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What did you want to be when you grew up?

Posted on Sep 24th, 2009 by Ted : Solution Multiplier Ted

I wanted to a scientist.  From the age of 7, growing up amongst my father's WWI and WWII veteran friends, and during the Cuban missile crisis, I wanted to be able to contribute to eliminating... More »

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Do you know what you're here for?

Posted on Aug 2nd, 2009 by Ted : Solution Multiplier Ted

Do I know why I am here? Yes - roughly.  It seem that about 14 billion years ago a bubble of possibility started expanding rapidly - we call it the Big Bang.  From that was... More »

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Where do you find meaning?

Posted on Jun 14th, 2009 by Ted : Solution Multiplier Ted

I find meaning in many ways and from many sources. A lot of the meaning that I started with seems to have come from "culture" in the widest sense - things I was told by... More »

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What animals have made a difference in your life?

Posted on Mar 2nd, 2009 by Ted : Solution Multiplier Ted

Probably fish. Flounder and eels for many years, but more recently all of those species that people value - snapper, blue cod, trevally, crayfish, paua (abalone), hoki, hake, roughy, dories, hapuku (groper), .... I was... More »

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What was the last hint you were given of your purpose?

Posted on Feb 11th, 2009 by Ted : Solution Multiplier Ted

My purpose is what I choose. I acknowledge no ultimate external control over me, and I also acknowledge I am but one of billions of entities capable of determining their own purpose. I oppose strongly... More »

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What makes something worthwhile?

Posted on Nov 26th, 2008 by Ted : Solution Multiplier Ted

It seems to me that is something very personal for each of us, and is a function of circumstance, interpretation and choice; and for most of us it will involve an aspect of contribution to... More »

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Do you know your purpose in life?

Posted on Oct 23rd, 2008 by Ted : Solution Multiplier Ted

I choose many purposes. To be a great life. To be a contribution. To live life to the full. To love, to laugh, to create. To bring www.solnx.org into reality. To extend possibility. To BE... More »

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What do you believe about love?

Posted on Dec 12th, 2007 by Ted : Solution Multiplier Ted

I think the word love is used for several different things. One is a sort of brain chemistry thing that happens to us, rather than as a result of anything we do.  This sort of... More »

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What purpose does money serve in your life?

Posted on May 17th, 2007 by Ted : Solution Multiplier Ted

At one level it helps me personally to meet my basic needs, and it extends the choices I have available. If I had a lot more, I could make a lot more happen - like... More »

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What, in your view, makes life meaningful?

Posted on Mar 28th, 2007 by Ted : Solution Multiplier Ted

What makes life meaningful is having the freedom and awareness to choose meaning. The default state that we all start with is to accept or reject the meanings we are born into - family, language,... More »

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