Comments on: 7 Wonders http://brainsonfire.com/blog/2006/10/18/7-wonders/ Fascinating, Inspiring, Rewarding and Engaging kinded spirits. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:56:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Roger von Oech http://brainsonfire.com/blog/2006/10/18/7-wonders/#comment-8448 Roger von Oech Thu, 19 Oct 2006 03:26:55 +0000 http://brainsonfire.com/blog/7-wonders/#comment-8448 Provocative post. I've been to 14 of the 21 places nominated. I don't mean sound blase -- yes, Machu Picchu is a trip, and Angkor Wat* is really wonderful -- but is this contest just a doozy of a way to promote exotic tourism, or a sincere attempt to figure out what exactly are the "new 7 wonders" of the world. Because if it's the latter, then I would probably be nominating things like: high speed elevators, the (is it too obvious to say) Internet, cheap long-distance commercial jet travel, fMRIs to probe consciousness, etc. *BTW, You can see a picture of me at Angkor Wat: http://creativewhack.com Provocative post. I’ve been to 14 of the 21 places nominated. I don’t mean sound blase — yes, Machu Picchu is a trip, and Angkor Wat* is really wonderful — but is this contest just a doozy of a way to promote exotic tourism, or a sincere attempt to figure out what exactly are the “new 7 wonders” of the world. Because if it’s the latter, then I would probably be nominating things like: high speed elevators, the (is it too obvious to say) Internet, cheap long-distance commercial jet travel, fMRIs to probe consciousness, etc.

*BTW, You can see a picture of me at Angkor Wat: http://creativewhack.com

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