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    <title>Welcome to Five Great Ideas</title>
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    <summary><![CDATA[&quot;One of the greatest abilities of the human mind is the capability to imagine what does not yet exist and then make the effort to bring that vision to reality.&quot;Jerry AllanGiven the current state of human and planetary affairs, how...]]></summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p><blockquote dir="ltr"><p>&quot;One of the greatest abilities of the human mind is the capability to imagine what does not yet exist and then make the effort to bring that vision to reality.&quot;</p></blockquote><p align="right">Jerry Allan</p><p>Given the current state of human and planetary affairs, how can we create a sustainable future? </p><p>Join educator, architect, and creativity expert Jerry Allan as he helps us imagine a better world and focus our visions to create it. </p>
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<p>Visit the discussion space for each challenge and view the short videos of Jerry's thought-provoking test questions. Inspired? Infuriated? Post your ideas, questions, answers, or other contributions. React to others' ideas. </p><p>Sign up for Jerry's three-part live workshop, <a href="http://events.cce.umn.edu/events/section_detail.aspx?sect_key=181421&cluster_cd=WB95" target="_blank">Great Ideas: From Sparks to Solutions</a>. Explore techniques, tools, opportunities, and actions for taking any idea from a spark in your mind to a living, working solution that makes a positive impact.</p><p>Use this forum as your meeting, thinking, and building space. Use it as your chance to make the leap from &quot;me&quot; to &quot;we.&quot; Create, express, connect. </p><p>The world thanks you for your great ideas! </p>]]>
        
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    <title>Challenge 1: Fear</title>
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    <published>2008-05-08T20:45:10Z</published>
    <updated>2008-05-08T21:44:16Z</updated>
    
    <summary>Jerry&apos;s Test Question: How can we understand that we are all the same tribe? Post your reactions, thoughts, ideas, and more questions....</summary>
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<p>Post your reactions, thoughts, ideas, and more questions. </p>
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    <title>Challenge 2: Control and Dominance</title>
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    <published>2008-05-08T20:44:19Z</published>
    <updated>2008-05-08T21:44:49Z</updated>
    
    <summary>Jerry&apos;s Test Question: How do we learn from nature and history while engaging the potential of local, regional, and global creativity? Post your reactions, thoughts, ideas, and more questions....</summary>
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<p>Post your reactions, thoughts, ideas, and more questions. </p>
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    <title>Challenge 3: The Glitter Factor</title>
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    <published>2008-05-08T20:42:20Z</published>
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    <summary>Jerry&apos;s Test Question: How can we use our short attention spans and quick reactions to stimuli to develop informed long views versus quick silver-bullet fixes? Post your reactions, thoughts, ideas, and more questions....</summary>
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    <title>Challenge 4: The Economics of Scarcity</title>
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    <published>2008-05-08T20:41:26Z</published>
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    <summary>Jerry&apos;s Test Question: What are the appropriate economics and priorities needed to pass this global test? Post your reactions, thoughts, ideas, and more questions....</summary>
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    <title>Challenge 5: Work and Worth</title>
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    <published>2008-05-08T20:40:22Z</published>
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    <summary>Jerry&apos;s Test Question: What are the roles and purposes of contemporary human beings in an ever-expanding technological context? Post your reactions, thoughts, ideas, and more questions....</summary>
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