Wednesday 26 October 2011

The way forward - message sent to Jordi Solé, a scientific expert in Barcelona

The importance of money needs to diminish and the culture of trying to live like the rich too. People will need to get satisfaction from other things than accumulating wealth and material goods. There are many things that are worthwhile which do not earn money - writing a blog, contributing to Wikipedia, writing a review of a place you have visited. These things are all worthwhile because they contribute to the body of human knowledge. If one person reads what you have written and learns something from it or empathises with it you have made a worthwhile contribution to the development of the human race. If everybody starts to make these kinds of contributions the impact can be huge - just look at Wikipedia, which was a fantastic idea that many people thought could never work, but just look at it now. I have already made my first contributions to it by correcting a badly translated article about the place where I live. As an expert in your field just think of the possible contributions you could make to the body of human knowledge. Why not make a contribution? The warm feeling you get from having made it is worth more than money. The great thing about it is that it is accessible to everyone, not just the scientific community and so anyone reading your articles can gain knowledge from it. This all contributes to the collective intelligence of the human race and hopefully will help to make the world a better place. Share your vision!

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