Leaves me to ponder...

I have been pointed to really unique website by one of my friends; ted.com. The content of this site so intriguing that I spend at least one hour a day listen to the ideas and research of other people. People come here to share their knowledge and research and show everyone how it can be used for the betterment of human world. Technology should be used in a way that helps lead a better life and the form this technology should come to ordinary people should be as simple as it can be.There was scientist from MIT whose talk influenced me the most. According to her research millions of children and women die everyday because of the smoke from cooking fires. So, they are out on a mission to help people use use charcoal instead of the traditional cooking fuel used like cow dung in India.They created innovate ways to create Charcoal from sugarcane, corn etc. While I watched her speak I was wondering how wonderful an idea was that use your knowledge to help others.During her speech she pointed that to help a Farmer is not to stop him from farming but help him do better in his profession.

In everyday life we work towards our personal goals , show our knowledge to work towards promotions , increase of billing rate. How often do we think of helping someone, share knowledge, create tools that help in the betterment of our society.