The outcome would be a kind of inquiry rationally designed and devoted to helping humanity tackle problems of climate change and other global problems effectively, intelligently and humanely.
And they are enabling entrepreneurs to solve the grand challenges of humanity, the problems that have always bedeviled the human race: disease, hunger, clean water, energy, education, and security.
Climate change is not just Chevy's problem, it's humanity's problem.
In fact, they believe that games may be the answer to all of humanity's problems.
Saint-Simon correctly foresaw the industrialization of the world, and he believed that science and technology would solve most of humanity's problems.
Benyus is credited with popularising the theory of "biomimicry" or how nature can provide the design inspiration for solving humanity's problems.
I would add to Blaise Pascal's remark that "All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone" by saying that a lot of humanity's problems also stem from mankind's liability to misunderstand and pervert a really good book.
At a time when being inactive is seen as morally disgraceful, and most of us fear the vita contemplativa, we might want to recall the words of Blaise Pascal, that "All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone".
Not only is the United States leading a technology revolution that will help solve the grand challenges of humanity -- problems such as disease, hunger and shortages of energy and clean water -- it is increasing its lead on the rest of the world.
This would eliminate "inbred Germanism," he proposed, thus solving a great deal of humanity's problems.
"All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone," said Blaise Pascal.
