Sunday, July 8, 2007

D#2, HW#6 - What's Important to Me?

Discussions in my personal community tend to center around the well-being and advancement of myself and my loved ones. Enjoying life, dealing with stress, and succeeding in academic and professional pursuits are typical. Recently, I dealt with a personal bout of depression. My personal community was concerned for my well-being.

Biochemical discussions, such as the holistic nature of consciousness, have been a recurring focus in my past academic endeavors. I predict they will also be prevalent in my future academic community.

My professional community, past, present and future, deal primarily with monetary profit, and how best to gain it. The general consensus is that happy customers part with their money more easily than unhappy customers. Primary concerns in this community include maximizing profit, minimizing shrink, and maintaining an outstanding community reputation.

My participation in civic community is limited, although one current development I am involved in is the questionable future of internet radio. If current legislation is not changed, most independent internet radio providers will disappear from market.

In regards to my academic community, many researchers, professors, students and professionals are involved in answering questions dealing with the chemical nature of consciousness. Answers to these questions could benefit the overall well-being and performance of humankind. They would also reveal many new opportunities for financial gain, including new products and medications. The discussion is ongoing, and takes place in laboratories, discussion forums, conferences, conventions, and classrooms worldwide. Depression, being the most common mental illness, is directly relevant to this discussion.

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