February 6, 2004
I think there should be required service in America. Not military like Israel, but a fixed time where everyone was
employed in customer service -- a waitress or store clerk. Then, I figured, people would better relate and act like
compassionate human beings. Now I think that U.S. citizens should be required to create one invention each
and be granted the means to do so, to make this country a better place. I've been wondering about how to
develop a pen that you can use to semi-permanently tattoo yourself, but I can't yet see how that makes the
world better.

