Denver+Comment+on+Anna's+Memo1&2

Memo 1:

On Nano:

How does the standards discussion connect to public sphere? Probably you'd like to add the public in your description of your topic. “Participation has to offer nothing when different approaches aren’t been heard or taken under consideration.” I don't understand this bias quite well.

Should practice automatically follow a theory? I'm more convinced of the competition between theories to influence a practical field.

On Green Chemistry

For the research on Green Chemistry, I think it would be beneficial to have some data from the chemical industry and do some analysis on it.

I assume the order of your projects expresses your priorities, so it seems that you'd like to unmask the illusion of public sphere the most. Yet what is the indication of this unmasking? If public sphere is an illusion, what do you suggest we do with that?

Memo2

I share some worries with yours, but I started to realize that not everyone feel perfect about her/himself. Since we cannot be perfect, why not just try our ideas and pursue incremental progresses/achievements? Plus, people enjoy lives not because they have done perfect work, so don't refuse the fun of life.

“Actually I think that most of the times people perceive me as unreliable, not important, not serious, without value, but rather funny person.”--This is not the truth. But be cautious, don't let these irrational thoughts accompany you too much, remember Merton's self-fulfilling prophecy?