New Clean Energy Content from Brilliant Young Intern

I had lunch yesterday at a trendy new Japanese place in Hollywood with Stephanie Cooper, a brilliant young lady who will be doing an internship at 2GreenEnergy, helping us develop more content. “If it’s not too forward a request, please tell me your life story,” I began. “What interests you most about this subject? What are your personal strengths as a researcher and as a writer? What do you want to accomplish here? What’s your overall viewpoint of clean energy?”

I could tell right away that I was in the presence of a very cool-headed and talented young person. “Wow,” I said with a smile mid-way through the meal. “You have a terrific background for this, and, as it turns out, we agree on pretty much all the basic principles at stake here. That’s really nice, though not 100% necessary; I have no problem at all with people who have different viewpoints.”

But let’s be honest. It really IS easier to like someone – and to work with them on a day-by-day basis — who looks at life the way you do. It would be hard to work with an axe-murderer or even some lesser brand of sociopath. Being candid, do we really esteem equally viewpoints that run far counter to our own?

I’m looking forward to a fine collaboration here.