TED Talks

I've subscribed to the TED Talks podcast and learned a TON of cool things lately:

1. Cancer isn't a thing it is a process happening in a body. We should be saying the body is "cancering" instead of saying someone has cancer. We're also more likely to find a cure for cancer if we stop researching from the human genome perspective and start researching from the protemics perspective (looking at the processes in the body).

2. In light of all the damage we've done to our planet, we should be working on creating closed loop systems: everything in the system should be used (i.e. NO waste at all) for another purpose.

3. Nature has some pretty cool building blocks that we can copy in our architecture to make buildings more sustainable, less expensive, and more eco-friendly.

4. The three A's of Awesome (the blog about 1001 awesome things): Attitude, authenticity, and awareness. It's ok to grieve when you hit bumps along the road, but then pick yourself up again. Choose your attitude, choose to move on so you can go back to the highs of life. Be authentic. You'll have more fun! Awareness is about taking everything in and learning as much as you can... just like a 3 year old.

5. Madeline Albright's pin collection started because she was poking fun at Saddam Hussein. This woman has guts and a sense of humor!