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“I believe that at this point, not installing solar panels is

irresponsible on a social and personal level. The efficiency

levels have become such that investing in personally owned

solar panels pays for itself in two thirds or so of the life-time.”

“The awareness factor is important but the reach is limited. The

reach of these products are in a niche market and if one has

to penetrate the market, one has to focus on its supply

chain and distribution.”

“I was interested in solar panels but they were too expensive.

Recently, I noticed several homes in my neighbourhood had

them, so I figure the pricing is becoming affordable. I find

them earth friendly, and that makes them beautiful.”

Hunter Terry Journalism – Media – Public Relations – UNLV TV

Siddharth Nikhra Senior Business Development Manager at Quality Kiosk Technologies Pvt.

LTd

Theresa Kemper Program & Project Management, PMP & CSM, Professional Development,

Mentoring & Coaching, Enablement and Balance

316 Comments, 77 Likes

As prices of solar panels decline rapidly,

would you install solar in your home?

“It's not only about intelligence, but understanding and

being able to use the tools to come upon us. The children

today use them much better than we ever will. With the

introduction of the IoT and Industry 4.0, there will be lots of

open doors to make the shift. “

“Hawking's suppositions are, at root, teleonomic not

economic. He has presumed that the improvement of

machines via the application of extrinsic information or

creativity will eventually arrive from lesser machines

themselves.”

“What has indeed worked well in history is the free market. By

the free market, I don't mean capitalism in the sense of allowing

some to peddle influence at the expense of the rest of the

market, to capture a market or to dominate an industry; I mean a

market in which no player receives special standing by law,

in which law stands to eliminate that kind of corrupt

dealing.”

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Chris Douglass Sales and Business Development Director, Visual Components

George Wayne President and Cofounder at Qualia Networks, Inc.

Keith Dimond, CETsr Electronics Technician at JT3, Independent Technical &

Organizational Consulting (Electronics, Radio / RF, Information)

229 Comments, 31 Likes

Stephen Hawking says we should really be

scared of capitalism, not robots. Do you

agree?

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“We can continuously create new technology that influences

ways people do their jobs. People may spend a lot more

time in learning, have to learn to be flexible, and ready to

learn new subjects which evolve due to new invention.”

“With the shift to mechanisms that make change ‘easy’ and

cheap, bespoke manufacturing becomes the norm and

profitability becomes tied to meeting a particular

customers specific needs.”

“The Great Recession forced businesses to be more

efficient & to produce more with less. Now we are coming

out of it, businesses aren’t going back. Those low-mid level

manufacturing jobs are gone, and they aren’t coming back.”

Elaine Leung Company Director at Natural Skincare London

Fred Simkin Senior Architect at Red Hat

Allan Tone Founder/CEO Dealer/Addendums Inc.

171 Comments, 45 Likes

What will human beings do when everything

can be produced by a few?

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“Intelligence is the ability to adapt in any given

environment in order to survive. Intelligence enabled us to

develop our communication skills, discern opportunities &

threats & create objects from things around us.”

“Intelligence is linear, you reach a higher level only when

certain intellectual achievements have been reached. You

can be 25 & immature, you can be 15 and very mature. What

does that have to do with intelligence?”

“A good mix between curiosity, braveness, sense of

humor, humble behaviour and the ability to connect at a

human level.”

Henry James Banayat Executive Managing Director & Founder, Compumatrix

Mizael Pena Founder at H2O Star Inc.

Stefania Sadigh Ershadi SAP Business Sales Consultant, Design Thinker for Digital

Transformation

152 Comments, 21 Likes

Would somebody give a definition of

intelligence?

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“There is the computer-brain approach, and then there is the

brain-computer approach; where we activate computers

as a second kind of brain. In the first case we are

manipulated… in the second we manipulate.”

“The missing reality is the volume of thoughts. The ideas of

your brain aren’t broadcasted simply because you

thought them, no more than your emails are until you hit

send.”

“This is where the details matter. Are we talking about a USB

hub designed to pick up the alpha waves off your brain?

I’m sure I’d at least try it! Or are we talking Johnny

Mnemonic style? Not so much!”

Erik Vos Art Director / Designer, Owner at Gotanidea

Marc Roth Co-founder at ABRICATE

Dan Perreault Owner, Thinkingblade Knives

87 Comments, 50 Likes

Would you connect your brain to a computer?

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“All it will take to halt this movement is a patient crushed,

killed by being given the wrong medication, trapped or

starved when a robot malfunctions, or a similar mishap, to

put the use of autonomous robots in health care at stake.”

“I could appreciate a care robot that would allow me to

function as independently as possible, for as long as possible.

Perhaps some sort of human mediator could pay regular

visits to ensure that a healthy balance be maintained.”

“It doesn’t mean that we would be without human contact

entirely, but we would not be a burden to someone. Having

said that, who’s going to fund this when most state

pension funds are predicted to run out of cash?”

Kurt Cagle Founder and Chief Ontologist at Semantical, LLC

Phillip Vedol Accountant & Administrator at Lonflight, LLC

Simon C Hemus President and COO at Tupperware Brands

83 Comments, 41 Likes

Would you want to be looked after by a robot

in your old age?

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“Essentially the rate of increase in cost has mirrored and

slightly lagged the increase in available loan dollars for

education.”

“Paying a ton for a credential that one earns not by paying, but

by learning, is becoming obsolete. Attendance in and tuition

for the class should be waived in favour of an appropriate

fee for evaluation and administration of academic credit.”

“What kind of ROI can a college graduate expect if their

annual cost is $110K? In the time to come higher education

will have or must guarantee employment at these extreme

exorbitant costs. Otherwise the future is becoming self-

taught.”

Dan Perreault Owner, Thinkingblade Knives

Keith Dimond, CETsr Electronic Technician at JT3, Independent Technical & Organizational

Consulting (Electronic, Radio / RF, Information)

Alex Xenos Enterprise Sales Executive, BlackLine

83 Comments, 41 Likes

Have we reached a point in social development

where the higher education classic model is

becoming obsolete?

“On an individual level, being aware of water consumption and

adopting general good habits, can have long-term

benefits…”

“Cost reflective pricing would remove inefficient (wasteful)

consumption by pricing out the water resource abusers,

freeing supply to those that use water efficiently.”

“What we can do is price water in a more responsible way.

No one should be able to pump water from a public resource,

be it a river, lake, aquifer or whatever with impunity.”

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Angela Wood Project Management Coordinator at ShoreTel

Nicholas Wells Senior Consultant at MLM Drilling Pty Ltd

Dick Bonnet Owner at TorcUP of WV

64 Comments, 25 Likes

Could you support your current lifestyle with

less water?

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“Technology can already turn your pulses into signals &

waves to be read by professional doctors. Phones will be

charged with movement; with devices generating electricity

through motion & your bodies electro pulses.”

“In order to make effective solutions, these sort of applications

would require the system to work the other way, with the

“patch” integrated into devices, so things like remotes and

computer mice would seem to be a good starting point.”

“Life Sciences change the picture completely; Connect your

energy transformer to your pacemaker and make it run

without need for battery change – great!”

Daeshaun Quest Owner at DaeTech Soultions

Michael Hart Volunteer at Age UK

Dr. Sven Schatteburg Kienbaum Management Consultants / Principal

52 Comments, 29 Likes

New technology turns our bodies’ energy into

electricity. What would you power with it?

“China has potential…it needs no state Capitalism, but free

market reforms which would lead to change its focus from an

export orientated economy to an economy which boosts

domestic consumer purchasing power.”

“Recently China’s developed rapidly. Sadly this “growth” has

been at the expense of the average worker & the environment.

I think Chinese citizens will demand higher wages &

environmental reform that will slow down it’s economy.”

“China’s central government must substantially reduce it’s

restrictions on free speech. An efficient economy must allow

free flow of information.”

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David Orozco Co Founder at GenOne Technologies LLC

David Quist Owner at Sound Computer Consulting, LLC

44 Comments, 23 Likes

Apekshit Mulay (Apek) Business and Technology Consultant at Mulay’s Consultancy Services

Could China become the number one economy

in the world? If so, how soon?

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