Difference between revisions of "Galen Radtke"
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| − | Hi there. | + | Hi there. My name is Galen. I am married to a wonderful German woman, I am the co-coordinator at the Cooper Point Journal, and I make boardgames in my spare time. |
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| + | But I suppose what's relevant today is how I ended up in this class. | ||
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| + | About four years ago a was a bit of a philosopher vagabond. Much to the teasing of my girlfriend (who is my wife today) I had been doing a thought experiment where I was trying to imagine a shape that couldn't possibly exist in reality. I wasn't having much success until I was at a party on 4th of July. When the thought came, it felt like getting hit by a Gargle Blaster from Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy. The idea was a sphere where every point on it's surface was connected to every other point on it's surface without any distance between points. Something that theoretically would endlessly collapse in upon itself toward a single point. | ||
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| + | I wanted to translate this idea to reality in a way that was applicable to human life. Over the next few years I pondered this on and off and slowly a mass brainstorming pattern that resulted in a single agreement took shape. I'll explain that later. | ||
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| + | Regardless, this idea took purpose in my life and became large motivation in what I took interest in, namely, crowd intelligence and how it can be harnessed. When I saw the description for this class, I had to take it. | ||
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Revision as of 20:14, 30 September 2011
About Me
Hi there. My name is Galen. I am married to a wonderful German woman, I am the co-coordinator at the Cooper Point Journal, and I make boardgames in my spare time.
But I suppose what's relevant today is how I ended up in this class.
About four years ago a was a bit of a philosopher vagabond. Much to the teasing of my girlfriend (who is my wife today) I had been doing a thought experiment where I was trying to imagine a shape that couldn't possibly exist in reality. I wasn't having much success until I was at a party on 4th of July. When the thought came, it felt like getting hit by a Gargle Blaster from Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy. The idea was a sphere where every point on it's surface was connected to every other point on it's surface without any distance between points. Something that theoretically would endlessly collapse in upon itself toward a single point.
I wanted to translate this idea to reality in a way that was applicable to human life. Over the next few years I pondered this on and off and slowly a mass brainstorming pattern that resulted in a single agreement took shape. I'll explain that later.
Regardless, this idea took purpose in my life and became large motivation in what I took interest in, namely, crowd intelligence and how it can be harnessed. When I saw the description for this class, I had to take it.
