This blog is dedicated to provide transcripts of the talks and conversation at soapbox. Soapbox is a community of people who meet every week to discuss ideas. It started with a bunch of guys, who liked to talk. They talked about business, culture, technology, art and all things under the sun. Eventually they realized there could be more like them out there, and it’ll be good to have a forum in place. Thus soapbox was born.
The structure is simple. Every week, two members give a talk, usually followed by a discussion. Talks in the past have been based on design, politics making computers talk, and happiness. You see, anything that happens to catch a “soapboxer’s” fancy.
The meetings are refreshing, with inspiring talks and invigorating discussions. If you’d like to attend, join the mailing list, soapbox_bangalore@yahoo.com. It’s a good idea to drop an introductory mail as well.
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A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. – RobertHeinlein, writing specialist
I guess it was deepak who used this quote as the opening line for SOAPBOX.
Its hard to not to comment
Knowing things and using them for survival are totally different things. The AIM of TED talks is not to make you learn thing which you need for survival, but to share ideas.
I tried to write one quote myself although I know I sucked
Ants should be able to give births to new ones, take care of eggs, feed the new born, collect the food, build colony\Ant-hills, clean antennas, communicate, navigate, dig holes, self defend, cooperate, protect , fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for Software Programmer.