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[F6]

"TECHNOLOGY, BUSINESS AND OUR WAY OF LIFE: WHAT'S NEXT"

CARLY FIORINA
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA
SEPTEMBER 26, 2001

Thank you. Good evening, everyone.

I’m honored to be here with you. So much has changed since I accepted your invitation to speak.

Since then, we’ve become citizens of a nation in mourning. A nation whose basic freedoms, including our freedom of movement, are being weighed against other values like safety and security. In so many ways, we are a nation more united than we were just a fortnight ago–but we’re also a nation in search of new meaning and context.

On the morning of September 11, I awoke to the news that the World Trade Center had been struck. Like many of you, I stood transfixed, staring at the images on television, horrified by the events unfolding before our eyes. And like many Americans, I felt a deep and extraordinary connection to the people in the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and on those airplanes, to the companies decimated, to the families forever altered, to the parents, and fathers, and mothers, and children who are still hoping beyond hope that their family members will return.

[...]

I’ll end by telling a story.

There was once a civilization that was the greatest in the world.

It was able to create a continental super-state that stretched from ocean to ocean, and from northern climes to tropics and deserts. Within its dominion lived hundreds of millions of people, of different creeds and ethnic origins.

One of its languages became the universal language of much of the world, the bridge between the peoples of a hundred lands. Its armies were made up of people of many nationalities, and its military protection allowed a degree of peace and prosperity that had never been known. The reach of this civilization’s commerce extended from Latin America to China, and everywhere in between.

And this civilization was driven more than anything, by invention. Its architects designed buildings that defied gravity. Its mathematicians created the algebra and algorithms that would enable the building of computers, and the creation of encryption. Its doctors examined the human body, and found new cures for disease. Its astronomers looked into the heavens, named the stars, and paved the way for space travel and exploration.

Its writers created thousands of stories. Stories of courage, romance and magic. Its poets wrote of love, when others before them were too steeped in fear to think of such things.

When other nations were afraid of ideas, this civilization thrived on them, and kept them alive. When censors threatened to wipe out knowledge from past civilizations, this civilization kept the knowledge alive, and passed it on to others.

While modern Western civilization shares many of these traits, the civilization I’m talking about was the Islamic world from the year 800 to 1600, which included the Ottoman Empire and the courts of Baghdad, Damascus and Cairo, and enlightened rulers like Suleiman the Magnificent.

Although we are often unaware of our indebtedness to this other civilization, its gifts are very much a part of our heritage. The technology industry would not exist without the contributions of Arab mathematicians. Sufi poet-philosophers like Rumi challenged our notions of self and truth. Leaders like Suleiman contributed to our notions of tolerance and civic leadership.

And perhaps we can learn a lesson from his example: It was leadership based on meritocracy, not inheritance. It was leadership that harnessed the full capabilities of a very diverse population–that included Christianity, Islamic, and Jewish traditions.

This kind of enlightened leadership — leadership that nurtured culture, sustainability, diversity and courage — led to 800 years of invention and prosperity.

In dark and serious times like this, we must affirm our commitment to building societies and institutions that aspire to this kind of greatness. More than ever, we must focus on the importance of leadership– bold acts of leadership and decidedly personal acts of leadership.

With that, I’d like to open up the conversation and see what we, collectively, believe about the role of leadership.

© Copyright 2001 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.

http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/execteam/speeches/fiorina/minnesota01.html


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Neil Tyson presentation about intelligent design

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti3mtDC2fQo [in particular the "Naming Rights" portion beginning at the 22:47 mark and running through the end; with (over 10,000) comments] [(linked in) http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=114628218 and preceding and following]


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Dr Neil DeGrasse Tyson - The Amazing Meeting 6

Uploaded on Jan 3, 2012 by ChristopherHitchslap [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2PJVjzbvPFNOjslkpmjipw / http://www.youtube.com/user/ChristopherHitchslap , http://www.youtube.com/user/ChristopherHitchslap/videos ]

1:30 Laser Pointer Stand off
16:36 Prayer and Cancer.....
19:50 Swami Levitation.....
24:11 MARS Virus.....
27:00 Fear Of Numbers.....
29:08 Naming Rights.....
38:15 Jury Duty 1.....
41:01 Jury Duty 2 (Cocaine).....
52:34 Islam's Fall.....
57:10 Religion and Science
1:02:50 Intelligent Design
1:03:30 Stupid Design (classic)
1:05:10 Birth of Atheism
1:07:30 Religion among scientist
1:12:26 Bible in the Classroom
1:15:49 Einstein and God put to rest!

Astrophysicist and science communicator Neil deGrasse Tyson presents the keynote address at TAM6. His "brain droppings" cover everything from UFO abductions to 13th floors to jury duty.

Dr. Tyson is the host of NOVA scienceNOW on PBS, and has been a frequent guest on The Daily Show and The Colbert Report. His presentation from TAM6 is one of the most entertaining presentations from any Amazing Meeting.

The Amazing Meeting 2008 - Brain Droppings of a Skeptic
June 19, 2008
The full speech from The Amazing Meeting 2008 entitled Brain Droppings of a Skeptic. A smattering of topics every skeptic should be on the lookout for. (1:28:30)
http://www.haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/watch/2008/06/19/the-amazing-meeting-2006-brain-droppings-of-a-skeptic

The Amaz!ng Meeting
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amaz!ng_Meeting

Skeptic Rockstars at The Amazing Meeting 6
http://www.skepticality.com/skeptic-rockstars-at-the-amazing-meeting-6/

TAM13 - The Amaz!ng Meeting 2015
July 16-19, 2015
[currently at] https://www.amazingmeeting.com/

https://www.google.com/search?q=amazing+meeting+6
https://www.google.com/search?q=TAM6

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vfOpZD4Sm8 [with comments] [also at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQNysEtCO4o (with comments)] [on Vimeo at https://vimeo.com/13115502 (with comments)]


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