Apathy is obsolete: How to empower humanity with social empowerment

About the Talk
Apathy is obsolete. The future is already here, it’s just not fully developed yet. The Empowerment Platform will change that. But it needs support to get off the ground.

(Story of the Ending)

At TED, Bill Gates unleashed mosquitos to scare rich people into caring about malaria enough to put an end to this disease that cripples people in poor nations. The point is to get funding and attention for solving this human health problem.

Alex Peake unleashed butterflies to inspire empowered people to care about human empowerment enough put an end to the apathy that cripples human lives around the world. The point is to get funding and attention for solving this human potential problem.

About the Presenter
Alex Peake:  I’m the founder of EmpowerThyself.com I think I fit the definition of a memebot. I live to change the world. My happiness is directly proportional to my ability to perform my memetic function.

About the Conference
BIL2009 was held at CSULB in Long Beach, CA on Feb 13-14.

3 Responses to “Apathy is obsolete: How to empower humanity with social empowerment”

1. Alex Peake says:

   June 3, 2009 at 3:46 pm

   I love the new video site layout! Especially the lights button.
2. Improbus says:

   August 3, 2009 at 12:55 pm

   Yes, it reminds me of Hulu. Any ETA on when the video problem will be fixed?

   Once you do get the videos fixed you might want to start thinking about an Video RSS feed.
3. Improbus says:

   August 3, 2009 at 12:56 pm

   Never mind … the video just took forever to load.