The last CMoA was humorous. This one is serious.
A few days ago, I vented about how we lost ambition to create bigger, better things. So finding a counter example is a great thing.
A 17 year old who build an artificial brain to diagnose breast cancer counts as a great thing.
Congratulations. Fantastic job. May you build a dozen more systems just like this one, and be obscenely rewarded for doing so.
Showing posts with label Ambition. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ambition. Show all posts
Friday, August 24, 2012
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
A call to arms
Preach On, Brother O'Rourke!
We used to do great things. Nowadays... we don't try to reach as high.
For crying out loud, people are going nuts that NASA sent a rover to Mars. And... I know, that's nice. Except that we already did this back when Disco was still cool, so I don't know what the big deal is about going back now. Let me know when we can plan a weekend trip to the moon- then I'm interested.
It's easy to come up with reasons that we don't strive like we used to. But I'd rather find the next generation of goals to shoot for, the next mountains to climb, the next set of impossible tasks to achieve.
We have the tools. We have the talent. We just need the ambition.
We used to do great things. Nowadays... we don't try to reach as high.
For crying out loud, people are going nuts that NASA sent a rover to Mars. And... I know, that's nice. Except that we already did this back when Disco was still cool, so I don't know what the big deal is about going back now. Let me know when we can plan a weekend trip to the moon- then I'm interested.
It's easy to come up with reasons that we don't strive like we used to. But I'd rather find the next generation of goals to shoot for, the next mountains to climb, the next set of impossible tasks to achieve.
We have the tools. We have the talent. We just need the ambition.
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