Once I do something, I want to do something else.
Clifford Stool’s talk at TED is an absolutely awesome and brilliant learning experience. This talk reveals all the energy, the passion, the hope that lie in scientific inquiry and in an agile mind. As a side effect this should also make you wonder at the propulsive push to the development of a society/country this sort of attitude brings…
“The first time you do something it’s science, the second time it’s engineering, the third time it’s technology, it’s just being a technician. I’m a scientist: Once I do something, I want do something more.”
“I think if you want to really know what the future is gonna be… If you really want to know what society is gonna be in twenty years, ask a kindergarten teacher. In fact don’t just ask any kindergarten teacher, ask an experienced one.
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“I think locally and I act locally, I feel the best way I can help out anything is to help out very very locally… I teach eight-grade science four days a week… I said to my science students: we are going to do seriuos experiments, none of this “open the chapter seven and do all the problems sets”, we are going to be doing genuine physics.
I can’t help noticing that Stool says “I want to do something more” but your title says “I want to do something else”. If it’s not just a typo, I’d be interested to know more about that “else”.
Comment by Giulio Piancastelli — March 29, 2008 @ 9:40 pm
“the something more” is actually a typo - Stool says: “Once I do something I want do something else” (I suppose the “more” is due to some kind of personal subconscious engineering bias… you know when you get something to work I want it to be faster, lighter, stronger… et cetera).
Comment by questionmark — March 31, 2008 @ 7:43 am
WoW, Gosh… It’s amazing ! He’s a so good speaker, I’ve never seen this kind of show !!
Thank you very much Marco to share it !!
Comment by Marco Ramilli — April 9, 2008 @ 11:30 am