My favorite TED talk

Keith Ferrazzi tweeted his favorite TED clip and asked others which one is their favorite. As you may know, I like many TED clips and post some of them on this blog. Keith’s favorite was Al Gore’s on climate change which instantly reminded me of the TED talk I like the most; John Doerr’s talk on climate change and Genentech. I replied back (2) with this talk, but I decided to take a few minutes and re-watch it and post it here as well.

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Posted in Randomness, Tumblelog, video on January 8th, 2010 Taged with , ,

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  • digerati9
    this one is interesting because it gets to the actual point, which has nothing to do with carbon or global warming, it has to do with becoming more efficient with our resources. It has to do with making good decisions like painting something white instead of another color.
  • That's an excelent point, and one of the reasons, besides John's
    passion and logic, that I really like this talk.
  • digerati9
    Right. Gore and most are touting te commercially viable options which
    are no where near proven to solve any problems.

    Resource efficiency on the otherhand is never a bad thing (at least I
    can't think of any time).

    I'm also constanty surprised that no one mentions we should all stop
    having kids since that is about the greenest option of all.
  • I agree we should all use resources more efficiently, and I think we are starting to see a greater movement in this direction (with things like the DC plastic bag tax) and consumers demanding more sustainable products. I'm note sure we should all stop having kids.
  • digerati9
    That one seems outrageous when I say it to people, but not having one more
    kid will save 1000x the emissions of driving a better vehicle, reusing bags,
    and EVERY other green thing you can do in your lifetime to reduce your
    impact. Just a thought, if we want to really solve problems we gotta think
    outside the box.
  • I see your point, its much like the point, a vegan in a hummer 1 has a smaller carbon footprint than an omnivore in a prius, but I don't think we should be limiting who can have children, China did that and see where it got them. They have a lot of problems that are starting to manifest from their one child policy. Now encouraging people to consider the ramifications and consequences of having children is a good thing. Just like conserving resources, we should think of the impact of our actions from our transportation, or energy usage, food consumption, and children. Just my 2 cents.
  • digerati9
    Right, I'm not saying we should institutionalize it (limiting children), but
    an environmentalist with kids is sort of ironic.
  • If that was the case, eventually the only people alive would be those who
    have no concern for the environment. Likely not an optimal outcome.
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