Go. Watch it. Now.
Then read this.
“Right now, today, we can’t see the thing, at all, that’s going to be the most important 100 years from now.
We cannot see the thing. At all. But whatever that thing is — people will have to think it. And we can, right now, today, prepare powerful ways of thinking for these people. We can build the tools that make it possible to think that thing.
We cannot see the thing. At all. My job is to make sure our children can.”
I’m so glad he’s on it. Hope I can do something small to push in that direction while I’m here.
Petafloptimism 
Brilliant, in the true sense of the word!
This greatly enriches my current thinking about mapping. Thank you so much.
Still tracking you after all these years,
Lawrie
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