Greg Shove introduces me to the intriguing website 43things.com, encouraging people to write down 43 goals and then share progress on meeting them with others. Aristotle would be shocked at how inward looking everyone is. Here is the list of the top personal goals of all time as measured by their readers (who are, in any case, a group self-selected to at least be planning something for their lives). A grand total of two goals in the top 50 have anything to do with helping anyone else… and they just squeak in.  44. "Be a better friend" and (aguably) 48.  "Make a difference".  Way ahead of those are the grand pursuit of legacies such as "drink more water", "kiss in the rain" and "wake up when my alarm clock goes off". 

Hmmm….  I wonder what such a list would look like for TEDsters.  Can anyone figure out how to find out?