TED: Generation “Why?”

[Rami Rustom]

http://www.timeforkids.com/news/generation-why/85926

> This year’s TEDxTEEN theme was “the Audacity of whY.” It focused on young people who refuse to accept “that’s just the way it is” as an answer to the problems around them. They believe that they have the right to know "why?" and to change the world, no matter their age.

So they had 3 speakers, all in their tweens, and they were great
inventors already.


Then Chelsea Clinton spoke:
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> Take Three Steps
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> Clinton suggested teens in the crowd take three steps to make a difference in their community. First, she said, “Start where you are.” You don't have to have money or power to make a difference, she suggested. A small change can have a big effect.
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> Clinton’s second piece of advice was to have the “courage to be second.” She works with the Clinton Foundation to help programs around the world. “We need to have the courage to be second, to be eager to be second” she said. “We love being copycats.” One copycat project was Math Aerobics, a program that combines math and exercise. “We didn't come up with the idea, but we helped it grow, and that's what is important,” Clinton said.
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> Clinton’s last request to the audience: “Let your idea out of you head." She told kids to “have the courage to share your idea. Whether it's with a teacher, a friend, online with an online community.”
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> After the event, Clinton talked with TFK about her unique experience growing up in the White House. She said her parents, Bill and Hillary Clinton, helped shape her thinking about making a difference. “When I came home from school, my parents would ask me, ‘What did you do today?’ But in my house that didn’t mean what did you do at recess,” Clinton said. “It meant, what did you do to help somebody else or to make a difference today?”

Note the altruism (help somebody else). I wonder what she means by
"make a difference today". Does that mean invent something beneficial?
If so, that isn't altruism, but it does indirectly help people.

-- Rami Rustom
http://ramirustom.blogspot.com