Dean Kamen says that educated people have a responsibility to not only live prosperously, freely, enjoying the luxuries of modern, first-world existence, but because there are relatively so few educated people, we equally have a responsibility to do good in the world. If not us, then who? Because if not us, how can we expect the other half of the population that live on under $1 a day to do it for themselves? More importantly, what is your life for if you haven't done good in the world?
High standards, ambitious benchmarks.
His emotional compass is in full display when he talks about building working arms for soldiers coming home from our overseas conflicts without arms, without two arms, or without arms and without legs. A TED talk. "It's not about technology, it's about people and stories."
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