what kind of superhero are you?

What kind of superhero

are you? By Erika Ilves

Prepared for Dehli Private School- Dubai, Grade XI and XII students

November 6, 2013

My mission:

Make more superheroes.

Next 40 min:

Entry poll Superhero takedown 21st century reboot Superhero missions Superhero school

Exit poll

Entry poll

   Entry poll, Q1:

Who wants to be a superhero?

Entry poll, Q2:

What kind of superhero are you?

Superhero takedown

Superman

Plenty of super-brawn.

Not much super-brain.

2/10

Batman

Still angry. Dark. Vigilante.

Gets by on human powers.

4/10

Ironman

Can at least engineer cool

stuff. 5/10

So these are our superheroes? Really?

21st century reboot

21st century superheroes…

#1: Battle enemies without a face.

Three enemies without a face:

The Unknown. The Impossible.

The Unimaginable.

Scientists battle the Unknown. Entrepreneurs battle the Impossible.

Artists battle the Unimaginable.

21st century superheroes…

#2: Make a dent in the universe.

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21st century superheroes…

#3: Start what they can’t finish.

Nothing that is worth doing can

be achieved in our life time…

Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971)

American theologian, ethicist, commentator

Most of us CARE about

All future generations

All of us

My tribe

Me

My tribe

All future generations

All of us

Me

Superheroes CARE about

21st century superheroes…

Battle enemies without a face. Make a dent in the universe. Start what they can’t finish.

Superhero missions

Superhero artists battling the Unimaginable.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaZG-_iiH-4

Arthur C. Clarke Mission: Write future

history in space

Gene Roddenberry Mission: Show humans as a star-trekking civilization

Casey Hudson Mission: Immerse gamers in a future world

Superhero scientists battling the Unknown.

Marie Curie Mission: Pioneering research on radioactivity

Craig Venter Mission: Decode and

synthesize life

Jill Tarter Mission: Search for

Extraterrestrial Intelligence

Luca Parmitano Mission: Research humans living in space

Karen Nyberg Mission: Research humans living in space

Space dino Mission: ?

Superhero entrepreneurs battling the Impossible.

Elon Musk Mission: Make life

multi-planetary

Ed Lu Mission: Protect Earth

from asteroids

Gabor Forgazc Mission: Bioprint meat and human organs

Manu Sharma Mission: Open-source

space research

Superhero school

You’ll have to do it yourself.

Three things you’ll need to master.

#1: Study Big History. It’s fun! bighistoryproject.com

https://www.bighistoryproject.com/bhplive

#2: Feed your mind the right stuff.

2-4 hours a day

Aspiring superhero diet

Follow research, ventures & creations of superheroes past and present.

World news

Science fiction

#3. Keep at it no matter what

others think.

Three things you’ll need to master.

Exit poll

   Exit poll, Q1:

Who wants to be a superhero?

Exit poll, Q2:

What enemy do you want to battle?

The Unimaginable.  

The Impossible.

The Unknown.

   Exit poll, Q3:

Have you chosen your superhero mission?

21st century superheroes

Battle enemies without a face. Make a dent in the universe. Start what you can’t finish.

@erikailves erika@roadinfinity.com