1. A PARASITE IS A LIVING THING...
What is a Parasite?
A PARASITE IS A LIVING THING...

2. ...that TAKES benefits from others...

3. ...AND TAKES...

4. ...AND TAKES...

5. ... WITHOUT GIVING BACK IN RETURN.

6. You’re Now Taking, Taking, Taking
DEPENDENT ON OTHERS FOR BASIC HUMAN NEEDS...
... CLOTHING ...
... FOOD ...
... SHELTER ...
... KNOWLEDGE...
... SAFETY...

7. YOU CANNOT GIVE WHAT YOU DO NOT HAVE
IT’S STILL OK BECAUSE
YOU CANNOT GIVE WHAT YOU DO NOT HAVE

8. WHEN YOUR TIME FOR TAKING IS OVER,
BUT ONE DAY...
WHEN YOUR TIME FOR TAKING IS OVER,
YOU MUST GIVE BACK
OR BE A PARASITE.

9. WHY ARE WE DOING THIS CLASS PROJECT? HELLO.
THIS IS NOT JUST A PROJECT.

10. BEGINS. THIS IS FOR YOU TO PREPARE YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIETY
WHEN YOUR TIME FOR GIVING BACK
BEGINS.

11. WHEN WILL YOU GIVE BACK TO SOCIETY?
PRESENT
2012
GIVING BACK
2016
PAST
FUTURE
2056
VERY SOON.

12. SOMETHING FROM YOURSELF
What is a Contribution?
THIS IS WHEN YOU GIVE
SOMETHING FROM YOURSELF
TO ADD TO A GREATER GOOD

13. SOMETHING FROM my SELF
TO ADD
TO THE GREATER GOOD

14. FROM my SELF NOT FROM OTHERS. my OWN self my OWN mind my OWN effort
A contributor is the OWN-er of something that adds value to benefit others.
A parasite is one who benefits from another without adding value for others.

15. TO ADD
means
TO GIVE
TO INCREASE
TO IMPROVE

16. FOR THE GOOD OF THE GREATER NUMBER
TO THE GREATER GOOD
means
FOR THE GOOD OF THE GREATER NUMBER
TO BENEFIT MANY OTHERS
TO HELP SOCIETY

17. How Do We Contribute? ADD IMPROVE CREATE modify revise adapt correct
INVENT
revise
correct
SYNTHESIZE

18. WORDS WORDS WORDS WORDS
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19. Add
One who copies old ideas is a parasite – taking from others and not adding new value.
One who adds new elements into old ideas is contributing something new.
WHY IS THIS THE ACTION OF A PARASITE?
WHY IS THIS NOT BEING A PARASITE?
QUESTION: WHEN IS IT OK TO USE THE IDEAS OF OTHERS?

20. Improve
One who repeats the ideas of others is still a parasite: taking, using, benefiting without adding value.
One who uses the ideas of others in a different way is contributing something new.
WHY IS THIS THE ACTION OF A PARASITE?
WHY IS THIS NOT BEING A PARASITE?
QUESTION: WHEN IS IT OK TO USE THE IDEAS OF OTHERS?

21. How Do We Become Contributors?
ADD
IMPROVE
CREATE
COPY
REPEAT
STEAL
How Do We Become Parasites?

22. IMPORTANT Acknowledge the source of an idea or element
that is not yours or
that you borrow from others.
How?
State where the source can be found or who the source is
Why?
This is the mark of a model scholar.

23. Create
And perhaps ... sooner or later... You might come up with something totally new.

24. Use your imagination. Imagine specific action. Imagine benefits
Imagine beneficiaries
For example

25. Find an ordinary problem that you experience.
Strategy 1: Find a Common Problem
Find an ordinary problem that you experience.
Missing pens, USBs, buttons, umbrellas?
Broken shoes, bags, eyeglasses?
Misplaced stuff?
Lack of time?
Create a unique, easy, cheap solution.

26. Choose any idea created by others. A laptop Soap Hair coloring
Strategy 2: Add something new to the ideas of others
Choose any idea created by others.
A laptop
Soap
Hair coloring
Add something new.
An ethnic laptop cover?
Soap leftovers into new soap?
Black hair coloring in hair gel?

27. Combine old problems and solutions.
Strategy 3: Add something new to old problems and solutions
Combine old problems and solutions.
Problem 1: tangled hair. Solution 1: plastic comb.
Problem 2: irritated scalp
Solution 2: scalp medication
Contribute something new into that combination.
Can a cheaper, softer comb prevent irritated scalp and save money on scalp medication?

28. To exercise your brain in combining different elements into creative solutions, see the presentation titled What is a Creative Topic?