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6/11/2020 12:10:02 pm
Very interesting. I would have liked to hear more information on why he feels electric cars will not be readily available for some time.
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Jim McFarlin
6/11/2020 12:39:41 pm
Thank you for your feedback, Josephine. I concur with your comments and actually would have enjoyed having a bit more time so he could have covered some of the points more deeply.
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Chris Braun
6/11/2020 12:50:08 pm
Fabulous!
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Jim McFarlin
6/11/2020 04:15:12 pm
Judging from your positive comment, Chris, I am supposing you would look positively a followup version of this presentation (they have 3) at a future time?
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Philip Cohen
6/11/2020 12:52:33 pm
Interesting overview of the topic. Some brief statistical data to indicate current trends amongst the aging would have been interesting s well. Also, I would be curious as to what efforts the speaker perceives are underway to somewhat retrain the aging population. Believe it or not there are still older members of our population still using flip phones.
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Phil Smith
6/11/2020 01:10:11 pm
Good speaker and interesting topic/presentation. The technical aspects (audio/video) were a bit challenging.
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Joan Ball
6/11/2020 02:45:19 pm
This presentation was a fascinating outline of how to prepare for changes in your life as you age. MIT Age Lab studies indicate most people want to be able to maintain a “job” of some sort, their social connections, personal mobility, housing that meets their needs, and an ease in obtaining healthcare. Thoughts on how technology can help were given for each category. Gave us all lots to think about.
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Jim McFarlin
6/11/2020 03:18:16 pm
That's a perceptive takeaway, Joan. Thank you!
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Richard Mills
6/11/2020 03:54:43 pm
Bill made an exceptionally well stated explanation of how rapidly accelerating technologies are, and will continue to affect the world as time goes on. Using current well-known examples, it was clear that we must continue to keep abreast of not only the technologies, but the ethics and morality accompanying these advancements.
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Jim McFarlin
6/11/2020 04:19:07 pm
Excellent perspective, Dick. I will alert our programs team to be on the lookout for a good AI/HI speaker. That is a fascinating topic - I appreciate your mentioning.
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6/12/2020 05:40:35 am
I share your conerns. Issac Asionv warned of the evolution of technocracies in his Foundation Trilogy. Science Fiction writers do indeed get praised for predicting the inveitable,
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Christopher Hebb
6/11/2020 04:25:12 pm
I appreciated the presentation. Good discussion of change in expectations - particularly in reference to activities after age 65. Hopefully telemedicine will reduce the burgeoning medical costs of an aging population.
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Bob Garrott
6/11/2020 05:03:04 pm
I thought the media and setup were great. The ability to see you and the speaker at the start was very good and the speaker going to just his slide deck worked out well. His presentation was very timely for those in our age group and he was an excellent speaker. Thanks for doing this.
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Jim McFarlin
6/12/2020 06:31:33 am
We have a hard-working team dedicated to making these programs happen and improve them as we go. So I appreciate your comments, Bob.
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Jim Blackburn
6/11/2020 05:21:43 pm
The speaker did a fine job of covering a lot of info in a fairly short period of time. His emphasis upon the post-65 population and some of the contrasts of our population's experiences with technology with those of the the gap created by younger generations was especially useful. Bridging the gaps between those two rather different sets of experience will likely be the target of much needed on-going dialogue. To not have that dialogue could be tragic for both generations, the generations between us and them and those generations yet to come.
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Philip Bettencourt
6/11/2020 05:46:06 pm
I very much enjoyed the program. This topic is certainly timely for our desert audience with a substantial number of seniors.
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Abraham Ostrovsky
6/11/2020 07:57:46 pm
Tried to log in using Windows 10 and Chrome. The instructions asked that I download a Chrome extension for Webex. When I tried I got a warning of a possible virus from Windows 10. Please consider using Zoom which does not require any outside software.
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Jim McFarlin
6/11/2020 08:29:56 pm
Understood, Abraham. We are using Zoom in our next program.
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6/12/2020 05:42:17 am
I was able to listen in on the exceptional presentation but unfortunately could not access the WebEx interactive slide show. The technical difficulty many of us experienced illustrates the tendency purveyors of technology have to over- promise and under deliver. On the plus side, this creates career opportunities for sales, service and support technicians as well as their continuing education. (In one of my previous career incarnations as a consumer electronics retail manager I was the beneficiary of such synergies.)
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Nancy Westerholm
6/12/2020 11:21:10 am
I loved it. The "old suits" were great, making young people feel old. And I would like to get the workbook they talked about at the end. Thanks so much, Jim.
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Daniel McCullor
6/12/2020 12:16:00 pm
What a wonderful talk by an exceptional speaker! Bill McManus was very charismatic and truthful in his delivery. He brought up many topics that will be a reality, but did so with so with possible solutions. It was exciting to listen to him.
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6/12/2020 12:28:41 pm
All the questions (the 3) were philosophical and surprising at how much depth they contained (i.e. light bulb, ice cream cone, who will you lunch with?). Made us want to explore technology and design as we age. How it all comes together.
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Charles Riggs
6/12/2020 01:32:40 pm
Had trouble with WebEx and tuned in late by phone. What I heard was interesting.
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Gordon Kramer
6/12/2020 07:56:59 pm
Good talk. We can hopefully look forward to longer life and higher quality of life brought to you by technology. It begs the question however that many seniors who are not sufficiently techno-savvy or lack the tools and equipment will be left behind and not able to reap the benefits.
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Allen & Marilyn Shapiro
6/14/2020 01:33:10 pm
Overall, we considered this presentation to be excellent - providing present and future insights regarding "the internet of things" within a context blended nicely for senior citizens. For most of us, with the fast pace used, we were carefully listening more than pondering a probing question or clarification.
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Jim McFarlin
6/14/2020 02:10:44 pm
Thank you; good feedback. We agree on a bit of instruction goes a long way and we will be doing something along those lines before the upcoming Reva Goujon (Zoom) program.
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