Video: Microbiologist Raul Cuero PhD on Sparking Creativity on Living Smart with Patricia Gras
After watching Dr. Raul Cuero's interview on living smart, I didn't find too many connections personally. Given, he comes from a background far different from anything I've ever heard and circumstances not known to the majority of Americans in general. Though he is one of the best known international contributors to gene science and technology, I find it hard how I can apply any of his concepts to everyday life.
We live in a digital era where technology changes everyday. I mean, humanity has achieved more in the last 5 years than in the last 20 years in every area, specifically in automation, AI, and the human genome. Given the filming date of this video, Cuero's concept of the "universal conscious" would only apply to people in similar situations where poverty and corrupt stereotyping occur everyday in third world countries. Cuero wanted to get out of his habitual upbringing/living situation, so he had no choice but to fight and make strides his entire life far beyond what the majority of our classroom can fathom.
Fortunately, I never came close to any of those experiences, so my mindset was focused on the opposite- "local ideology." In terms of education, work-life balance and achieving personal successes. Thats what society is today, focusing on yourself regardless of the individuals around you. And with this ideology at hand, having this "universal conscious" and thinking about the nature of things, is irrelevant and a concept that would never be tolerated in achieving the "American Dream."
I did enjoy watching this video to hear about what his life was like and how Cuero amassed his many successes. But I cannot relate to his concepts in any way given his situation from birth to present.
We live in a digital era where technology changes everyday. I mean, humanity has achieved more in the last 5 years than in the last 20 years in every area, specifically in automation, AI, and the human genome. Given the filming date of this video, Cuero's concept of the "universal conscious" would only apply to people in similar situations where poverty and corrupt stereotyping occur everyday in third world countries. Cuero wanted to get out of his habitual upbringing/living situation, so he had no choice but to fight and make strides his entire life far beyond what the majority of our classroom can fathom.
Fortunately, I never came close to any of those experiences, so my mindset was focused on the opposite- "local ideology." In terms of education, work-life balance and achieving personal successes. Thats what society is today, focusing on yourself regardless of the individuals around you. And with this ideology at hand, having this "universal conscious" and thinking about the nature of things, is irrelevant and a concept that would never be tolerated in achieving the "American Dream."
I did enjoy watching this video to hear about what his life was like and how Cuero amassed his many successes. But I cannot relate to his concepts in any way given his situation from birth to present.
