In my original post on the 20 Issues 40 Weeks series, I listed issue #20 as “Your Favorite Issue Goes Here.” In fact, here is the list:
1. National Defense
2. Energy
3. Communications/Mail
4. Transportation
5. Law/Legal System
7. Commerce (was Issue #6)
11. Social Security
12. Foreign Policy
13. GSEs like Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac
14. Government Spending/National Debt (was Issue #5)
15. Crime and Punishment
16. Security/Borders
17. Rights/Responsibilities/Privileges
18. Congress and Ethics
19. Environmental Issues
20. Your favorite issue goes here.
I will get back to the list shortly, but, I want to know if you have an issue that rises to the level of Top 20 for the coming elections in November. Let me know and a talented and experienced team of one will determine if it deserves to be on the list.
What have you got? There are only 20 weeks left (well, almost 21) so it is time I returned to the series. I’d love to have your input not only on new issues I may have have missed but also on the issues listed.
Thanks,
Tom
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June 11, 2010 at 6:30 pm
Jsv
I’m leaving this message from my iPad, while sitting at the Arizona Inn in Tucson doing a bit of work via a wireless internet connection. Any these details? Because they’re the result of tremendous business innovations. That’s my topic of choice: how will we spur innovation, and make our communities innovation hubs for the coming century? I firmly believe that much of our ability to solve all of the other problems on your list will Hinge on our ability to innovate. What, despite all the downsides of the SF bay area, makes it such a hub for innovation? How can other communities make this happen? How can we teach innovation in our schools? How can we use innovation to justify the huge wage multiplier that we expect to be paid over other nations/communities?
Solve this “Problem” effectively, and I think you’ll be half way to solving the other problems on your list…
June 14, 2010 at 2:02 pm
ttoes
@ JSV
I like the topic and now have it on my list. Assuming I can get all the others in, I will hope to add this.
A brief first thought: In my not-so-humble opinion (that’s what this site is all about, isn’t it?) innovation has come from civilizations/cultures/states that have enough wealth to operate high on Maslow’s Triangle and have given incentives to innovate, like free markets willing to pay more for better mousetraps, etc. If that is the case, to create your centers of innovation, you would be looking to have open-minded societies with wealth, and a willingness to pay for “new.”
Thanks for the idea. If you don’t see a post on it in the next month, bug me about it.
Tom
p.s. I know how fond you are of hierarchies so i couldn’t pass on the chance to interject one into the conversation.
T.
p.p.s. I am green with envy. iPhone and MacBook Air and, now an iPad????? Wow.