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**Lillie_Steins** · 09-08-2012, 11:17 AM

This is a very good thread. Let's call it the SBF National Convention and I wish to be a participant in it. But first of all, we need to understand why "we can't" and then we have to determine whether we need an Albert Winsemius II.

IMHO, the key reason why "we can't" is that we cannot think out of the box and the reason why we cannot do that is that the box is too big. It is like the Great Pyramids. People wonder how the ancient Eygptian could have built something so huge. There are even speculations that aliens were involved. We are in the same situation except that the ancient Eygptians are all dead now but the one who built our box is still very much alive. That is why we are still only applying band-aids.

Now to the second issue. Do we need an Albert Winsemius II? The problem is: even if we do, where can we find one? Is there actually anyone who can fit this role? Probably not.

In these challenging times when things change so fast and old paradigms are constantly being broken, we really cannot find an expert who has gone through these and knows exactly what to do. A certain Dr Chee and an ambitious Mr Tan might think they are the real Messiahs but really nobody knows.

New times need new solutions. In these times, nobody talks about a solo hero who can save the world or an inventor who can invent a game changing, no a life-style changing, device that sets the world alight for the next 60 years, a great economic cycle. Those solutions were from another era. These are times when we talk about group effort and we also talk about networking.

We need group effort because the problem is so complex that we need to find out exactly what it is first. One man's effort can't do that, not even one woman's effort. That is why we need team work and we need networking because we have the Internet and we have cloud. We do not even need to be physically close to one another. Don't think we need a second Winsemius. No we cannot find one. But we need a leader to lead a team of experts, more than just scholars.

I shall leave what the possible solution and the expected outcome is to a later post.

09-08-2012, 11:17 AM	#8
Lillie_Steins Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 4,508 Senior Member	This is a very good thread. Let's call it the SBF National Convention and I wish to be a participant in it. But first of all, we need to understand why "we can't" and then we have to determine whether we need an Albert Winsemius II. IMHO, the key reason why "we can't" is that we cannot think out of the box and the reason why we cannot do that is that the box is too big. It is like the Great Pyramids. People wonder how the ancient Eygptian could have built something so huge. There are even speculations that aliens were involved. We are in the same situation except that the ancient Eygptians are all dead now but the one who built our box is still very much alive. That is why we are still only applying band-aids. Now to the second issue. Do we need an Albert Winsemius II? The problem is: even if we do, where can we find one? Is there actually anyone who can fit this role? Probably not. In these challenging times when things change so fast and old paradigms are constantly being broken, we really cannot find an expert who has gone through these and knows exactly what to do. A certain Dr Chee and an ambitious Mr Tan might think they are the real Messiahs but really nobody knows. New times need new solutions. In these times, nobody talks about a solo hero who can save the world or an inventor who can invent a game changing, no a life-style changing, device that sets the world alight for the next 60 years, a great economic cycle. Those solutions were from another era. These are times when we talk about group effort and we also talk about networking. We need group effort because the problem is so complex that we need to find out exactly what it is first. One man's effort can't do that, not even one woman's effort. That is why we need team work and we need networking because we have the Internet and we have cloud. We do not even need to be physically close to one another. Don't think we need a second Winsemius. No we cannot find one. But we need a leader to lead a team of experts, more than just scholars. I shall leave what the possible solution and the expected outcome is to a later post.
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