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Originally Posted by MikeDubreuil
Dean Kamen's speaches explain how techs jobs leaving the United States are a bad thing.
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I saw/heard/felt a totally different speech in Atlanta. To me, Dean was saying that outsourcing is ok because America will find something else to do and move on. To me, he said that "outsourcing" brought us together with the rest of the world...made us one planet instead of many different nations. To me, it's time that we think of ourselves as one planet. Some nations already do that...and I commend them. Is America there yet? Kind of...not really. Am I? No...but I'm willing to work on it.
Also, I thought Dean's speech had a lot to do with 254's winning the Chairman's. When I heard Dean's speech, I turned to Jason Kixmiller (sitting next to me. We were also Chairman's Contenders and felt like we had a good shot at winning.) and said, "Well...any picks on who won the Chairman's Award." and all he could respond was, "Yah...no kidding."
By those two occurences: 1.)Dean saying America will move on. 2.)Cheesy Poofs winning the Chairman's. I am led to believe that to Dean, outsourcing is ok. It won't kill America...simply make it do something different...something better...something smarter.
I also agree with M.
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Originally Posted by M. Krass
Is it only obvious to me that FIRST and Dean Kamen are not inextricably attached at the hip?
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I've only been in FIRST three years. In that time...I've seen Dean move more away from being tied to the hip of FIRST. To me, for a lot of people who have been in FIRST a while, DEAN=FIRST. In today's FIRST, however, FIRST>DEAN. That is in no way meant to slam Dean...but he, Woody, and one other guy who I don't know the name of (sorry) created an organization that grew like a wildfire. It's bigger than one person...to Dean Kamen I say, "Congratulations." But Dean is not FIRST.