1. TED is happening this week, and yesterday the founder of IDEO gave his TED talk. So of course, the entire office huddled around a TV that was streaming the talk. He shared on the importance of creative confidence. Prior to David's talk, Chip Kidd, who is known for designing book jackets for Knopf publishers gave a talk on books and shared this awesome video -
2. NORTH KOREANS AGREE TO FREEZE NUCLEAR WORK; U.S. TO GIVE AID & TWO DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THE NORTH KOREA DEAL - Big news this week is the agreement between the U.S. and North Korea over the nuclear work and aid. It's great news for the people of North Korea, and hopefully Kim Jung Un will continue to put his people over himself.
3. WILL CHINA OVERTAKE THE U.S. - I found this sweet little article. I don't know how legitimate it is, but the logic seems solid. The point is that China's amazing growth is either government subsidized or government protected (little to no competition). This can lead to all kinds of changes down the road, especially if the economy opens more, or if the government runs out of money. Overall I think it highlights the value of an open economy, and the reason why less government is better (just my personal opinion).
4. THE FIRST GOOGLE MAPS WAR - I thought this was very interesting. I don't often think about Google maps being used for anything other than me getting from point A to point B. But this is very interesting!
5. HOW MIGHT WE DESIGN AN ACCESSIBLE ELECTION EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYONE? - OpenIDEO is a group within IDEO that crowd-sources solutions to a variety of problems. Often challenges are related to work that IDEO is doing. I love this one in particular because it centers around elections, and how to get more people involved. Check it out, and participate!!
*Today is my birthday!! Happy Birthday to ME!*
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