Hey guys! I've got some really good news.
I just received the letter from the Singularity University
saying that I got accepted with a scholarship
to their Graduate Studies Program.
- Then what I wanted talk you about is
not if you are gonna change the world
but how you are gonna do it.
- You ask people: Are they working on something...
that can really change the world?
And how many people can answer yes?
You know you look for people who are really trying to make things a lot better
not just a little better but a lot better.
I'm really excited for all of you who are studying this.
If I was a student this is where I would want to be.
- Why are we here?
Clearly there are incredible universities around the world
and it's not to duplicate the efforts.
It's to provide something distinctly different.
To have a conversation occur
that doesn't happen in other places.
- The tools of creativity, of innovation, of disruptive change
are in everybody's hands and they are not expensive.
- One student that we had this year
was named Fast Company's most influential women of 2010.
One student has published eight papers
in neurocomputation and neuroprosthesis.
One student is a founding member and program director of two NGOs.
- The youngest one starting coding at the age of four.
16% to 17% of the students have started companies.
- It's time to dedicate your lifes
to solving one of the world biggest challenges
and if you are not doing that is time to reorient yourself towards that goal.
Take this admonition to affect one billion people
and you add to it to affect one billion people positively
and answer the grand challenges of our times.
Singularity University is an awesome place
that was founded in 2008 by Ray Kurzweil and Peter Diamandis
and a bunch of other cool people.
The idea is to take 80 among the smartest and the best
scientists, enterpreneurs and thinkers from around the globe
and bring them together at the NASA Ames Research Center
in Silicon Valley for ten weeks.
We are gonna have a crash course of
nanotechnology, biotechnology, molecular engineering, artificial intelligence, robotics...
All the fields that kind of are connected with
exponentially expanding technologies and
utilize these technologies to bring about a better world.
And whatever is you wanna do
make sure it affects al least one billion people
positively, within the next ten years. That's the challenge.
So I'll be spending my whole summer there
and I'll be meeting of kinds of cool and interesting people
and start projects with them and really try to kind of
do something about what I've talking about for years
but I couldn't really do because I didn't have the resources.
But now maybe I will!
If you have any ideas or suggestions post a comment or a video response.
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I'm really excited about this
and I can't wait to hear your responses and your ideas
Tell me about that and I'll see you guys soon.
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