hi DDN community -
this weekend you have a choice of watching the standard fare on
television, or watching a video of sergey brin (co-founder of google)
talking about the democratizing effects of technology -- and other
topics.
see the google video file at http://tinyurl.com/gewa7
i love how computer science professor dr. marti hearst introduces
sergey brin: "today we are lucky enough to have a visiting speaker,
sergey brin, from google. some of you might have even heard of
google."
and i love the way sergey brin indicates to this class of computer
science students that their questions are more important than
anything he has to say.
sergey brin credits his creativity and sense of wonder from the
montessori school he attended that's close to where i work in takoma
park, maryland. (he attended paint branch montessori school, in
adelphi, maryland, from kindergarten to 5th grade.)
here's something to wonder about. in what ways are you increasing
the sense of wonder of people in your community? how often have
you told someone this month that, "curiosity is its own reward?"
how often do you support the creativity of others you encouter
each day? is it possible to support other people's creativity
without much work, effort, or expense?
if wisdom begins with wonder, are we wondering enough? what are
the fruits of wondering? what can we learn about wondering from
children?
- phil
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Phil Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/pshapiro
http://www.digitaldivide.net/blog/pshapiro
http://www.his.com/pshapiro/stories.menu.html
"Wisdom begins with wonder." - Socrates
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