Technology, Entertainment, Design = TED.

The TED conference every year is a much anticipated event among the brainy and rich for “four days of learning, laughter and inspiration.

It’s not all laughter, though.

VC John Doerr: “I’m scared. I don’t think we’re gonna make it.” (About climate change)

So, I hope Bill Clinton gets his wish for assistance in building a model, rural health clinic network in Rwanda “to prove that a country that almost slaughtered itself out of existence (while none of us, most of all me, did anything to help) can practice reconciliation, reorganize itself, focus on tomorrow and provide comprehensive healthcare to its citizens.”

I hope E. O. Wilson gets his wish to catalog the known 1.8 million species and have a database big enough for 10x more and that will help us “keep in mind that if we would wipe out insects from the planet – which we are trying hard to do – the rest of life would disappear within a few months.”

I hope James Nachtwey gets his wish for diplomatic help on a secret photography mission.

Most of all I hope John Doerr is wrong.

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