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December 31, 2010 Knowledge, Information and Technology No Comments

Hello everyone,

Welcome to globalknowledgecouncil.org. This site provides a forum for discussion around how we, as scientists, assimilate and share our knowledge with the leaders of the world, to insure that decisions our leaders are making are based on the best scientific knowledge available. The most important components in understanding what this site will try to do is: 1) be open to all perspectives and 2) be respectful to those perspectives.

Think of the ideas expressed here as a thought experiment. There are no right or wrong answers. But hopefully, constructive comments that can help build a community of people willing to express concern of how our knowledge system is currently able to contribute to society.

This site is the beginning of a conversation that must begin to take place within the our scientific communities. I hope this site gathers a wide range of ideas and perspectives about new approaches to inject knowledge, information and technology into our decision making processes more efficiently. With that said, to begin the conversation, I suggest that you start by reading “About” on the navigation bar, followed by “The Purpose.” All feedback is welcome, positive or negative, but just please ensure that your comments are constructive and respectful. These post will lay out my perspective and I am hoping to hear yours. We are all living in such wonderful times, where human knowledge is expanding so fast, yet we have not figured out how to harness it. Most people are pessimistic regarding the future of the human race. This site is not. This site is built around the optimistic message that, as individual humans we lack the ability to retain all knowledge, yet with the proper organization and participation of individuals who have this knowledge, we have tremendous potential to leverage that knowledge into solutions.

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"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein

"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity." - Albert Einstein

"The rapid progress true science now makes, occasions my regretting sometimes that I was born so soon. It is impossible to imagine the height to which may be carried, in a thousand years, the power of man over matter. We may perhaps learn to deprive large masses of their gravity, and give them absolute levity, for the sake of easy transport. Agriculture may diminish its labor and double its produce; all diseases may by sure means be prevented or cured, not excepting even that of old age, and our lives lengthened at pleasure even beyond the antediluvian standard. O that moral science were in as fair a way of improvement, that men would cease to be wolves to one another, and that human beings would at length learn what they now improperly call humanity!" - Benjamin Franklin

Inspirational Quotes

"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein

"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity." - Albert Einstein

"The rapid progress true science now makes, occasions my regretting sometimes that I was born so soon. It is impossible to imagine the height to which may be carried, in a thousand years, the power of man over matter. We may perhaps learn to deprive large masses of their gravity, and give them absolute levity, for the sake of easy transport. Agriculture may diminish its labor and double its produce; all diseases may by sure means be prevented or cured, not excepting even that of old age, and our lives lengthened at pleasure even beyond the antediluvian standard. O that moral science were in as fair a way of improvement, that men would cease to be wolves to one another, and that human beings would at length learn what they now improperly call humanity!" - Benjamin Franklin

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