We start a new quarter next meeting. For July we will zoom-in on international affairs. Ron will lead a survey meeting.
Here are the themes for the rest of the quarter:
Friday, June 27, 2014
Schedule for 2014Q3
Thursday, July 3, 2014, 10am to 11:30 in the Meeting Room (behind the fireplace)
We start a new quarter next meeting. For July we will zoom-in on international affairs. Ron will lead a survey meeting.
Here are the themes for the rest of the quarter:
We start a new quarter next meeting. For July we will zoom-in on international affairs. Ron will lead a survey meeting.
Here are the themes for the rest of the quarter:
Friday, June 20, 2014
Generational Legacy, Conclusion
Thursday, June 26, 2014, 10am to 11:30 in the Meeting Room (behind the fireplace)
Last week, there was general agreement with Colin Powell's TED Talk about kids needing structure, but some Zoom-in members objected that he used the military as the primary example. What seemed to be missing was a sense of morality. Hank did remind us of the importance of passing moral values to the next generation. But so far we have been more concern about how the next generation will cope, given the extraordinary circumstances they will face.
If we accept Powell's contention that coping depends on the structure provided by our institutions, is it important that our institutions have high moral values? The answer is yes, according to Bryan Stevenson. In his TED Talk, We need to talk about an injustice, Stevenson encourages TED to adopt high moral value as an institution. What makes his talk relevant to our discussion on generational legacy is that Stevenson tells about three times that received advice from the older generation that influenced his course in life, once as a child, once as a young man getting started, and once as a practicing lawyer.
It is said that Stevenson's talk received teethe strongest standing ovation ever seen at TED. Enjoy.
Last week, there was general agreement with Colin Powell's TED Talk about kids needing structure, but some Zoom-in members objected that he used the military as the primary example. What seemed to be missing was a sense of morality. Hank did remind us of the importance of passing moral values to the next generation. But so far we have been more concern about how the next generation will cope, given the extraordinary circumstances they will face.
If we accept Powell's contention that coping depends on the structure provided by our institutions, is it important that our institutions have high moral values? The answer is yes, according to Bryan Stevenson. In his TED Talk, We need to talk about an injustice, Stevenson encourages TED to adopt high moral value as an institution. What makes his talk relevant to our discussion on generational legacy is that Stevenson tells about three times that received advice from the older generation that influenced his course in life, once as a child, once as a young man getting started, and once as a practicing lawyer.
It is said that Stevenson's talk received teethe strongest standing ovation ever seen at TED. Enjoy.
Friday, June 13, 2014
Generational Legacy, Part 3
Thursday, June 19, 2014, 10am to 11:30 in the Meeting Room (behind the fireplace)
In our last meeting, Tim said that the next generation may need our help in finding a direction. His statement seems to in agreement with this TED Talk by Colin Powell, Kids Need Structure. We will use this video as the starting point for the next meeting.
As you watch this video, think about the kinds of structures that kids have traditionally used to shape their lives. As a former general, Colin Powell uses the military as a metaphor for structure. Other traditional structures are education, religion and sports. When kids instead spend their time on video games and Facebook is it because they lack structure or are they involved in a new kind of structure that we do not understand?
In our last meeting, Tim said that the next generation may need our help in finding a direction. His statement seems to in agreement with this TED Talk by Colin Powell, Kids Need Structure. We will use this video as the starting point for the next meeting.
As you watch this video, think about the kinds of structures that kids have traditionally used to shape their lives. As a former general, Colin Powell uses the military as a metaphor for structure. Other traditional structures are education, religion and sports. When kids instead spend their time on video games and Facebook is it because they lack structure or are they involved in a new kind of structure that we do not understand?
Saturday, June 7, 2014
Generational Legacy, Part 2
Thursday, June 12, 2014, 10am to 11:30 in the Meeting Room (behind the fireplace)
For the next meeting, we will continue our discussion on Generational Legacy. There were a lot of ideas in the last meeting. I was touched by John H. having a discussion with his children about how they felt about the problems they are inheriting from our generation, particularly climate change. They answered that did not blame our generation and it was up to their generation to solve the problem. Would your children have said the same?
So what was the idea that was raised in our meeting that caught your attention? Was there an idea that you that was not brought up that should have?
What makes our group unique is that the topic is known ahead of time to give members a chance to prepare. So please share your thoughts with the others members by commenting on the blog. I consider this month's theme to be very important, so I will commit to adding a comment every day until the next meeting. So please check back when you can to participate in this online discussion.
Note: If you are having problems posting a comment, like your comment disappearing after you click the Publish Button, it may be because the security setting on your browser may be too tight. I know this to be true for the Safari Browser on the Mac. There are ways to fix this without changing your security setting, so please email me and I can get you going.
For the next meeting, we will continue our discussion on Generational Legacy. There were a lot of ideas in the last meeting. I was touched by John H. having a discussion with his children about how they felt about the problems they are inheriting from our generation, particularly climate change. They answered that did not blame our generation and it was up to their generation to solve the problem. Would your children have said the same?
So what was the idea that was raised in our meeting that caught your attention? Was there an idea that you that was not brought up that should have?
What makes our group unique is that the topic is known ahead of time to give members a chance to prepare. So please share your thoughts with the others members by commenting on the blog. I consider this month's theme to be very important, so I will commit to adding a comment every day until the next meeting. So please check back when you can to participate in this online discussion.
Note: If you are having problems posting a comment, like your comment disappearing after you click the Publish Button, it may be because the security setting on your browser may be too tight. I know this to be true for the Safari Browser on the Mac. There are ways to fix this without changing your security setting, so please email me and I can get you going.
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