What if leaders of local and national communities, along with the global community, thought like designers; would some of our problems be solved? Many designers and creative individuals will respond “yes” to this questions, on the other hand some of the political and social leaders might not see the benefit or necessarily understand what it means to think like a designer. This needs to change.
This is an excerpt from an essay that I have written. The full version will be placed online later this year. Copyright 2007.
hi ethan
and i think there’s much in store for you in the future. 
i saw this entry and i would say yes designers can make a big difference in the world. and wow, it just so happen our group at idea!s launched the first (it will be a series) Design to Make a Difference forum here in the philippines. 
we just made a blog for it and we’ll start putting up some videos (although unfortunately it’ll be in our local language). do drop by at http://ideals-creatives.com/designdiff
how are you doing? decided to hope by your site and it’s cool to know that you are doing great!
cheers man! hope we can do something together in the future.