slaughtered on the counter-attack."
Manchester United 4-3 Real Madrid – Quarter-final second-leg (agg. 5-6), 23 April 2003
There aren't too many games where the victors' efforts are almost completely expunged from memory, but, even though United won the game 4-3, Ronaldo's exceptional hat-trick is what dominates all memories of this Old Trafford encounter.
United came into the tie desperate to make it into the final, which was to be staged at a month later in Manchester. Since their last meeting all three FIFA World Players of the Year had arrived at the Bernabeu, but Raul's brace was the difference in the first-leg.
"You can buy great players like [Luis] Figo, [Zinedine] Zidane and Ronaldo, but the best player in the world at the moment is Raul," said Ferguson after the game. "They mesmerise you at times with the control and passing."
In both games Zidane was sublime for the cup holders, but it was the Brazilian forward's finishing that ended United's hopes of reaching a home final, beginning with a low, driven strike that beat Fabien Barthez at his near post.
Van Nistelrooy equalised before half-time but when the 2002 FIFA World Cup™ golden boot winner capped off a stunning counter-attack for Real, the tie looked lost. Ivan Helguera put into his own net shortly after, but Ronaldo produced an unstoppable 25-yard thunderbolt to ensure progression into the semi-finals and round-off arguably his crowning moment in a Real shirt.
Having left to a standing ovation from away and home fans alike, a Beckham brace won the game on the night for United, but the star of the night was undoubted.
"When you score four goals at home, you expect to go through, but you can't legislate for someone like Ronaldo," Ferguson said. "It was a pleasure to be involved in a match of that nature. We had the best ref (Pierluigi Collina) and it was the best game in Europe this season. It produced football of incredible imagination. People will talk about it for a long time."


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Welcome to South America's largest and most populous country. This afternoon, meet your Tour Director and fellow traveling companions for a drive along famous Ipanema and Copacabana Beaches to the base of 1,300-foot-high SUGAR LOAF MOUNTAIN. Ascend by cable car to its summit, where you can savor spectacular vistas of the city. Next, toast the start of a memorable vacation at a local restaurant with caipirinhas, a favorite Brazilian cocktail. Cap off the evening with a welcome dinner. (Dinner)
Today, visit the statue of Christ the Redeemer crowning CORCOVADO MOUNTAIN, a rounded peak rising 2,300 feet from the bay below. Take the scenic cog railway ride to its top, where a 360-degree panorama affords sweeping views. Proceed to bustling downtown Rio. View the Sambodromo and visit the CATHEDRAL. This evening, it's off to a CHURRASCARIA for a feast of barbecued meats marinated and roasted over charcoal in true Brazilian style. Later, experience a SAMBA SHOW, where the sheer vitality of this country explodes in a colorful extravaganza. (Breakfast, Dinner)
A day of leisure or you may wish to enjoy a Guanabara Bay cruise, offering spectacular views of Rio and its beaches. This afternoon, consider an optional trip to historic Petropolis, once the former summer palace of Emperor Dom Pedro II and now a mountain resort. (Breakfast)
A flight from Rio takes you to IGUASSU FALLS. Experience the clouds of spray, the incessant roar, and the surrounding luxuriant tropical growth that make this an unforgettable natural wonder. Spend the afternoon enjoying the magnificent panorama of waterfalls from the Brazilian side. Your Local Guide introduces the spectacle of this 2-mile-wide torrential downpour, with some cataracts as high as 250 feet, which is nothing short of hypnotic. (Breakfast, Dinner)
Today, journey to the Argentine side of IGUASSU FALLS, where you will take the ECOLOGICAL JUNGLE TRAIN and enjoy a closer perspective on a walking tour of the falls. Meander along the walkways from atop the falls, and enjoy an exhilarating perspective looking over the precipice of the falls as the water plunges to the rocks below. You will also have the chance to walk through the rainforest on the lower falls trails that will bring you up close to some of the smaller falls. Return to the hotel, where the remainder of the day is at your leisure. (Breakfast)
Today, fly to Buenos Aires. After arriving, an orientation walk acquaints you with the "Paris of South America" and its wide boulevards and outdoor cafés. (Breakfast)
Your sightseeing starts in La Boca, a colorful district and site of the city's first port. Take a short walking tour of this unique neighborhood and then on to San Telmo, famous for its late-colonial buildings and a popular gathering spot for artists. At Plaza de Mayo, see La Casa Rosada (the President's Pink House) and the METROPOLITAN CATHEDRAL, housing San Martin's Mausoleum. Drive past the ornate Colon Opera House before reaching the CEMETERY OF THE RECOLETA, burial site of Eva Peron. After an afternoon at leisure, top off the evening at a famous TANGO CLUB. Start with a DANCE LESSON followed by dinner featuring Argentine steaks and other local specialties and end with a show featuring flawless performances of Latin America's most sensuous dance—the Tango! (Breakfast, Dinner)
Enjoy a full day at leisure, with an optional excursion to cruise the Tigre Delta. Drive through the northern district and outskirts of the city to get to Tigre, a charming resort where a great number of summer residences, yachting and rowing clubs concentrate the weekend activities of many locals. Enjoy a relaxing cruise along the innumerable channels of the Paraná-Delta to see some of the hundreds of islands covered with luxuriant vegetation. (Breakfast)
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Saturday, November 08, 2003DAVIDSON, N.C. (November 7, 2003) - Led by freshman Jenna Dykstra's bid at a triple-double, the Davidson volleyball team fought off East Tennessee State Friday evening in Belk Arena, 30-22, 20-30, 30-20 and 30-27. The Wildcats (13-18, 6-9 SoCon) have now won three years in a row at home against ETSU (7-20, 5-10). Dykstra needed just one more dig for her third triple-double of the year. The outside hitter/setter paced the Wildcats with 18 kills, 20 assists and nine digs. She hit a personal-best .441 against the Bucs as well. The fourth game was the closest of the evening. East Tennessee State built a slim 11-7 lead early, but that would be the largest spread of the game. Davidson quickly fought back to tie the score at 11, which started a string of 13 ties that culminated at 25-25. After a kill by junior Meredith Lorenz put the Wildcats ahead 26-25, Davidson captured the ensuing extended rally to go up by two points, 27-25. The 'Cats did not relinquish the lead the rest of the way in the 30-27 triumph. Davidson held East Tennessee State to only nine kills in the first game and pulled away late for a 30-22 win. ETSU turned the tables in game two, notching 17 kills to go along with a .455 attack percentage to level the match at one game apiece. In the third game, the Wildcats rolled off six consecutive points to create an early 8-2 cushion. Davidson was never threatened after that run and easily took the game, 30-20. Lorenz (14 kills) and senior Latisha Chapman (12) added double-figure putaways for the 'Cats in the balanced attack. Meanwhile, senior Nicole Tonelli led the defensive efforts with 15 digs while chipping in with 37 assists. Kelsey Sherich (Ogallala, Neb.) and Kate Steidle (Waynesboro, Va.) each had standout performances for ETSU. Sherich tallied 18 kills on a .417 attack percentage while Steidle registered 12 putaways and a .345 hitting percentage. East Tennessee State continues its road weekend on Sunday, Nov. 9, at Georgia Southern with a starting time of 1 p.m.
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Live Chat with TED Books author Howard Rheingold today at 2pm Eastern: Can our digital tools make us smarter?
Continuing with our series of TED book chats, for the next few weeks we'll be discussing Howard Rheingold's new TED eBook, "Mind Amplifier".
Do we humans co-evolve with the tools we build? Can our tools actually make us smarter? "Mind Amplifier" explores the origins of our digital tools, and lays out a framework for harnessing them to collectively and collaboratively solve our most pressing problems.
The book is available for Kindle, Nook, and iOS devices (which have a great new custom TED Books app):
Kindle copy: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009GQXRQ8
iOS app: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ted-books/id511071050?mt=8
The author will be joining us for a live Q&A November 8th at 2pm Eastern, mark your calendars!
You can also watch Howard's 2005 TEDTalk, linked below.
So, let's get things started... do our new online tools make us smarter? And if not, can we design and use them in a way that does?
Nov 8 2012: Love you Howard. Love you Aja. Yes totallly agree social capital as in the relationships a person can build within their community are the 'golden treasure' really. In a major disaster you either want to be visible to help others or you want other people to notice you are not 'visible' and therefore possibly need some help. When resources are scarce, the person who hoards will be attacked for the hoard. The person who demands money for their services will be attacked when others have no money. That is why balance is so important. There will always be more less wealthy people than more wealthy people but a circle is better than a pyramid every time. People need to live in peace and harmony and love and respect. The cruellest price any parent pays is the suffering of their own grandchildren. It is not as simple as good and evil. I am interested in cultural etiology. In the fall of the Roman Empire the population declined by as much as 70 percent. It is NOT meant to be about the survival of the fittest, it is about trading fairly and equitably. Slavery of any kind is abhorrent. You will note the weather is really wierd at the moment and it still feels like earthquake weather to me. The cloud cover is being burned away by the sun in the day and it is November. At night the temperature is dropping really low BUT there is no rain. (London). The north and east of the country are being battered and here it is too dry. Not sure I would want to go anywhere by sea at the moment. Everybody look after the people you love. When it gets to Christmas just remember it is about being with the people you love and not about the technology. Make sure everyone has a hot meal and company and just be thankful and have hope that things are going to pick up again in the spring.
edward long
Oct 25 2012: I have not read the book, just the title. As it is phrased the answer to the subtitle query has to be "no". Degrees of smartness vary from individual to individual, just like eye color. Nothing can change the genetically determined characteristics of a person. I can do things to process information more efficiently and I can work to increase my knowledge base, but I cannot make myself smarter any more than I can change my blood type. Digital tools can make users more efficient and productive, they can even make users want to exercise their brains, but they cannot make users smarter. Now I will read the book, not to become smarter, but to become more knowledgeable.
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Oct 25 2012: while do you think there exists "smarter"?
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Oct 25 2012: For clarification, may I re-word your question?
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Are you asking: "Why does the word 'smarter' exist?" I suspect it is, so I will answer it.
Smart has to do with intelligence which is determined by genetics. A normal, healthy, uninjured person has a certain natural capacity for processing information. The capability of the human mind is not well-defined, but it seems certain that not everyone has the same intellicence, not everyone is equally smart. The word "smarter" is synonymous with "more biologically equipped to process information". For example: "Albert Einstein was smarter (more intelligent) than most." He was born that way.Oct 28 2012: This is a link you may find interesting:
Oct 28 2012: Certainly the measurement of "smartness" or "IQ" is not an exact study. For any given problem there is a "smart" response which can be determined empirically. If a person demonstrates a response other than the "smart" one it really has no connection to their congenital ability to process information. Myriad reasons exist which might explain their response. A highly intelligent person will have not-so-smart moments, just as an average person can have sparks of brilliance. Savants come to mind here. Multiple Intelligence seems lke a no-brainer (no pun intended) to me. Thanks for the link!
Steve C
Oct 29 2012: "Nothing can change the genetically determined characteristics of a person." Isn't the study of epigenetics changing the assumption that gene expression is set in stone?
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No teaching software will change a certified moron into an Einstein, but what if it could raise it 20-points, or 30-points - not just in terms of better information or more information; but what if it could inspire one's "Quest Quotient"?
Oct 29 2012: Improving scores on a test is proof of an improved utilization of available (congenital) capacity, not proof of increased ability. The ability was always there, it was simply not being utilized. I tell you it's like eye color or blood type. I don't know from epigenetics, or Quest Quotients.
Morton Bast
Nov 8 2012: What then do you think is the best way to get people thinking about systemic effects? You mention at the beginning of your book some of humanity's most threatening inventions, like the automobile and nuclear weapons, that hadn't taken into consideration the possible drawbacks? Is it just the lessons of history that are going to teach us to predict problems outside our disciplines?
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Nov 8 2012: Something that strikes me as a constant problem throughout this history of human-created mind-amplifying tools is that extending our thinking capabilities, and making ourselves smarter, might only be one aspect of making ourselves better. Do you think that amplifying ourselves in other ways, for example, morally, is part of the same process, or does it require something else entirely?Nov 8 2012: Miguel, visualization is one of the frontiers I pointed to at the end of Mind Amplifier as a way that future tools can enhance human capabilities. In the recent US election, we saw the power of data analysis in forecasting results from polls. Only sophisticated analysts have been able to make sense of polling data in this way. But all humans have very sophisticated means for discerning visual patterns. Can digital media help bridge that interface between the masses of real-time data and the ability of individuals to make sense of it? Certainly in science, visualization is proving to be a boon to those who understand a field -- being able to visualize how proteins fold, for example.Nov 8 2012: Aja, in regard to differences, I see a very significant difference in the speed with which intellectual amplification can spread. It takes a long time to teach a young human to read and write. It takes a while for literacies to spread through populations. But cell phones barely existed 20 years ago and there are now more than 5 billion mobile phone subscriptions in the world. Moore's law and markets are diffusing powerful tools to a majority of the world's population at unprecedented speed. The acceleration of change is a double-edged sword, however, While many individuals are empowered, our social institutions are straining and sometimes breaking in an attempt to keep pace with technology-driven changes.Nov 8 2012: I look forward to discussions with people who have actually read the book. I don't think debating people about the title of a book they haven't read is a fruitful use of my time.Oct 29 2012: I have not read the book , and I notice that several people commenting have not read it either, so I'll add my two cents!
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NOTHING can "make us smarter", more aware, wise, insightful, intelligent, etc. etc., without effort on our part, and it depends on how we USE the tool, which has been mentioned several times on this comment thread.Oct 28 2012: No. Digital tools do not make us smarter. They allow us access to more information easier than ever before. When I went to school we went to the library and researched in the stacks. After that came micro fische. Then the advent of the search engine and the average man could seem wise beyond his years.
Is he really smarter or is he just using the tools made available to him. I can read a report on DNA and maybe even discuss DNA in a circle of friends. However, to do the lab work you must have more than the conversational knowledge ... and that kiddies is where the smarts come in.
All the best. Bob.Nov 8 2012: Thank you for intelligent questionsNov 8 2012: It looks like our time is almost up! Thank you everyone for joining us, and to Howard for taking the time to answer our questions!
To those who haven't yet read "Mind Amplifier", you can find it here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009GQXRQ8
You can also learn more about the author at his website: http://rheingold.com or follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hrheingold
Thanks again everyone, and we'll see you at the next TED Book chat!Nov 8 2012: Not arguing the case for religion, always want to question any belief structure first, make sure it is truly in the interest of the population and not just the ruling elite. Love and peace are only achievable in the fair allocation of resources and in case no one noticed trees and whales are getting incredibly scarce. Humans are only at the top of the evolutionary tree at the moment and we really need to watch it. Hate fracing of any kind and really worried about the increased volume of water in the oceans and it's impact on weather systems and hence food crops. Love to you all.
Anyone notice how the Nike statue in Woolwich, U.K. looks like a whale's tail fin. Nike as in ancient greek goddess of victory by the way !!!
Nov 8 2012: Absolutely -- questioning any beliefs, including the belief in science as the arbiter of knowledge -- is essential. Critical thinking! Can morality and critical thinking co-evolve? Why not?
Nov 8 2012: Thank you Howard - don't want to annoy people, do sometimes get a bit off topic. Thank you again for the lovely debate.Nov 8 2012: "I was heartened to learn that airbnb was using its system to help people on the east coast of the USA find temporary housing. So yes, I do see people using technology to help people happening all over the place, from donors choose to kickstarter, microloans, systems for sharing resources. Crisis mapping (Ushahidi), Witness. Many efforts that combine human interaction with empowering technology."
Ah yes! I did see that. What an excellent idea.
So, Howard, the big question... where do you see these technologies in 5-10 years? What do you think will be the next "big thing" in mind-extending technology?
Nov 8 2012: Learning to use the tools we have is critically important. Before Mind Amplifier, my book Net Smart: How to Thrive Online, and the syllabus I use (and offer) to teach social media literacies are part of my contribution to this effort: http://socialmediaclassroom.com/host/netsmart is the syllabus and http://www.rheingold.com/netsmart is the book. We need to learn how to better use the tools we already have at our disposal -- and to help others learn.Nov 8 2012: Thank you, Elizabeth. And of course, morality has been the bailiwick of religion. And indeed, David Sloan Wilson in "Darwin's Cathedral" made the case that religions enhance the survival capabilities of believers by giving them a reason to cooperate and exhibit kindness to one another.Nov 8 2012: Morton -- I'm hoping that journalists, citizen journalists, educators, and citizen scientists will step up to the challenge you note. Neither commerce nor technology deals with the future consequences of innovation. Now that we know about the way individually empowering inventions like the automobile can lead to systemic problems when billions of people use them, perhaps that is a strong clue to future designers. I do think engineering education must include what have been known as the "liberal arts." The name comes from "liberal" as in "liberty" -- the ancient Greeks thought that if citizens were to govern themselves, they needed an education that transcended the merely technical. And Steve Jobs argued that his success had as much to do with his liberal arts education as his understanding of engineering. It does seem that civilizations seem to adjust only to disasters. At what point, for example, do disastrous weather events add up to irrefutable evidence of what climate scientists have been saying? If it is true that carbon emissions are changing earth's climate, then what can be done in practical terms? That's not just an engineering problem. It's political and social. It's what Ostrom was tackling in regard to "Governing the Commons." Political decisions about policy are being made without reference to scientific knowledge. Education and somehow inducing politicians to pay attention to science are two pathways. How we get there, I am not sure.
Nov 8 2012: I think that's a really good point about needing to build it into education. I'm even thinking that waiting to incorporate future thinking into engineering education may be too late, that it may be time for an additional step in the scientific method that's taught in second grade science classes: What are my conclusions? And what are their social ramifications?Nov 8 2012: Philip, I am chagrined to confess that I am not familiar with these books. I do think that we humans have a long ways to go in understanding all the aspects of human intellect and that we should not become attached to models of the brain that are based on current technology -- it was useful for a time to consider Newtonian clockwork brains, Freudian hydraulic brains, Hebbian neural-network brains, but these models are only provisionally useful.Nov 8 2012: I was also influenced by Buckinster Fuller's call for "comprehensive" thinking and Donella Meadows on "systems thinking." So many of the problems and hidden costs triggered by technologies that provide other benefits have to do with systems effects. Schooling is such a narrowing process, with the lower grades concentrating on compliance to a passive-learner model and higher grades channeling the most successful students into increasingly fragmented disciplines. It isn't easy to pursue interdisciplinary education or careers, yet so many problems are caused by people with high skills in narrow disciplines who invent tools that disrupt systems they hadn't considered. We need to think more about systemic effects.Nov 8 2012: So how does this tie into such concepts as The Mailman in "True Names", or Norman in "Bookworm, Run!"? Is the concept of intelligence aligned with a Markov chain computing system? That computing and access to data need to be balanced for optimal intelligence to be achieved?Nov 8 2012: I want to expand a little bit about social capital, Aja. While thinkers such as Bordieu have argued that those with more economic capital and power also have a tremendous edge in regard to social capital, I would point out that people who have few economic resources have always had to depend on each other to get the necessities of life. I am thinking of the definition of social capital as a measure of the capacity of groups or populations to accomplish collective action -- to get t hings done together -- outside of formal institutions such as laws, states, and contracts. Can better communication, better education, and better institutions (in the Ostrom sense) provide access to pathways to a better life? I'm not talking about solving social problems by throwing technology at them. I'm talking about enabling people to communicate, relate, and problem-solve more effectively using technologies and the literacies that enable them to make best use of these tools.
Nov 8 2012: Absolutely. Your example of the networks springing up to help locate Katrina survivors was a great one, I think. Do you see these sorts of interactions happening on an everyday basis, as well? Or do the most effective implementations of social capital via technology get drowned out by the less important uses?
Nov 8 2012: I was heartened to learn that airbnb was using its system to help people on the east coast of the USA find temporary housing. So yes, I do see people using technology to help people happening all over th e place, from donors choose to kickstarter, microloans, systems for sharing resources. Crisis mapping (Ushahidi), Witness. Many efforts that combine human interaction with empowering technology.Nov 8 2012: Aja, here are a few links to articles about people with few socioeconomic resources who are able to use tools like mobile phones to make their lives bette by giving them access to information that has traditionally been available to the more advantages and by giving them tools for cultivating social capital where financial capital may not be abundant:
Nov 8 2012: Excellent, thank you!Nov 8 2012: Actually, I just remembered this: http://peace.facebook.com/
Have you seen this project? Do you think this sort of effort can make a real difference in how we connect with each other?
Nov 8 2012: Enabling people to use communication media to bridge differences has huge potential and ought to be part of the solution, but I am cautious about magical thinking around technology -- throwing digital tools at people is not necessarily going to solve their problems. When media can help people find better ways to help each other, however, i do see hope. Abolition of slavery was once a utopian idea. It took a bloody war in the USA to resolve the issue here, but would abolitionism have been more than a utopian cult without print literacy and journalism?Nov 8 2012: Morton raises an important point, and one that I attempt to address in the book. I was influenced by Joseph Weizenbaum's argument in the 1960s in "Computing Power and Human Reason" that digital computers amplify one aspect of the human mind -- our intellect -- and I was also influenced by Ivan Illich's critiques of technology and call for "convivial tools." So I am hoping that this book will introduce thinkers like Weizenbaum and Illich, as well as Elinor Ostrom (whose work concentrates on how humans overcome differences to create institutions for collective action) and to face the dilemma that better reasoning doesn't necessarily make for more convivial relations. I don't believe it is possible or desirable to stop the co-evolution of human ways of thinking and doing with increasingly powerful and accessible technologies, but I do believe that designers of these technologies would do well to ponder what ISN'T amplified by expanding the power of reason alone. I don't pretend to have the answer, but hope to help elevate the question of the place of conviviality, empathy, compassion, systems thinking in the design of mind-tools.Nov 8 2012: You also talk about "the distinction between 'convivial tools' and the kinds of technology that deaden, poison, dull, and imprison the human spirit."
I'm curious about this… do you have any thoughts on what the layman could do to use these tools in a more mindful, convivial way, or to encourage others to do so? You say we need to learn by example, but as you point out, a large portion of behavioral examples on social networks isn't the most useful or cooperative. Do you know of any examples of these tools being used convivially?
Nov 8 2012: We need to examine our social practices. Don't text while your children are trying to get your attention! Use that laptop in the classroom judiciously. Metacognition -- becoming aware of how we are deploying our attention -- is especially important in an environment when the screens all around us magnetically attract our attention. In terms of cooperation, I worked with Institute for the Future to try to aggregate information about what we know: http://cooperationcommons.com -- there is a lot of knowledge and many examples.Nov 8 2012: So I'm not so much thinking of some kind of world-brain or hive mind but of bootstrapping human culture, the way speech, writing, and other mind-tools enabled our predecessors to invent more complex ways of life, harness more power, and increase the capability of humans to survive, thrive, and reproduce. And now we're facing the consequences of our own success as a species -- we've altered the environment to our benefit, but now we are seeing that not all the consequences are beneficial. In Mind Amplifier, one of the most important messages I try to get across is that Vannevar Bush, JCR Licklider, and Doug Engelbart were aiming to create tools to help humans to solve problems more effectively -- problems that our own success as a species have created.Nov 8 2012: Aja -- to credit the critics of the sub-title, it's never as simple as plugging brains into machines. I quote Doug Engelbart, whose lab invented the mouse, hypertext, word processing, and much more, who noted in his 1962 paper on "Augmenting Human Intellect" that he proposed a system that includes "humans, using language, artifacts, methodology, and training." One of the most important aspects of homo sapiens t hat distinguishes us from other species is social learning. So it's not just about connecting brains to one another or about connecting brains to digital media, but also about devising new ways to use these tools and teaching people new methods, devising new language and institutions. Just as print enabled literate populations to create democratic nation states and science as a collective enterprise.Nov 8 2012: And, if increasing our intelligence really does come down to increasing our connections to each other's knowledge, what's the next big step? Are we advancing to a world where we all share one enormous "brain"? :)Nov 8 2012: Aja, ancient mind amplifying tools like writing benefit the individual mind, or at least a small and local community of minds. What has changed over the last century and a half has been these two barriers have come down: mind amplification now works across any distance and with any number of minds. This started with the telegraph (distance) and movies and radio (audience) and has reached a crescendo on the internet. Infinite audience, infinite distance, and infinitesimal time.Nov 8 2012: Thanks Howard! I was particularly intrigued by this line, regarding Google as a mind-extending tool:
"It's not just an outboard extension of my memory — it's a connection to the memory of everyone in the world (and I certainly have to do my own crap detection on what I find). I don't interact just with machines, but with people and networks of people."
Is every "mind-amplifying" tool simply a way of facilitating access to the knowledge that other humans possess? Does this technology ever give us anything on its own?Nov 8 2012: I know that Dr. Rheingold is not answering questions from people that don't read their book (yet), but I am very interested in knowing their thought about the effects of visualization in the new cognitive models. I am a simple Mexican teacher and I know the Rheingolds works since 90'sNov 8 2012: Aja -- the important leverage offered by cultural tools (speech, writing, alphabets, printing presses, etc) is that they enable people to bootstrap our capabilities by using these tools to create better ways to solve problems (some of these ways are technologies, some of them are methods and institutions such as schools, for example). High-tech tools empower humans by extending our capabilities -- just as a lever extends the capabilities of a human arm, a pencil, paper, and knowledge of arithmetic extends the capabilities of a human brain.Nov 8 2012: Aloha! Ready to chat with y'all. In regard to the(sub) title, let's just say that "How we can design tools to augment human intellect so people can solve problems more effectively" is not likely to sell as many books as "Can our digital tools make us smarter?"Nov 8 2012: Hello all, and welcome to this live Q&A with author Howard Rheingold! Howard, thank you for joining us, your book is a fascinating read on a subject that affects us all… particularly those of us participating in this online conversation!
To get this discussion started, I wanted to dive in to one of your first points in the book… that humans have been using thinking tools to advance beyond biological evolution since the dawn of language, and that these latest technologies simply build upon this ancient ability. What differences, if any, do you see between our earliest "mind-amplifying" tools and the high-tech tools of today?Nov 7 2012: Testing replies!
Nov 7 2012: Testing replies....Nov 1 2012: The idea of co-evolution is interesting.
I agree with Colleen Steen that the key thing lies on our own part. Tools are just powerful access to knowledge and ideas, while we should think in order to be smarter.Oct 30 2012: I think digital tools increase our capability, but there are limits. Taking a step back, some primates use "tools" to improve their efficiency. As of yet, they've not advanced much further...Oct 29 2012: The digital tools might make us smarter in the sense of making us better exploiters, but not necessarily wiser. In other words, in order to truly benefit ourselves by digital tools, what's vital is sober human judgement about good & bad, right & wrong, true & false, genuine & superficial, .........
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Oct 29 2012: I don't know the book or the author, but just a thought: would it help more to give the student a chance to find actual mistakes in the material? It may make for a slower - but wider progress I think.
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In Matt Ridley's talk, I paraphrase, he states that he is not so concerned with IQ as much as the willingness and ability to communicate which is vastly more important.
Consequently gadgets that help us communicate better make us smarter. I watched the video of the curator of TED saying that he bought TED when it was only for those who attended in person and later on turned into the platform we have today which has made many of us so much smarter, because you have had the benefit of my perspective (8^(l)


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- Doc Hancock
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Is society as a whole in an infant, adolescent, or maturing adult stage? Explain and relate to history and current global issues.
As individuals we move through the various stages of life growing in physical, mental, social, and spiritual capacities. Infants, for example, are the centers of their own universe. Adolescents "try on" different lifestyles. Maturing adults move past self-centeredness to help others. Where are we as a society in 2013? Please related your answer to history and current global issues. Thank you.
Jul 31 2013: Adolescent, I'd say.
Our room is in a complete mess, and we just don't care.Aug 1 2013: There is only so much a human can learn during his/her lifetime, and much of it is through experience. If you dream of an evolving society that would eventually "understand" and stop acting stupidly, don't. Every generation needs to make its own mistakes. Every individual/society needs to make mistakes in order to learn from them. That's how we humans grow and why societies can't grow. I also find it fascinating how history repeats itself, America vs. Roman empire. We can only teach younger generations so much, and I believe we will continue to make the same mistakes. I dont consider it maturing if we (society) are forced to change our behavior due to eg global warming.
In a nutshell -> society can't be compared to the psychological growth that a human beings experiences. Societies behavior repeats itself and the only thing that has changed (seen as evolution in history) is human gained knowledge and the nature of our mistakes.
Aug 1 2013: Thanks Mikael. Clear presentation with insightful thought. Let me ask you to comment further on why we are not learning from our mistakes. Thank you.Jul 31 2013: This is a very interesting and ambitious question. To answer, it would mean assuming that the global human 'society' has a sense of identity …. (I don't think that's the case) May be we'll get to that global identity when we will have a better view of the universe (most of us) , when we'll be aware of other global societies and understand our place in the universe. For now we are divided in many societies very heterogenic …so as a 'global human society' I would say we are still in a conceptual stage in the uterus and our global body was formed, but not all the parts function yet to serve the unit…no self awareness yet.
Jul 31 2013: Thank you Anairda. You are the first to make the observation I was looking for and explain what you mean. One or two others have stated their opinion that there is no global identity but you provided further thought. Thank you again.Jul 26 2013: part of the problem i have with the 'global village' concept is this desire for people to talk about humanity as if it were a single entity. of course, it is not therefore, these sorts of questions are rather academic, which is another word for pointless ;)
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Jul 26 2013: Thank you for your opinion Scott. Let me ask you this. With your understanding of history, do you believe that there have been any great movements that affected large segments of society and move it forward? If so, do you believe that those movements started with an individual or a small group of people with the same vision. I am not a globalist in the "village" sense at all. I just believe in the power of people en masse to change and move forward. Your thoughts. Thank you.
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Jul 26 2013: I admit, I have something of a limited view of history. In fact, it relies more and more on the versions I receive through popular culture, which tend to sacrifice accuracy for a crowd-pleasing selectiveness and emotiveness.
I would say that the scientific method is probably one of those great movements you mention, in particular along the lines of advancing medical treatment. But again, these wonders of the scientific age can't really be applied to even the majority of the world's population, so that one's borderline too.
Many of humanity's greatest minds are alone in their views. Thankfully, many of humanity's worst team members are also alone in their transgressions. Between the dizzying heights and the terrible lows, most of us fall in the creamy middle.
For this reason, I could comment on where an individual is at in terms of maturity, if, of course I knew them personally and were monumentally judgemental enough to say as much, but I hesitate to apply it with a broad brush. I myself feel I change from week to week, so it's hardly fair to expect others to not.
In my opinionated opinion, humanity is a cess-pool of talent. In a nutshell: all of the above.Jul 25 2013: As a civilisation humanity is at the earliest stages of life, no doubt somewhere in infancy if not a zygote. While the usual aspects of humanity are striving forward: technology, money, business, sport etc the on thing missing is wisdom. For example technology advances rapidly but consciousness remains stagnant.
Jul 25 2013: Very insightful, Frank. Thank youJul 26 2013: I wrote a poem about the very point you make. Here it goes:
10 machines get better
20 machines get better as one
30 people go around
40 and around
50 goto 10
Jul 25 2013: In my opinion, we are college students with the next-morning's hang-over. We were ignorant children until the Renaissance, when we hit puberty. Then became teenagers in the industrial world. Now, we think we know everything, have divided into social sub-classes, have no patience for the old, and confidently forge ahead with our own 'informed' ideals - that's until we hit the wall of reality, and find that our 'educated' answers are glaringly incomplete. Hence, the 'hang-over' :)
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Jul 25 2013: Interesting observations. You are the first to reply. Let's see how your thoughts compare to others. Thank you RH.Aug 1 2013: A tough nut to crack, still a good questionAug 1 2013: Neither honestly.
An individual develops one way, a society in another, completely different manner. There is no comparison to be made here, the two process are too different.
Any analogy would simply result in an oversimplification which does more to confuse the issue through inaccurate information than shed light on it.
Aug 1 2013: Thank you Nadav. Can you shed some light on how society has developed and progressed or regressed? Thank you again.
Aug 1 2013: "The ancient oracle said that I was the wisest of all the Greeks. It is because I alone, of all the Greeks, know that I know nothing."
The issue is so horribly complex that nothing short of years of research will yield an accurate answer, and I don't claim to have done years of careful research. Society (which society, by the way? also something to think about) undergoes so much change over such a short time at this modern age that pinning it down at any one point is a truly herculean task.
I suppose that makes it "adolescent" by your definition, though less by choice and more by necessity of our rapidly changing world.
Aug 1 2013: Thank you again.Aug 1 2013: Like an adolescent, I wonder if the most powerful learning has to be gained through personal experience, rather than in listening to wisdom? It does seem as though the physical, mental, social and spiritual wisdom is out there - but it still gets ignored.
It leads me to think that personal experience will be our only guide - good and bad. As an example, it is likely that we will learn about pressing global issues only after humanitarian and environmental crises have already happened. Even in the face of overwhelming wisdom and evidence from painstaking scientific research ,we still deny the existence of man-made global warming as an example.
This is another feature of adolescence - that street wisdom from peer groups holds far more weight than the wisdom from experienced others, like parents and educators. The analogy here being that society listens to the people who are more likely to preserve the kind of lifestyle that we've become accustomed to and enjoy (politicians and economists), rather than those who are able and willing to devote time and energy into generating wisdom for the future, without 'axes to grind' (scientists, anthropologists, sociologists and psychologists as a few examples).
Aug 1 2013: Thank you Allan particularly for your idea that wisdom is available but ignored. I also like your grouping of politicians/economists and then scientists/anthro/socio/psycho. Until we accept on the wisdom and act on it we will never move forward. Again, thank you for taking the time to respond and for providing wisdom yourself.Aug 1 2013: Late adolescence. We still think we're invincible, can't plan ahead very well, and still use force as communication. But we've shown some glimmers of hope.
The signs of hope are things like the UN, Wikipedia, our collective response to tragedies, and attempts at democracy.
Most people are mostly cooperative most of the time. And we've created (sometimes cruel, sometimes supportive) systems to deal with the outliers. But we have a built-in biological limitation in our brains. We evolved to live with the hundred or so members of our little local tribe, and to think a generation or two forward in time. Beyond that, most populations, numbers and time scales get very theoretical.
Because of that, we may always be bad at planning for our great-grandchildren, and we may always see leaders simply as the top warriors of tribes of 150 people.
Aug 1 2013: Thank you Sandy. Your assessment has great merit. Your anthropological and social insights are quite perceptive. Let me ask you to comment on one aspect of your thought - your last paragraph. Do you see any possibility that we could make a quantum leap forward as the result of some major event, widespread awareness, tragedy, etc? Could, for example, a mass spiritual awakening fundamentally change how we relate to one another? Thank you again.
Aug 1 2013: Wow, I would love to think so. This may be a bit off topic, but I study reincarnation, and an idea I think worth spreading is that we are all souls who have come to Earth and temporarily forgotten our true nature. When we're "home" between incarnations (Heaven if you like), we are much less fearful, we see the big picture, and we can be much more empathetic towards others.
If you look at the literature on near death experience, it is almost universal that people who have glimpsed their true nature come back with a profound sense of peace, connectedness, and compassion. You see similar feelings from the thousands of people who have had a past life regression therapy sessions.
Yes, it is possible. But I think it requires tapping into that higher self, and I'm not sure how to do it on a mass scale...Aug 1 2013: "People like you and I, though mortal of course, like everyone else, do not grow old no matter how long we live. What I mean is that we never cease to stand like curious children before the great Mystery into which we were born."
—Albert Einstein --- To Otto Juliusburger, September 29,1942.
Aug 1 2013: Great quote. Yes, Daniel, curious children, a second naivete. Thanks for your insightful comment
Aug 1 2013: Don't thank me, thank AE.Jul 31 2013: High school teacher, Doc?
I'll take the broad view and look at mankind as a whole. Most of our million years or so of history has been our childhood as a species. I think we can say we moved into an adolescent stage when established societies began to come into conflict around the edges, some thousands of years ago. And we're still in that stage. It's very much like 12 year-old boys in a schoolyard, who know only one way to conclude a disagreement: to fight. I'd say we'll begin to move out of adolescence into early maturity when the idea that our problems can be solved with guns and bombs are just a bad memory of a sad phase. That may be a long time away.
Jul 31 2013: Thank you Paul. Good analogy.
(Doc = former professor)
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Our society is in the stage that greed leads us to self-extinction.Jul 29 2013: Thanks, Mike. What do you feel it will take for us to move forward toward a more mature society? Thanks.
Jul 30 2013: Doc,
If I could only answer that question. I have a gift for the obvious. I have no clue as to solutions.
Jul 30 2013: Keep using the gift you do have. Sometimes the obvious is not so obvious to most people. Thank you.Jul 29 2013: Today's society in America as a whole is very immature almost childish. Totally self centered, mostly involved in their virtual social groups, overly critical of others. A thousand examples of immature and childish behaviors On a global scale too many other societies are mimicking America.
Society has shown much more maturity in the past during times of global war, economic upheaval.Jul 26 2013: I believe that we are at the beginning of an infant period. Man has been on this earth for roughly 200k years and civilization started 8k to 5k BCE. Compare that to the age of the Dinosaurs, 60 million years.
I believe the basis for society is still tribal and the veneer of society/culture can be easily torn away. Examples are the Balkan Wars, Rhwanda, Congo, Ireland, Shiite vs Sunni, Muslim vs Christian, etc.
Jul 26 2013: Hello, Wayne. Thank you for your thoughts. You would certainly have support from many I have talked with. Do you have some thoughts on how we can move forward toward maturity? Thank you again.
Jul 27 2013: Maturity takes time, trust, communication, respect and learning. The best example is the Balkan War - Yugoslavia was put together after World War 1 and stayed together until 1990 when it was broken up by ethnicity. The war broke out in 1991 along ethnic and sectarian lines. I had great hope because they had lived and worked together for so long. It seemed that there was trust and communication over time. What was missing was the Respect of the other's way of life with a live and let live feeling.
What was needed was a force that would keep the peace until they could re-learn how to live with each other. It is starting to happen after the war stopped in 2001.
These areas need a "peace keeper" that is trusted and give the people time to learn, trust, communicate and respect.
Who is going to play the role of peace keeper? no idea.Jul 26 2013: Adolescent. We are too self centered and lack common sense.


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Vettel acknowledged the pressure would be on him as he goes into Sunday's Australian Grand Prix as the driver to beat in the 2013 season after three successive titles.
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Vettel said Red Bull had not felt any need to change its approach ahead of the new season but was always looking for ways to improve and was open to changes.
A fourth title would mean "a great deal" to him. Only two drivers - Juan Manuel Fangio and Michael Schumacher - have won four titles in a row.
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Sunday's opening race of the season will not necessarily be a guide to the rest of the year because the race in Melbourne is "very specific," Vettel said.
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Vettel beat Ferrari's Fernando Alonso to the title last year by three points, and asked to define his relationship with the Spaniard, Vettel replied, "He is my opponent on the track like any other opponent."
Despite Vettel's three World titles, Red Bull have said there will be no preferential treatment for him over 36-year-old Australian team-mate Mark Webber, a situation which Vettel accepts.
"Red Bull's philosophy was always for there not to be a number one driver," Vettel said.
"It makes competitive sense when each driver has equal opportunity. Nothing new there, we are just staying true to ourselves."