William Kamkwamba: How I built a windmill

http://www.ted.com When he was just 14 years old, Malawian inventor William Kamkwamba built his family an electricity-generating windmill from spare parts, working from rough plans he found in a library book.

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[Alexandre Potvin]

I like how he's been treated like a pet/5 year old child.

OH YOU READ A BOOK AND MADE SOMETHING NICE?

GOOD BOY

[kritzingerx24]

>nigger reads a book

>liberals and cultural marxists genuflect

Fucking disgusting.

[Alexandre Potvin]

You don't seem to realize that I'm criticizing the extremely condescending tone of the host combined to the rounds of applause of the audience.

[Mahad Hassan]

you sound like a worthless prick

[Mahad Hassan]

what can you make hallo smart man

[moom linkdump]

What a bog standard load of liberal drivel.

[Brandon DeWeese]

Some of these comments are horribly racist and sick-minded.

The question really is "would you be able to create a solution to your local problems without the luxuries of the internet, a common language, a western education, electricity, guns, etc?" Could you even build a fire? Innovation is relative to circumstance and resources—both tangible and intangible.

[BrainSeepsOut]

It's what most of the audience thinks apparently. "wow, this ape did something!!!! quick post this on reddit!"

[moom linkdump]

So he now eats electricity?

[Jesse Gullick]

Conditions our ancestors strove and fought to acquire for us, that's something that you people fail to understand, one has to work for prosperity, not rely on hand outs and foreign aid. Create and strive, not pass of second hand knowledge as your own.

[EigusBikeCo]

It is actually about the struggle of someone who doesn't even have something to eat, and still makes the effort of educating himself to achieve a higher standard of living. You should be a little more open minded and understand that not everyone is born under the same nice economic conditions as you...

[PrincessBabyDice]

lol, k man. whatever makes you happy