Rosling’s TED Talksare beyond entertaining they are impressively informative. Statistical data can be a powerful tool in examining what is really going on, especially when represented graphically. Just watch the video and prepare to be amazed and have your perspective altered. What I find most interesting concerning this topic is how ingrained in our heads the old first world, third world viewpoint is for the populace at large. How can we creatively change this and at the same time effectively help those 2 billion who still need a meal each day.
When I first saw this trailer I was blown away. I had never completely understood the importance of the mind as it pertains to our love relationship with God. I’m intrigued and look forward to hearing more truth from this conference.
Blueprints are inspiring. They are displays of intense thought, able to give you hopeful glimpse into how big, how involved, how grand a project might be. I feel there is so much potential locked up in the collective whole of our idealistic aspiration–I wish I was more inclined to the discipline needed to make my ideas vulnerable and my mind more transparent. Our ideas contain a latent potential that can literally change the world, a potential that can share the gospel with more power, vigor, and creativity than we’ve regularly seen. With our ideas we can create and refine culture. So, set your ideas free, create miniature blueprints, layout your designs on a napkin; a well written plan will give your brilliant ideas a fighting chance, and secondly, share them with a friend or two.
Still awaiting the Square reader in the mail. Square officially released its app for iphone and Android OS and began shipping out card readers. From my understanding and @jack, the founder of Square and co-founder of Twitter, Square’s demand was through the roof and they had sent out some of their team to China in order to ramp up production of the miniature pocket sized credit card reader. Regardless, I have filled out all the necessary info on the site and am awaiting a little package from the Square HQ in San Fran–hopefully sometime soon.