Great meeting and dinner with the USA Fellows and the Fellows from around the world. The people ranged from the brother of the king of the Netherlands to the founder of a small non-profit in Malaysia. Everyone had very compelling stories and aspirations. I especially enjoyed hearing my colleague from Australia discuss how his company plans to mine data in an effort to convert the profit motive of healthcare from treating sickness to maintaining wellness.
The other conversation that struck me today was over dinner with my colleague from Nigeria. He talked about how people waited all day in order to vote, and that voter turnout was among the highest in the region most threatened by Boko Haram. That's incredibly inspiring, and an implicit admonishment to our complacency here in the U.S. We forget that democracy is not gifted, it is earned.
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