What should a young adult be reading, seeing or experiencing to become to become a world-changer?

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Answer 1

Books that will open his mind, and his heart. Keeping an open mind is sadly a lost skill in this world. Learning to accept all cultures means reading stories from all cultures. Shakespeare, Homer, J.K. Rowling, Stephen King, Roahld Dahl, have helped to shape an open mind. Help your child develope his imagination, and he will be able to help change things for the better, when he can imagine the way he wants his world to be, there will be answer in how to make it that way. All books have an inherent quality, every one can be learned from. As long as he is reading, that in itself, is the best thing. Trials and tribulations are all part of this, he should be allowed to experience the negative as well as the positive, to learn what works, and what doesn't. Have him talk to people who have been there. If he has an interest, help him to develop that further. Books, talking to those who know, help him experiment with all the different medium, allow him to be the person he can be. Don't overprotect, any knowledge can be good knowledge. If he doesn't know about it, he can't react to it when the situation arises later in life. My source? My life.

Answer 2

They should be reading what they already have and use their critical thinking skills, they should be reading all the things around them and ask if this is all there can be or could we do more and better, read people, read what's going on, read inbetween the lines...

They should be seeing their life, seeing their world their community, they should be seeing the connections that everything has, seeing the positives and negatives, seeing the good and bad conciquenses of actions words and more, they should also see within them know them selves and work on what needs improving within them...

They need to be experiencing life out side of them selves, with other people, interact more with anyone from all sorts of backgrounds, they should not put bounderies on their experiences...



All of this, an understanding of them selves, and an eye for the world around them, and an open mind to learn about old current and new ideas, critical thinking, self confidance, understanding, respect for themselves and others, and the ability to link commonalities, this, this will ALL make anyone a WORLD changer

;-)

And most likely in a good way at that...

;-)

Answer 3

A young adult should be introduced to the world --- the good, the bad --- before they're thrown into it and not know what to do. What I see people doing today is trying to make the world look like this happy sunshiny place by banning books that help us see the bad in this world and let us comtemplate how to deal with that problem when it comes our way. How will this help us deal with the real world? All our lives we were hidden from the world, protected by our parents because we weren't ready for what was out there. An age doesn't define when you're ready to go out into the world. Your knowledge and expectancy does. So when we get to be a young adult, we can understand and take in what's out there. But how are we expected to survive out there when we're sheilded our whole lives? That's why it is SO crucial to young adults to be open to any kind of reading that would ready them for anything that's out there.

Answer 4

I think the movie "What the bleep do we know" is essential. It seriously gets down to the knitty gritty of this life and what it is made of. Knowledge is power.



Next essential is meditation. Many religions agree that it should be practiced regularly, and scientifically meditation activates a certain part of your brain that induces spiritual experiences. By doing this you raise the vibration of energy in your body. Higher vibrations of love, peace, joy etc. neutralize lower vibrations of fear, guilt, anger, etc. The highest vibration would be someone like Christ or Buddha. How many peoples lives were changed for the better just by those 2 men being in a higher vibration of life?



Last recommendation is The Disappearance of the Universe by Gary Renard which gives straight talk about politics, the world, sex, and basically life as we know it. It is an introduction to A Course in Miracles, which is something many should look into which shows the way to inner peace through constant and consistent FORGIVENESS.



If I were to impart knowledge on my death bed, these are the 3 things that i KNOW would make positive change in this world, so there ya go. =)

Answer 5

A young adult should be reading any book they can get their hands on.The only bad reading,is not reading.Young people that have books censured before they read them,might as well be back in the dark ages or in a Catholic school.it is the parents and teachers responsibility to make sure whatever books they read,they understand completely and explain anything they don't understand,not just keep a book from them because they THINK it is a "BAD" book.There are no bad books,only bad people.You can become a world changer,only if the world you live in changes with you.And at present,with the religious fanatics in the world and in power here in the US and abroad,new ideas are not very prone to being accepted.Maybe when we get some young people in positions of authority,who have thrown off the yoke of religious power,then maybe censorship will go away.

Answer 6

To begin this question, I say the conferences like these should be held throughout the world not just in USA. Who knows the real world-changer is born right now in China or in India or in Peru ? I hope this conference is the flame of hope for a true search of the `world changer'



My advise, Try reading, Seeing and Experiencing beyond the power of the most powerful organizations in the world, as we know, the governments on this world. I wish I was young, so I could have a go! If you are ahead of the governments, I say : "You go boy / girl !!!"



Read everything related to "World" and "Changes". If you want to be big tomorrow, act like one today!



Let the librarians turn his/her heads towards you, as you head out to the Library with a bunches of books only meant for Presidents or Governments!!



Seeing ? Watch TV news channels. Not everything you watch on TV is real though, I guess you know that one already! So be prepared to witness events yourself. Go for a world tour. If your dad's or mum's budget allows, do it otherwise raise a fund. Who would not want to give a donation to the world leader ? just send me an email, I will give you a day's earning! You can't be a world changer just by hiding in your bungalow! Visit every corners on this planet, hug all kinds of people and feel their embrase for a change.



Experience ? World Changers will definitely need to experience a whole lot. Learn about living in a free and not free society. Experience freedom and not freedom. Experience everything that strengthens your knowledge about the world and the causes for you to be a leader!

Answer 7

O' people what I fear most about you are two things - acting according to desires and extending of hopes. As regards acting according to desires, this prevents from truth; and as regards extending of hopes, it makes one forget the next world. You should know this world is moving rapidly and nothing has remained out of it except last particles like the dregs of a vessel which has been emptied by someone. Beware, the next world is advancing, and either of them has sons i.e. followers. You should become sons of the next world and not become sons of this world because on the Day of Judgement every son would cling to his mother. Today is the Day of action and there is no reckoning while tomorrow is the Day of reckoning but there would be no (opportunity for) action. Allah deputed the Prophet at a time when there had been no prophets for some time. People had been in slumber for a long time and the twist of the rope had loosened. The Prophet came with (a Book containing) testification to what (books) were already there and also with a light to be followed. It is the Qur'an. If you ask it to speak it won't do so; but I will tell you about it. Know that it contains knowledge of what is to come about, stories of the past, cure for your ills and regulation for whatever faces you.

Answer 8

If they want to be apart of world change, they need to be informed about the world. Politics? Read some biographies from big names in government offices, along with historical accounts. Then balance that with outsiders that offer a different view, Chomsky or Zinn or James Loewen (Lies my Teacher Told Me).



For social change, how about Fast Food Nation, The Jungle or The Dream by Martin Luther King?



It's also worthwhile to throw in literature from across the world - the world is shrinking and having the knowledge to empathize with a variety of cultures.



For seeing things, Holocaust museums, Indian Reservations (some of the worst ghettos in the United States), even high-end designer neighborhoods (to see how mass-consumption is at odds with the lot of so many today).



Experiences - work on a farm to understand where your food comes from, and how much goes into it . . . and how little the farmers get paid to provide it. Work with Habitat for Humanity, in a Soup Kitchen, at an animal shelter, join the Sierra Club...get out in nature and reconnect to something bigger than the human race.



Most importantly, it's always a good practice to question things. If there's something that seems to be an injustice... question it. If there's a historical "fact" that doesn't seem to be accurate, question it. We need to build on the past to make the future better, but we need to clear out the rotted foundations to make that future stand solidly.

Answer 9

Very simple. Everything they can. Obviously the maturity level of a kid will dictate what that kid can handle emotionally and philosophically. To tell a kid at any age that they cant read a given book or see a movie or visit a museum or event because of its content is degrading the learning process. An adult should be able to say "You need a couple more years to understand that.'

just like my parents did. Obviously the kid's curiousity will peak

with that phrase, but curiousity is good. If you dont experience the warts of society as well as the beauty, you'll enter adulthood a couple yards behind the rest of them. Leaders are well versed in the difference between good and bad. Parents are the ones who create great leaders by teaching the kids how to differentiate

between the good and the bad. Let'em read Huck Finn and Ulyssess and Harry Potter. They'll look into The Tropic of Cancer when the parents aren't even aware of it. But thats good. Experience.

Answer 10

They would need to live in an area that has a multi-cultural background. This way they can see a little bit of everything and not pass judgement on any of it. It hard to make changes when one does not understand some poeple, and too well on others. It also give them the skills to become more open minded to the needs of others. Reading, well everything! Knoweldge is power all its own. If they do not read avidly then how will they know what needs to change?Experiance will come no matter what, there is no right formula. Its makeing the choices they need to make that will help them learn from it, be them good or bad. Either way they will know what to do the next time.

Answer 11

History and not like it is a dry boring subject but like the thriller it is. I would even say that role-play should be involved.



Some political writings and how to look at what people are really saying and promising.



Finance; learn how to control your own financial life and you'll be able to understand a lot better what state the country is in. HOw it will effect your choice of job and life. Finance needs to be taught.



How to start your own business or how to succeed in a big one. How to run your own NPO.



Volunteering the benefits of it and how can you help.



Great leaders' Biography of all walks of life, from business, spiritual, worldly and so on.



Then I would suggest that they do an internship. Talk with other young people from around the world even over the internet or by snail mail.

Answer 12

This is about what they should read in school, not about what they should read for church, right? Well..I think all those supposed books on the banned list are pretty stupid for being banned. Go ahead. let them read Catcher in the Rye because I think its a great book which I've read several times. Mein Kampf and The Communist Manifeso are also good books, don't say its awful just because its written by two people who started things in history (read it for interest, not for taking it personally....besides, thats how some people read the Bible) and you've never read it...YOU have to open your mind and read things and NOT take them seriously. Let the children read what they want to read that is at their level of education instead of closing their minds to the world. They are gonna grow up and see all the things that they have been sheltered from and not know how to deal with the real world, anyway.

Answer 13

Read biographies of world-changers:

Pope John-Paul II

Mother Teresa

The Dali Lama

Confucius

Ignatius Loyola

Thomas Aquinas

Mahatma Ghandi



Travel around your own country, to neighboring countries, and across one or more oceans. Talk with ordinary people to understand them and their concerns.



Become a volunteer - join the Peace Corps, a UN aid group, the Red Cross or Red Crescent, Habitat for Humanity.



Acquire knowledge and become a teacher to others.

Answer 14

I would belive that reading books that show many of the mistakes through out history would be an excellent start. I would not advise reading any version of the bible, koran, or any other religion. By attempting to do so you are narrowing your your own choices, besides with all the translating and retsanslating - and lets not forget those who had translations done for their own personal benifit. Also, I think someone who is going ot be a world changer should have a lot of exposure to acceptance and reading material like that.



The one problem with the leaders that are currently in power is they are completely disregarding historical events that they are temptign to repeat.

Answer 15

The best novel I have read in over 20 years is "Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It is not merely one of the great modern novels of history, but one of the most searing and accessible portrayals of the human psyche, especially through the extreme act of murder. It is no-holds barred, intensely honest, but most of all relentlessly moral. It will make a person think and it will make a young person realize on so many levels why he or she should stay on the right path of life.



It is a long novel, not extremely difficult to read, but not for dummies who only relate to comic books and video games. Recommended for Aspiring adults.



I also recommend "Abraham Lincoln, Speeches and Writings: 1859-1865" from the Library of America. There is no greater American citizen.



As far as active participation is concerned, I suggest that a person think of his or her favorite cause of issue, do some research on it, and then go out and explore it. I volunteered for a Presidential campaign,helped make a student film, and began to write serious poetry--when I was 18. It all came as I went along, and I am glad I explored those possibilities. No one should regret the pursuits of knowledge and discovery.

Answer 16

You cannot force a child to become a world changer, a world changer must become one of his/her own free will. If a child sets out to change the world then they will do so in the way they know how to best. For example I want to write a book that will inspire children to become readers again. Most children I know, and I know children of all ages because my brother just got into middle school, and I just left high school, hate to read. I feel that our school systems today are pushing children against reading by forcing them to read what they feel is appropriate. I always enjoyed when an English teacher told me here is a list of books go read one of them and write me a paper. It gave me the freedom to choose what I was really interested in. I know schools have to provide appropriate books for the curriculum, but they should give children a little more freedom. Forcing a book down a child's throat will not make them a world-changer nor will it make them a reader. World-changers are made by how you nurture their opinionated side, not by what they read, see, or experience. It is how we teach them to react to these things, and ask them to ask more questions. I did not decide to write a book that would change the way children looked at books until I realized how unlike me many of my peers, and my brother was. They all hate to read, and it makes me sick to think that we may be heading down a long dark road of ignorance. So I decided on my own to one day change the way children, and teenagers look at books so that they too can decide that one day they want to change something small. If everyone decides to change one small thing about the world eventually it will all add up to a better world. Once person cannot do it alone, but it does take one person to start the others. Once one person starts all the other opinionated people we can change the world together, but not until people are no longer scared to hide their opinions.

Answer 17

Check out all the lists of the "best books," including the BBC Big Read, the MLA list, the National Book Award, Feminista's list of 20th century women's works, and Pulitzer Prize winners. See any or all of the movies in the lists at Lists of Bests.com. Travel. Read anything, even if it's not "literature." Read newspapers--more than one. Volunteer. Travel to volunteer. Take a continuing education class just for fun. Read about a subject you've never heard of or never considered. Learn another language (or 12). Talk to people and ask them what they think the biggest problem facing the world is. Go to a retirement home and ask people about their lives. Listen.

Answer 18

Get out there in the big wide world, take a year travelling. Spend time working in some of the poorest areas. Work with the poorest in your area, hit the big city (i.e. London) work and spend time with big earners high flyer's, sleep on a beach, sleep in a tent, sleep in a posh hotel. Then once you have done this write down your experiences. Use this experience and understand how different types of people live, you will then know how to communicate. Arrange discussion interviews with prominent businessmen, politicians, you'd b surprise how many of them would give you 30 mins to talk about their business. show interest, learn from them.



With all this knowledge you will then know how to be a world changer.



Study Richard Branson.



Good luck/

Answer 19

The Stranger

Hamlet

Crime and Punishment

Platform

Turn of the Century

Study French

Drive across Texas in the summer

Travel in France, Germany and Holland by train

Take a Logic, Micro & Macro Economics Freshman Year

Read Freud, Kubler-Ross and Cather in the Rhye in High School

The Red Desert

Hedwig & the Angry Inch

Triplets of Belleview

Answer 20

I think young adults should read whatever they want to read. I myself am a "young adult. " Only we can interpret what a world-changer is and it's not an adult's responsibility to interpret for us. I think it's rather unfair. I mean, America is supposed to be free right? Well how can it be free if you can't even read a certain book or become a certain person if your parents don't allow it? That's not free. To me, it's prison in open air.

Answer 21

Expiriencing the real world, not video games or TV. Having contact with nature and solving every day problems. Life has become so unnatural for them. They should be helping their families as team members instead of fighting gangs or being conned by drug dealers. Young people nowadays tend to be either overprotected or abandoned. They should be a part of their family, first and of a small community. Basically, what I mean is they need to belong somewhere, more than know or accomplish (which would also be important, once the first condition is covered).

Answer 22

The Bible (KJV) has altered the lives of more people than any book ever created. For further cultivating of the mind the classics are an important study.

The Divine Comedy

Fountain Head

Pride and Prejudice

The Awakening

The Importance of Being Earnest

Midsummer's Night Dream

Wurthering Heights

Tale of Two Cities

The Scarlet Letter

Catcher in the Rye

The Crucible

Moby Dick

The Wizard of Oz

War of the Worlds

10,000 Leagues Under the Sea

The Odyssey

The Iliad

Black Beauty

The Great Gatsby

A Land Remembered

Huckleberry Fin

...ect

These are books that not only entertain but are viewed to have an important impact on humans, not always when written, but are preserved as classics for the further generations to learn from.

Answer 23

I tend to agree with the person who said a leader isn't formed he is born. I believe it's a gift. There are some who become leaders because they are born into money, ivy league, royalty, etc. but that doesn't make them great leaders. The great visionaries are born with a gift, and that gift is meant to be shared with the world. All it takes is a great belief and perseverence. If all the great leaders could be visible in the world, we would certainly have an abundance. They are everywhere. I am sure that everyone could write about someone they know who are deserving of all the great things they do for fellow human beings or in their workplace or field of study.



What is important is that they are taught the value of learning, of reading from a very young age, and it's important to stay in touch with the world. It's not so much what you read, but what you learn, and you learn by what you live and by what you do and by what you give of yourself.

Answer 24

My idea is that they should take three main steps to become a world changer.

First step is to form logical and straight to point thinking, so he can find solutions. Second step is to find out who he is and how his values are evaluated by philosophers, so he can find out what he is capable of, form and develop principles for further living. And finally find out if his principles are right according to leaders, and get enough enthusiasm to do what he should and do it.

Now, changing the world is not so easily done, and needs broad view on matters, so a young person should choose reading that is recognised by the world, interesting and spares time that should be dedicated for youth itself.



My suggestion is:



1. Sherlock Holmes

2. Immanuel Kant

3. Eleanor Roosevelt

Answer 25

I don't know what book to recommend for becoming a world leader. but to get the most of of the 100 years or so you are here you should experience all what life has to offer.. whenever opportunities arise grap them and run! the world is there for the taking, believe me there is hardly a place i've not been and there is still so much more to see. If you hate your life then change it. Don't use money/ class as an excuse, because money does n't bring happiness, you do.

Answer 26

Most importantly think for yourself. Reject euphemisms in thought and speech. Recognize apathy and stay out of the flock.

Consider the source of information received. Understand history and your relationship to it. Question motives. Go (within and without) outside your personal safety zone as "feeling" is what humans are supposed to do. Work through discomfort. Develop empathy for the human condition. Frame the debate. Don't waste time trying to change another, rather do your best to be understood. Remember that form follows function in many ways. Know that if you miss a turn slamming the brakes should not be your first course of action as you can always turn around.

Answer 27

An understanding of nature (including human) is a must.

On the Soul by Aristotle

The History of Philosophy

He: Understanding Masculine Psychology

Hamlet

She

The Yellow Wallpaper

The Divine Comedy: Vols 1,2 &3

Or if the YA is more inclined to "light" reading

Waiting for the Galatic Bus

Frankenstein (non-movie editions)

Canterbury Tales

The Sherlock Holmes Mysteries by Doyle

Beowulf

The Shadow Children Series

Anything by Tolkin.



Just for starters. Everything read is important as long as there is comprehension. By that I mean on all levels that the writer is, well, writing. Even advertising is important if you comprehend the way it is done (using a logical method.).

As for the bible. . . that has its points too. But inorder to comprehend it one must also read it with the Koran, the Torah, the I-Ching and other religious texts that have been around just as long. For example there are some Babalonian Myths that are almost word-for-word in the pre-King James bible.

But this discussion could go on forever.

Answer 28

I got a book out of the library just to have something to read. It was "The End of Poverty," by Jefrey Sachs. I wasn't expecting much. I put the book down at 4:00 a.m. The author turned out to be a distinguished economist I had never heard of. He is, among other things, a professor at Columbia University. They lured him away from Harvard. His biggest fan is the entertainer Bono, lead singer for U2, who is, or was, one of his students. Professor Sachs founded an organization called Millennium Promise, which recently got a pledge for $5,000,000 from George Soros. Their website is www.millenniumpromise.org. Be sure to spell millennium right. I didn't the first time. The book is much better. Bono has founded an organization called One, which quickly got over 2,000,000 supporters. Their website is www.one.org.

Answer 29

First of all, I believe there are only a handful of young adults out there who will truly become world-changers. I find the problem with today's younger generation to be no discipline while growing up, or very lax discipline. Most families have two working parents and, unfortunately that means the children don't get the attention they need. Children know in today's society it is unacceptable to spank or discipline in public and they take advantage of that from a young age. When I was growing up my parents never beat me but if I needed a spanking for misbehaving I got one and people around that had seen my actions agreed, but I also got a lot of love to go along with the punishment. Now days you worry about your children being taken away from you if you spank them. Not to ramble on, but to see more young adults becoming world-changers we need stricter discipline and more love and attention shown to them as younger children.

Answer 30

I suggest a good dictionary that can translate words from one language to the same language and also to the other language/s, besides a thesaurus that helps enrich their understanding and description. Word intelligence is as good as number knowledge or IQ. The people, young and old, find words in those books to further learn what they wish and find best for them. It is a basic tool and entertainer. So drooping dictionaries free of cost by those philanthropist goes a long way in dropping language before the rate of dropouts increase in most parts of this world.Let the young adults become first proficient in basic intelligence and change themselves before they change the world.

Answer 31

To become a world changer you should sit in a dark room and block out everything till you are able to get on board a rocket ship to another galaxy. World changers or improvers have been a blight on this planet. For every change and so-called improvement things have only gotten worst. These are the people that take away your individuality with THEIR VISION. Politicians and others that want to SHARE THEIR VISION should be sent to the moon. They should just be doing their jobs keeping things running and stop tinkering with the works. Do we really need hundreds of new laws every year? The neocons are world improvers and look where we are today. If you want to read something read the classics. They taught great lessons for hundreds of years. Read Atlas Shrugged if you have the guts. The individual is dying and so will society as we know it unless people go back to personal responsibility and living their own lives diligently. Otherwise stick to reading Paris Hilton's autobiography (vol 1). Don't be a world changer - just be a person that takes responsibility for their own actions; work hard; stay out of trouble; don't be a jerk; don't force (by intolerance) your opinions on other people through political push; if you're going to go into politics then don't be a thief; read voraciously from a variety of sources not just those that fit your narrow world view; love your friends and family and take care of your won.

Answer 32

I admit I believe my daughter is in the process of changing the world, now.



I have always encouraged her to read a lot, and to question her assumptions. It is important to get a wider view of the world than any single author, religion or society can provide. To have hope of changing the world, she must believe that her actions count. Even in small ways, she can make a difference, and that adds up to changing the world.



She doesn't have to wait to start these things. She makes a change in the world every day that she manages to see the world as larger than the space she fills in it, every time she encourages another person to be thoughtful, or kind, or considerate, every time she helps someone past an obstacle.



She is learning how to change the world by doing it.



How else is there to learn?

Answer 33

Besides the Bible, I would recommend "Prophetic Untimeliness" by Os Guinness. Anything written by Leonard Ravenhill or Andrew Murray would be great. Ravi Zacharias will challenge your complacency. His book, "Jesus Among Other Gods" is a powerful apologetic written from his unique perspective. The book that rocked my world is Dietrich Bonhoeffer's "The Cost of Discipleship". Do not read this book if you are satisfied with the way things are in the Kingdom today.



May God bless you as you seek His leading in your life.



Coop

Answer 34

Don't just read books; read great authors, great thinkers. Head to the library's classics section, and find a few whose work you enjoy. It doesn't need to focus on self-improvement, because reading their works will improve your own thinking, and with that, your judgment and choices, just as listening to music can get a song running in your head.



As you do this, read newspapers - online, if possible, and worldwide - to learn what's going on and what's being done about it. There are websites, like Care2.com with its Daily Action link, that specialize in presenting worldwide concerns.



As for what to see and experience, Mother Teresa had good advice. She came to believe that loneliness, feeling unwanted, was the most painful universal human disease.When people asked her what they could do to help, she told them to look right around them, to their family, their neighbors, their community - to start small, and let it grow....



... But not small-minded. Don't worry about remarks like smart_babe's, who feels superior because of an intellect she doesn't show here. While chiding others about their grasp of the English language, she - among other mistakes - misuses "punctuality" for "punctuation." (LOL) Many great writers have needed good editors; if they'd waited until everything was perfect, they would never have gotten their work published.



Intelligence, a wise professor once told me, is not about the answers we have - which anyone can look up on Wikipedia. It's about the things we want to know, the questions we ask. Your question puts you way out in front. You go!



All the best -

Answer 35

The best advice I could give to any young people out there is to get the education they are entitled to and make the most of it by participating in the process of learning. I would also recommend reading at least one of the banned books, for too many great ones have been added to these lists, and it would do one good to learn why the book is banned. They may also form their own opinion of the book, which helps a person become an adult.

Life is not all about learning only the good stuff. It comes hand-in-hand with the bad. Sometimes you have to learn the bad stuff in order to see the good in it, or vice-versa.

Answer 36

I am Mexican. I recently read in Yahoo Respuestas a question from someone over here that said: "It gives more wisdom the question from an ignorant man that an answer from a wise man"



I agree with him, because I think it is very important that this question was posted in this space in order to awake consciusness about the relevance of reading as a factor of changing in this longer apatic world. But in the same manner, a brief answer to a such broading question, would be just an aproximation about of what would be the definitive way to be a world changer:



1.- To read a book that gves you a sense of morality and deep thought necessary to challenge the problems and adversities of this sauvage world (Bible in Christian world for example, Torah for jewish people, Odyssey as universal reading, etc.)



2.- To read a book that gives you insightful, rationale and accurate information about our world (thinkers, scientists, philosophers, etc.)



3.- To read inspiring books such the biographies of past changers of the world: Alejandro Magno, Leonardo da Vinci, Napoleon, Einstein, etc. The much you read about them the better you get the motivation to be a world changer.



4.- If it is possible, travel a lot to know other people, other cultures, other languages, etc.



5.- To work a lot to fulfill a personal dream. Not to dismay and keep going on despite the obstacles you can find along the way.



6.- To experience love and hate, happiness and sadness, to be an imperfect human being because a robot or a supercomputer can do a lot of things, knows a lot of things, but just human beings are able to experience feelings as varied as generosity, misericord and courage.





I believe that a lot of people wants to be a world changer (me included) but in the search of that goal, the more you approach to the target, the more you get apart from it. I think that only the sum of results from your actions and decisions could be viewed as trascendental to the future generations.



Peace!

Saludos!

Answer 37

Read 1984 by George Orwell

Read A Brave New World by Alduous Huxley

Read War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Answer 38

By attempting to do so you are narrowing your your own choices, besides with all the translating and retsanslating - and lets not forget those who had translations done for their own personal benifit. Also, I think someone who is going ot be a world changer should have a lot of exposure to acceptance and reading material like that.

Answer 39

Young Adults should be reading anything and everything. It's the reading that is important. Specifically, biographies of past political leaders is important, as well as books about historical events. Any sort of informative book about foreign countries and peoples is imperative, to prevent world conflict in the future, and to promote the understanding of others.

Answer 40

Read anything and everything. This opens up your horizons to something new. And if you end up a little knowledgeable in a lot of things that will help you to become a well rounded person, and a person that is tolerant of everyone. That just might help change the world.

Answer 41

wanting to know what books to read depends on one's definition of a world-changer. Does one change the world through helping friends or family, or revolutionizong the world through new technology? But in any case i would recommend books that have inspirational value. Read books that tell how famous people grew up to be what they are or were. But it doesn't have to be a biography. I think that something like Chicken Soup for the Soul is good.

Answer 42

Are any of you parents? It's difficult sometimes just to get kids to read. What they read isn't nearly as important as the fact that they are reading. Start them reading books about things that interest them most. After you have instilled in them a love for reading, they will branch out on their own. You can't make a world changer. You just need to give them the knowledge and the curiosity to see that change is needed.

Answer 43

Mountains Beyond Mountains: Healing the World: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer by Traci Kidder

Answer 44

Why does everyone NEED to become a world changer?? One should read whatever Fascinates them - as a learning tool, an interest, or just an escape. Lessons are learned constantly on a daily basis & obviously not everyone grows & matures at the same rate. Life is short enough, one should enjoy it as much as possible & do whatever they are passionate about.

Answer 45

Read: '1984' by George Orwell - to help your world view, and be aware that things could change for the worse...



See: 'Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind' to help you emotionally, and understand the nature of love.



Experience: Some time among the world's poor. Even youngsters selling pretty stones in Tunisia - if that doesn't make you want to change the world, nothing will.

Answer 46

You can only change the world one person at a time.



Find the biggot and change his/her mind. Find the Bully and teach them what it is like to be the victim. Find the ignorant and show them the joys of knowlige.



Don't walk away when you see someone in trouble - help them and when they ask what they can do in return ask them to 'pay it forward'.



Don't judge others but accept them as they are not as you want them to be and love the differances in them and learn from those differances - what you see in black and white others see in shades of grey or in technicolour.



Never be afraid to say you don't know and ask for help - it is a true sign of strength.



Don't say no to anything until you have tried it or walked in their shoe's.



Do the hardest thing in life - Live as you would have others live and remember If you want to lead the world you must first lead by example.

Answer 47

And the list could go on and on. Find something you are passionate about, study it, and try to make a difference by finding what has gone wrong and what you can do about it. And if you're interested in helping the kids in Uganda, check out www.invisiblechildren.com and do something. There's also the Uganda Lobby Day coming up in Washington, DC, and what better chance to make a difference than to sit down with your elected officials and lobby for a change?

Answer 48

Carl Sagan's The Demon Haunted World: Science as a candle in the dark. Carl sets out a set of rules for skeptical thinking he calls the "Baloney Detection kit." As a world leader, it is critical to be skeptical, and this book is the best I've ever read on the topic; very easy to read for people of all levels of education.

Answer 49

Read Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, George Orwell's Animal Farm to start. The Giver by Lois Lowry also is good for social issues.

Answer 50

All the greatest leaders in the Western World have had a detailed knowledge of the writings in the Bible. Although, you would not generally recognise the leaders as being overtly religious they were able to quote in their speeches sayings from the Bible. For example, Winston Churchill. The Bible provides a young adult with a historical knowledge of Western civilisation enabling them to see the bigger picture in world events.

Answer 51

n imagine the way he wants his world to be, there will be answer in how to make it that way. All books have an inherent quality, every one can be learned from. As long as he is reading, that in itself, is the best thing. Trials and tribulations are all part of this, he should be allowed to experience the negative as well as the positive, to learn what works, and what doesn't. Have him talk to people who have been there. If he has an interest, help him to develop that further. Books, talking to those who know, help him experiment with all the different medium, allow him to be the pe

Answer 52

as a young adult and a nursing student, i read almost anything (books, magazines, internet articles, etc.) which concerns my profession within my realm. but to be a world-changer? i say history and literature. why? because it reflects what has happened before to make us aware so that by the time we take our turn to lead someday, we'll be able to avoid the misfortunes some of our ancestors have experienced. i know history's a bit boring, specially when the professor's yappin' and all but it's really interesting when you put your mind to it... seeing or experiencing? all obstacles we go through everday are important and i consider it as basis for motivation and change. what i have seen benign and experienced tragic are two things i really reflect on... "it's wrong, i should avoid that" ... since it's universal that good should overcome evil, and that change starts within ourselves. =))

Answer 53

As a young adult librarian I tend to think that anything a teen reads fosters leadership and knowledge. There is no specific recipe for becoming a world-changer, your beliefs and viewpoints will guide you in that direction, but reading is powerful and give you the knowledge to make better choices.

Answer 54

Before someone can change the world, they must first understand people. Before one can understand people, they must understand theirself. The books listed below have changed a lot of lives in a big way. All six are written by Dan Millman:



"The Journeys of Socrates"

"The Way of the Peaceful Warrior"

"Sacred Journey of the Peaceful Warrior"

"Body Mind Mastery: Creating Success in Sport and Life"

"Living on Purpose: Straight Answers to Life's Tough Questions"

"The Life You Were Born to Live"

Answer 55

They should be allowed to read what they want, we as parents can't choose everything for them, the more we try the more they will rebel, and also they should be reading books that are based on stories that could have happen in that time period, like "To kill a mocking bird", or a catcher and rye, i know what they hold is somewhat "different" for better words, but whats better then having then read it in OUR home so when a question arises, we can be here to help.

Answer 56

A young adult should be seeing things that would encourage himself or herself and others. Watching things on TV, looking at things in a magazine, or surfing the internet are just a few ways that a young adult can find encouragement. But, just like in all situations, young adults must be careful. There may be encouraging things on TV, in magazines, or on the internet, but some things may not be pleasing to the eye, causing lack of encouragement. Careful examination and analysis of everything that is seen emphasizes a young adult's desire to become a world changer.

Answer 57

I'll try a more "generalized" answer...



In order to be able to EFFECTIVELY change your World you need to work on:



(1) Realization.

Concept: Your Need to Know Who You Are.

Sources:

Yourself (as the "trusted few" see you)

the Close Circle (family, trusted friends)

Your Society/Culture (and its assumptions,

both Good and Bad)



(2) Generalization.

Concept: Your Need to have the Basic Tools to fit in.

Sources:

Survival Skills

- Spiritual (the inner life)

- Physical (to keep/preserve physical and mental health)

- Academic ("readin' and writin' and 'rithmetic")

- Social (the ability to communicate, connect, and

cooperate)

- Political (the ability to protect and advance yourself)

Exposure to General Readings in History, Literature, Culture

Exposure/Knowledge of the Sciences, *especially*

Mathematics.

- "Hard"/Natural Sciences: Physics, Chemistry, etc.

- "Soft"/Social Sciences: Sociology, Psychology, etc.



(3) Specialization.

Concept: Your Main Contribution to our People (Humanity)

Sources:

Using the accumulated info from (1) and (2), make a

determination of just what talents/skills/abilities you

"bring to the table," comparing them to what the World

around you needs...that will give you insight into the

options that will give the best probability for success...



DISCLAIMER:

(A) This is IMNSHO, of course...

(B) I'm still trying to work it out myself...but I can REALLY

appreciate all those hours my Parents spent MAKING me

"crack the books" (Thanks, Mom and Dad!) for all those years.

(C) There may be other things I've left out...but this program

(part of which you have PROBABLY started, others not) will

give you enough so that you will begin to notice what I HAVE

forgotten/omitted...



God Bless you in your journey - and don't forget to encourage the Others on the same road!

Answer 58

Young adults should read a little bit of everything, from classical works to contemporary publications. Film also holds valuable information - if you know where to look. Depending on how someone wants to change the world, he/she should also consider traveling and experiencing different cultures, or attending conferences and lectures dealing with specific issues. He/she should also work to develop interpersonal and diplomatic skills, since little or no respect is given to someone who rants or cannot support their arguments.

Answer 59

The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

Answer 60

The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli and The Art of War by Sun Tzu

Answer 61

Standing up for yourself, accepting who and what you are, and striving to change stereotypes that surround or define society.



Accepting others for who and what they are, regardless of societies interpretations.



Raising yourself and your children to be tolerant, loving, humane human beings.



Taking negativity, pain, confusion, frustration and channeling it into something powerful and positive like art or action.



Understanding integrity, it is not your actions that people "witness" that makes you a world-changer, it is doing the same when no one is looking.



Expose yourself to art, humanity, love and conflict. Those are the ingredients of life.



Visit support groups, even if they do not pertain to you, and be a silent observer; you will gain insight into what it takes to really be alive......not just surviving but thriving.



Live each day as if it is only day. Wake up knowing there is always something you can do to change the course of that day and impact someone's life or outlook.



Walk away with your head held high at the end of the day.



Remember how wonderful it is to be you and to be alive.



Don't be afraid or forget to dream.

Answer 62

For starters, all the things that people tell them they shouldn't read! Anything considered banned or controversial. You will notice that many books oppressed by censorship are those accessible to children/young adults--meaning that their guardians deem them incapable of handling the texts and their messages. Get rid of that idea! The reason books like "Harry Potter" are great is that they don't water things down for children--they tell it like it is, because their authors appreciate young people and know they are capable. Society wants to much to protect their youth, and in doing so, they stop their minds from reaching out to new horizons. You can't change the world if you aren't moving forward.

Answer 63

I could give you a long list of my web sites and work on changing the world, but then I would be guilty like many others of simply promoting myself.



You see, you me, we and all the answers in yahoo all have a part to play in changing the world.



When you smile and don't frown when someone is rude.

When you choose to help someone, with no preconditions.

When you love your partner and family unconditionally.

When you give to someone in need, rather than buy more things.



This is when you change the world.

The people who do these things are greater than any politician or web guru.

Anyway that's my humble opinion...

Answer 64

I think that all young adults should keep a very open mind in today's deceptive world. I believe that to make an intelligent and informed contribution to this world he or she must be very wary of received knowledge, it's the lack of truthfulness from those

that seek to subvert the honest course of humanity who will, at cost to all of us be our downfall. The misuse of privilege and power is most caustic. We must warn them to be vigilant and active to prevent ignorance and blind compliance with authority

Answer 65

Young adults should learn everything they can- about different religions, politics, cultures, everything. Books help by giving insight into what people are thinking, although they can hardly replace experience. Understanding and accepting that people think differently helps in any situation, not just in changing the world. But, to change the world, one must understand it.

Answer 66

I wish I knew the recipe for teaching students the skills needed to improve the world. It is important for them to be open-minded and to read and experience as many varied perspectives as possible. It is essential to read about cultures and beliefs that are different from one's own. Read fiction, drama, AND non-fiction in order to confront the greatest amount of varied lifestyles and experiences. Explore religions, histories, and social inequalities. Interview leaders of the community. Volunteer in a service organization.Through these actions students will find their beliefs and their passions, which will enable them to take action.

Answer 67

To Kill A Mockingbird, A Wrinkle In Time, A Lesson Before Dying, Roll of Thunder Hear my cry, Black Like Me, Of Mice and Men, The Outsiders, CATCHER IN THE RYE, The Giver, Tom Sawyer. These books enriched my life as a child and teenager. They teach history and allow your social conciousness to develop. I found myself identifying with the characters and drawing parrallels between my life and theirs. It allows you to find comfort in knowing that you are not alone.

Answer 68

Work hard to make your talents the best they could be and you will change the world. Actions go a lot further than you would expect sometimes.



World changers are people who think radically, and usually that's a bad thing. World changers also require a lot of luck to become a world changer =P

Answer 69

I think that young adults should be able to read classical works of literature, I think that they should be able to read the bible. If they want to read the dictionary for fun, well be my guest. But to ban certain books because of what they contain? It's up to the parents to decide whether or not a young person should read certain material. If a young adult wants to read Of Mice and Men, and they can understand what the theme of the story is, then let them read the book. But young adults should not be subjected to read a child's book simply because it doesn't contain anything controversial. I would hate to think that my 16 year old would have to read Charlotte's Web because a book like Catcher in the Rye would be considered subversive.

Answer 70

Personally, I think schools today perform a grave disservice to our culture by not making classical literature more accessible to students.



Think about the Greeks. Their rationality. Their groundbreaking thoughts on literature, art, politics, government, and ethics. Everything begins with the Greeks, yet the average student only learns about them in college, when it's far too late.



Instead, students are susceptible to whatever half-baked nonsense comes down the pipe, and typically lack the ability to think for themselves. Instead, students (and most adults, for that matter) simply parrot whatever they hear from their professors, celebrities, religious extremists, and political hacks on both sides of the political spectrum. Yet, with a good grounding in both logic and ethics, students today would be able to survive in a world increasingly buffetted by shrill political rhetoric and hyperbole.

Answer 71

A variety of lifestyles and cultures. A culturally-isolated child is not a world-changer.



Books! The Internet! General knowledge.



The larger a young person's exposure is to ideas, history, culture, and general knowledge, the more they are empowered for independent thought!

Answer 72

Boy-I think it's more how you interpret what you read. For example, I just finished Ayn Rand's We the Living. Great book. But as much as I agree with her point of anti-communism and the preservation of "self", I understand that her opinion is biased in the book. I really doubt it could have been as bad as the story reveals, and of course it's fiction. Young people need to learn how to look at things form both sides, believe half of what they hear, and LISTEN to others.

Answer 73

I believe a young adult can should be able to read anything that is within their reading level. When reading fiction you simply have to remember that's it's not real. I personally love the Harry Potter series, and believe they put no harm or "witchcraft" into any of our children's minds. Reading expands the mind, if we start to take away these elements we're only setting ourselves back.

Answer 74

As a former 8th grade ELA teacher (that's English/Language Arts), I frequently helped my students find materials they enjoyed reading. I don't think there is any set answer on what they SHOULD be reading. As long as we as parents, teachers, and mentors are helping our kids find books they like, we will also be opening doors to new information and new subject matter. We need to find books that are culturally diverse and also books that are culturally relevant to the particular child. Once we get our kids to LIKE reading, getting them to read across the curriculum on a diverse array of topics will follow naturally. So many of my students never had an adult help them find things they liked. We would go to the library, and they would wander aimlessly, picking up a random book when it was time to go. I would spend MY time following them around asking them questions about subjects they were interested in, tv shows they liked, movies, etc. I also gave my kids surveys to see what sort of books they liked in the past that appealed to them. Once kids are exposed to a variety of ideas in books, they will start to question the world around them. They will want change.

Answer 75

They should read pretty much everything that interests them, that challenges them and makes them think.



But they shouldn't lock themselves in books, they should get out and talk to people, and listen, really listen to what others have to say. You can't change the world unless you have that world paying attention to you, and you can't do that unless you pay attention to the world, the people, and what they are saying and what they wish you to know. If people feel you are hearing what's on their minds, and are taking it on board, they'll be willing to do their bit for you.



So courtesy comes into it in a big way, and the ability to communicate with and relate to people at all levels.

Answer 76

Young adults should read anything and everything they can! The more widely read they are, the more they have the opportunity to understand others. The more they understand others, the more they can change the world. By the way, Smartgirl, part of being smart is being respectful and helpful, not condesending.

Answer 77

I recommend “The Imagicators” by Brad Marshland. It’s all about the power of imagination to change the world. Magic isn’t about wands and spells. It’s about using one’s own mind for the creative good. A terrific read.

Answer 78

Anyone who learns to read between the lines,sees what has been deliberately left out or concealed and then gets some practical experience in the field of surviving whatever trouble comes their way,will change the world in some way.

What worries me is the large number of people who will instead do their utmost to keep the world the way it is.

Answer 79

As corny or un-cool as this sounds, I suggest,

"How to Make Friends and Influence People" by Dale Carnegie.

This may not help one change the world, but it can go a long way in making life better and more purposeful.

Answer 80

In order to solve many of the world's social and environmental problems, young adults should be learning the importance of sustainability in commerce and our daily lives. The following books are both eye-opening and inspiring:



"The Ecology of Commerce" by Paul Hawken

"Ishmael", "The Story of B", and "My Ishmael" by Daniel Quinn

"Mid-Course Correction" by Ray Anderson

"The Corporation" by Joel Bakan



These are just the few that I've read.



In terms of experience, they should be spending time outdoors, experiencing nature and other cultures. It's too easy to become trapped by our global culture, so awareness of other perspectives is crucial.

Answer 81

try to read at least three (3) news papaers each week, local-national-and something silly like weekly world news; the media is a barrometer of what other think is important.

have an open mind and experience the mind set of others befor you form an opinion

Answer 82

There are a lot but one of the most important that i have read that has changed my life is The Motorcycle Diaries. Anything about Che Guevara will change your view on the world, especially the US government.

Answer 83

To be a true leader one must first learn to follow.



To change the world, one must first learn to love.



To be a great King requires the stability of the kingdom. The stability of the kingdom requires requires the stability of the home. The stability of the home requires the stability of the mind. The stability of the mind requires the stability of the spirit.

Answer 84

In my opinion, young adults should read what is mainly in their interest. If a reader wishes to read a magazine or a newspaper article as opposed to books that emphasize knowledge, then so be it. In short, one should do what one wishes and nothing else.

Answer 85

Everything we do changes the world. If you can save the life of one person, you have changed the course of history. What your young adult should be doing is turning something they love into a way to help someone else. If they love soccer, how about starting a soccer team for at-risk children, or for adults with developmental disabilities?



Every time you help someone, or hurt them for that matter, you change the world. The question remains, are you a change for the better or for the worse?

Answer 86

Children should be a variety of ready books that provide inspiration and allows them to think creatively. In addition they should be able to know the difference between fact and fiction, but most of all, they need to enjoy what they are reading.

Answer 87

Just read...a lot, cultivate a joy of reading in many genres. History, science, fact, fiction, faith and cynicism. Read books that you disagree with, read books you love, read books on subjects you'd never even thought about before. . Find among all this reading the ones that resonate with you, that inspire and interest you and then follow your passions.

Answer 88

Read anything and everything! I simply do not believe in censoring what a child reads. If they are interested, let them read it. I was reading Stephen King books when I was in 7th grade!! The controversial book Forever by Judy Blume taught me more about sex than my parents ever did. It was real and it made me think.

As far as what kids should be seeing and experiencing, I say just get them out in the world. Take them places they've never been. Visit museums and libraries and parks. Allow them to attend schools with a variety of racial/ethnic groups.

Children should be exposed to the world, even it's ugly side. Just talk to them about it. I often watch the news and true crime shows with my kids and we talk about it. They see that there are bad people out there and they learn that there are consequences to be paid for one's actions. I want them to see the world, to be smart. These people who want to censor everything, ban everything and make it "safe for children" are doing a huge disservice to us all. Just talk to your kids. Give them some credit for being able to understand. You can't put them in bubble-wrap and expect them to know how to function in the real world when the time comes. Teach them so they can grow up and change things.

Answer 89

I think that young adults should read a variety of books. They also need to particapte in a variety of activites. The only way to know what you enjoy and enlarge your world view is to get out there and experience it.

I read classics in school, plays, Shakespeare, British and American literature. I also read trashy romance novels and popular literature such as Anne Rice. Studied about world cultures in history and sociology. I also was active in Key club(community service off shoot fo Kiwanis), National Honor Society, school muscials, chemsitry demo group(went to elementary schools to demonstrate cool experiments) and other groups. Also active in my church as it was my base with choir and youth group.

Answer 90

read history and travel the world take a year abroad to study go to japan, Africa, Australia, Fugi, Samoa, Egypt, Morocco, France, Greece and any place else you can travel. see as much of the world as you can see South American



Learn 2 foreign languages jJapanese and French are good ones

Answer 91

Hello Young Adults

Use "reading" to solve problems; therefore let go of scholastic learning in favor of finding practical solutions to your problems. This releases you from specialty learning boxes that may pre-occupy your time. (Books,movies, Internet searches, TV, newspapers, dictionary, stock market reports etc.)will supply ample reading material.)

All world-changing folks have let life as it is be the challenge and find reading, appreciating the miracles going on around them all the time, will open up the door to life.

Answer 92

It all depends on HOW you want to change the world. Hitler studied art. There are so many ways one can go with this that you can never really know how you will ultimately change the future. Jesus went into the wilderness and had a conversation with Lucifer. Look where it got Him. Look at what came of it today.

Answer 93

It is all depends on the chances and opportunities, a man gets. In addition to that his own willingness, education and exposures mould his leadership qualities.



There may be millions of great leaders but we have not identified them and give chance to show how they can change the world. I am totally againt the BORN to LEAD. - Jack

Answer 94

1-Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand

2-Democracy in America-Alexis deTocqueville

3-Crime and Punishment-Fyodor Dostoevsky

4-Free to Choose-Milton Friedman

5-The Adventures of Huck Finn-Mark Twain

Answer 95

Anything about the rest of the world. In the US, most Americans know nothing about things outside of their little world. If it doesn't affect them, they don't care. It's an easy way to live your life, only worrying about your immediate environment, but that is not why humans were put on earth. Otherwise, we are just a waste of space, and just a distructive force on the planet.

Answer 96

Whether it is a young adult reader or anyone reading, one should be able to read what he/she likes and considers a book "one that they can't put down". We want educated people in this world, let them read what they enjoy. Eventually they will come to understand what is fantasy and what is not and then there curiosity will pique and they will venture to read other books/articles.

Answer 97

Just about EVERYTHING ON THAT "BANNED BOOK LIST"!!!

Its so scary that one of the best things I did as a child- reading The Giver and Lord of the Flies, James and the Giant Peach and Huck Finn, ect. is now verboten. I think its funny that they use 'verboten'- because banning great books on something so.. well.. stupid... it is just as radical as the Nazism (NOT saying that Germans are Nazi's...)

Answer 98

Read, see and experience anything and everything you can. Do it with an open mind. When you encounter people with differing opinions, listen carefully and question openly. Don't judge. Remember that the sentence that begins, “If I were them…” can only properly end, “…I would feel/think/act exactly as they do.” Only once you learn to put yourself in another’s shoes, to truly empathize with them, can you begin to use your other experiences and knowledge to lead them to positive change.

Answer 99

Shakespeare -- unedited. For in Shakespeare lies the wide scope of human behavior -- the bad, the good, the noble, and the down right devilish rogue or "arrant knaves". Shakespeare gives readers a very good understanding of human character and the consequences that may follow very bad choices.

Answer 100

book worms cannot be world changers. to be one you need to understand life and the world in the true sense.interact with people from different walks of life and people of all ages.

most importantly believe in yourself,have confidence and remove fear off your mind and never hesitate to speak what you feel and do what you want.people who have a strong will power and ability to maintain their identity without being influenced by others can be world changers.a person with strong values and principles can change the world.

Answer 101

Every young adult, no matter their race,religion or upbringing should read "The Holy Man" by Susan Trott. It is short and an easy read but very inspiring. Brings lots of joy to my heart.

Answer 102

“The Imagicators” by Brad Marshland. It’s a fantastic book that just came out. Besides being a wonderfully written, clever story, it has strong themes of taking personal responsibility. The young people in it learn to take control of their own lives and care for a world torn apart by bickering grownups.

Answer 103

I think that there is really no set formula in creating a world-changer, and I think that we are all world-changers in our own way. I would however, encourage world travel, so that he / she can be exposed to other cultures, other philosophies, other ideologies. In order to become a world changer, one must first become aware of the world we are living in.

Answer 104

And the list could go on and on. Find something you are passionate about, study it, and try to make a difference by finding what has gone wrong and what you can do about it. And if you're interested in helping the kids in Uganda,

Answer 105

philosophy, cultural studies books particularly nietschze and to read about existentialism, travel to different places in the world, participate, get involved with their local communities, ask questions, to keep an open mind at all times, watch the news and things like that

Answer 106

it should not make any difference. The person must be genuine about their self before they can be genuine about the world and others around them. Having respect for others even if their own beliefs are at odds. notice none of this has anything to do with race or religion. we all have to live on this planet.

Answer 107

M.L. King Jr. read Gandhi and the bible, Gandhi read Thoreau and Hindu texts. Who did Thoreau read? I do not know the answer to this. But two of the greatest world changers we have ever experienced have read the Bible, Hindu texts, Ghandi's writings, and Thoreau. Enjoy, and good luck you have set wonderful goals for yourself. May you all become wonderful teachers.

Answer 108

Required reading for all of us is Ishmael by Daniel Quinn. Invites readers to truly question what their role is and how their presumptions and beliefs effect the world, and offers that a new perspective might be necessary for true progress to be made.

Answer 109

a young adult should be reading any thing thay want this a free world we live in. knowledge is makeing friends all over the world. i know i been there

Answer 110

Jack Kerouac; On the Road

Answer 111

I believe young adults should be reading about their culture, books that had some impact on this world, stuggles, but everyone has their own preference.

-Seeing..Not the news(i tell ya that)..they should travel and learn to adapt to other cultures, such as latin america, japan, africa, anything but the united states

-EXperiencing=anything they feel will become a better outcome, regardless if others think otherwise...

Answer 112

I would have to disagree. The Book of Mormon is the most correct book. The Bible is an amazing book but a lot of things have been taken out and added in. Don't think that I'm against the Bible; I read both daily.

I think kids and young adults should be able to read something that will make them better as individuals and human beings. They should read something that they enjoy. I enjoy reading books like Leven Thumps, Eragon, Harry Potter, Last of the Mohicans, and other classics. I also think that everyone has an impact on what happens in the world. It's the ripple effect.

Answer 113

Todays adults should read books that tell us about our history & help us to come closer to each other in today's strife torn world.

A good book should sensitize us towards others' views and feelings.Only studying what is prescribed in our schools and colleges will make us lopsided characters.

Answer 114

I think every young person should sign up to do some hands-on volunteer work, particularly with the needy or vulnerable. I think it would put a lot of things into perspective for them whilst they help those less fortunate than themselves, be it physically, mentally or financially.

Answer 115

Anything that awakens and explore their imagination, their ability to daydream, fantazise and make things up. We create our own world, so daydreaming is the most important education and should really be part of the school curriculum. When you realise you create your own reality, the world outside of you, then you can make it what you want/wish.

Answer 116

The Bible and The Purpose Driven Life

No other book has caused more controversy and more change in the world than the Bible. The Purpose Driven Life is also a great book to inspire and motivate any young person.

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A good book for young adults would be Lois Lowry's The Giver. Its a fantastic book and makes you think about the life you have.

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Should be reading more English poems, poetry, classic short stories and literatures and not modern ghost stories.

But classic of the17th-18th century with modern skills for their own survival on planet earth.

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At LEAST all the books on the 'most searched controversial' book list! Have we lost our minds here?? Maybe we should have a 'burn books' week too?

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Young Adults should be reading anything that makes them question and wonder about the world around them. They should be reading material about people like them and people unlike them. They should read anything that makes them want to read more and more.

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read what the world leaders today have to say.see what needs to be change in the world and experience the feeling to be a world changer.

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A child should have the right to read all of the books listed. Who has the right to decide which book is safe or not safe to read. We all read these books when we were children and nothing happened to us. Its like when we were children we went rollerskating and bike riding without helmets, knee pads, and elbow pads and nothing happened to us, but our children have to ride with everything but the kitchen sink.

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I have found very few books that enlighten you in the way that you ask. Here is one book that was very interesting and you should consider reading. "48 Laws of Power"

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In my opinion, the world is best changed one person at a time. To become a world changer, the young adult needs to begin with themselves, and then their immediate sphere of influence. Things like drug and alcohol abuse, unplanned pregnancies, violence...all those can be greatly affected if more young adults took the high road of learning, service to others, self-discipline, and reliance on a power much greater than themselves for strength and wisdom. Once those young adults move into full maturity, they will already have a spirit of community that will transcend the overriding problems in our societies and our world, and the world will indeed be changed for the better. "Love the Lord your God with all your heart mind, soul, and strength...and love your neighbor as yourself."

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Future leaders should keep up with the latest news and public opinions, learn how to consider issues reasonably and logically, and know when to stick to their guns and when it's okay to compromise.

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It's all about the time, place, who you know, and a little luck. Bill Gates and Hitler are world changers (well Hitler was evil and is dead now). Bill Gates dropped out of school and Hitler was an artist.

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They need to be experiencing life out side of them selves, with other people, interact more with anyone from all sorts of backgrounds, they should not put bounderies on their experiences...

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read important documents! i think every student should be at least familiar with the constitution and the bill of rights. the Bible also is a life changing book...





of course the book that really inspired me the most was The Book Thief. that really is about world changers! Please read it!

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Children should be left to their own devices. As long as they do nothing to phsically endanger or harm themselves or others, they should be left to themselves, generally. Each must create his own being, with as little help as possible. It is important to be a good citizen, but it is even more important to know how you can make the best of yourself and life by knowing yourself.

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biographies, of rich or famous or important people. I read one on tesla, not that i became a scientist, but some impressionable kid might. Or he might become a capatalist and defraud the hardworking scinttss and steal his ideoa.

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Amy, KIds should ask a librarian and read what type of books they like. For example, I am a bookworm and I like mysteries, adventure, and historical fiction. I also like the Harry Potter and Clique series. Why is Harry Potter one of the "banned" books???

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Young adults should have already read everything they could get their hands on as a child.

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i am a young adult and i think that we should be reading books that we like or that we choose because they help us find ourselves. I'm reading born confused and i am finding out so much about my self i cant even believe it.

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I think that it's important to find an issue that you are passionate about. For me it's children, and Africa. And so I watched the documentary "Invisible Children," and since then have been passionately doing whatever I can to raise awareness about these kids that are night-commuting to avoid being captured and forced to be child soldiers. I read as many books as I can about Africa and HIV/AIDS, because it inspires me to make a difference. Some that I recommend:



"They Poured Fire On Us From The Sky" by Benson Deng, Alepho Deng, Benjamin Ajak: Three of the "Lost Boys" from Sudan recount how they walked miles and miles because they were forced out of their village, and lost almost everything except for each other.



"We Are All The Same" by Jim Wooten, about a boy living in South Africa infected with AIDS from birth, and how he and his adopted mother changed the way AIDS was seen in that country



"And The Band Played On" by Randy Shilts, about the spread of the AIDS epidemic in America. Gripping reading.



"We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families" by Phillip Gourevitch. Tragic recounting of the genocide in Rwanda, by an excellent journalist.



And the list could go on and on. Find something you are passionate about, study it, and try to make a difference by finding what has gone wrong and what you can do about it. And if you're interested in helping the kids in Uganda, check out www.invisiblechildren.com and do something. There's also the Uganda Lobby Day coming up in Washington, DC, and what better chance to make a difference than to sit down with your elected officials and lobby for a change?

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Read EVERYTHING!! Books, news, studies, everything!



If you want a book that will really piss you off and make you want to do something for your fellow man read 'Confessions of an Economic Hitman' by John Perkins.

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the bible for one. a young adult or even a child should be able to read anything that they want within reason. nothing that is xxx rated or you yourself won't read let your child pick what interests them the newspaper for world events helps. let them experience life by helping in a soup kitchen not reading about it get them involved in church activities visiting retirement homes things like that thats how you start a child on the path to changing the world

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Aristotle, Augustus, and Shakespeare

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Whatever they can get their hands on, particularly the classics. Also, smart_babe needs to check her own grammar, punctuation, etc, before criticizing others.

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world travel, community servicem reading great literature, exposin themselves to all cultures, learning new languages, studying world leaders. read jack kerouac, f. scott fitzgerald, jrr tolkien, steinbeck, and bradbury. immerse themselves in world history, not just western civilization. always expose themselves to new foods new ideas new philosophies and new people.

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We all have no choice but to change the world. Just our presence creates change. Do you think that your birth did not change lives, and the world?

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Anything that's well written. The best way to improve vocabulary and writing skills is through reading.

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Wow, except for one rude answer and one funny one.... there were some really good answers here.

Its nice to see people responding to questions like this, and in this way.

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Read ANYTHING & EVERYTHING. Study something, then go SEE it for yourself. Take no ones word for it. Experience yourself, then learn from what you've read, seen, and experienced. Don't let someone else tell you how it is.

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I feel anyone should be exposed to anything they are mature enough to deal with, without compromising there principal as a person.

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they should read be reading anything (with limits of course)

even if it is a comic book it will help the with there reading skills they will spend less time watching tv ect.. And if encouraged to read anything hopefully as time passes they will enjoy books and read thoughout thier life.reading books should be seen as a positvie even if you yourself would not read it. You should always encourage books.

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He should be reading the Bible to get a good grounding in morals...he should see the suffering around him and understand that "there but for the grace of God, go I" and get off his butt and do something about it.The only ;experience he needs is experience in loving his fellow humans. you see a need...you try to fill it...or find someone who can....... you don't have to go halfway around the world to make a change..there is suffering and need in your own back yard..take care of that first. Love begins at home.

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Fields of study that will help make young adults world changers (for the better is implied here) include but are not limited to a study of enneagrams, course work in negotiations, a study of all current world religions with none being proffered as the right one, historical studies to understand the roots of current conflicts, and other courses designed to give thought to ways to make Peace as profitable or more profitable than war.

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The Holy Qur'an

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"Hung by the Tongue" is the best book someone could ever read to become a world changer

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You cannot learn to be a world leader. Being a world leader is natural. If you are destined to be a world leader, you will become one. Let your destiny lead your way.

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Doing volunteer work in your community - tutoring, feeding the hungry, building homes (Habitat), helping the elderly.

http://www.volunteermatch.org (in the USA)

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The Alchemist, its a great book

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Dianetics

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a grammar book and a dictionary for those who seek to ask questions questions on Yahoo answers answers.

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the autobiography of Ernest Smithers

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You really need someone to tell you what to read? Read what you find interesting. There is no right or wrong thing to be doing, just what is good for you.

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Anything and everything...The newspaper, political books,phycology books, economics..

you have to have an extremely wide knowledge base of everything.

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They need to see, feel and experience everything they possibly can. Reading history and social studies books. Learn more about the past than the present. They should avoid printed and t.v. news as they are biased, one way or another. They should look for answers from their elders. There is more to learn from the past than from current events.

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Rich Dad Poor Dad, will teach you not to work for money but to let money work for you so your not trapped in the same habits as mom and dad. Get up go to work pay bills..repeat

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the young adult must, MUST have a complete knowlegde of the works of Motorhead. For without this life has no meaning.

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They need to get exposed to the real world and see their community as a place where they are needed...they need to be open to new ideas and be willing to learn new things at school...question everything they see or hear...

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i think that kids should read the books that interest them because if they don't like the book they are not going to learn anything from it

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As much as possible - but always with an engaged mind and heart.

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Everything he/she can get their hands on.



Your question is giving me a headache. Repeating "to become" is kinda freaky to see on a featured question.

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books that deal on good manners and right conduct. or those that make him a better person if not the best.

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Readers of that age and any age should be encouraged to follow their interests.

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i think we all are capable of world change...but most don't use it...to scared to be different....all of us want the world to be a better place, but are we willing to do the work???

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learn all you can about every possible thing,just allways remember to try to improve the good and try to learn from the bad,without having to experience it

Answer 169

Start with 'Private Parts' by Howard Stern.

Answer 170

A young adult should spend two weeks/month in the following environments:



- nature living and working with wildlife land & sea

- travel around their own country as a tourist but walking and limited budget of 50 euros a day.

- travel around Asia at grass roots

- USA

- USSR

- and to question anything that they feel is wrong or why this/these things have come about.

Answer 171

Any book you want.



There is no standard book out there.

Answer 172

we should be reading what we want

why should we be told what to read and how to think?

it's not logical, through choosing your own books

and such, you explore your own pathways and expand knowledge

of everything!

just because you learn one thing, it doesn't mean you can't be world-changing, your own opinions help you more than one type of thinking

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READ ALL ABOUT THE INVIROMENT WE LIVE IN AND HOW MAN IS POLUTING IT AND FIND OUT HOW WE CANT STOP THIS,BECAUSE IF WE DONT BRING ABOUT CHANGE TO THIS SOON,THEN NOTHING ELSE WILL MATTER,AS THERE WILL BE NOTHING LEFT TO CHANGE

Answer 174

Before I would recommend anything else, the Bible... then I might suggest:

The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical by Shane Claiborne

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World Changers are Born, Not Made. You cannot force someone to be something they werent meant to be.

Answer 176

Books which are challenging to them. history based books are good too.

Answer 177

"Animal Liberation" by Peter Singer and "No Logo" by Naomi Klein

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It is widely known and accepted, one should read an Autobiography every week and especially a good percentage should be business related. The entrepreneurs of our society, for example Richard Branson, Charles Forte, both of whom are self-made. These would be my first suggestions, there are many to choose from, all successful in their own right.

Answer 179

All the banned books.

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A little of everything. There isnt one specific thing to read. Get as much in as possible and learn as much as you can about everything.

This way you know how and what you feel about each thing that may come up in your future and how to handle it.

That is what will make you great.

Answer 181

First of all, I would like to offer a rebuttal to a particularly unpleasant answer posted by smart_babe. Punctuality refers to the act or habit of being on time for an appointment or engagement. It has nothing to do with the symbols used in English for structuring sentences (i.e.: punctuation marks). Additionally, the letter "i" when referring to yourself (as in: I'm afraid) is always capitalized. Your ill-conceived attempt to deride Ms. Green's question only enlightens us all to the great failure of our school system to provide, in addition to an understanding of the language we speak, training in polite discourse. I thank you for bringing this to our attention.



As for Ms. Green's question, the best way for young adults to become world-changers is to learn as much as they can about the world in which they live. Religious, philosophical, political, and cultural studies enable us to understand each other and our differences. History provides the circumstances surrounding the development of our various attitudes and cultural peculiarities. Without this knowledge, achieving cooperation across political and ideological barriers becomes infinitely more difficult.



Young adults should have a thorough understanding of math and scientific principles, as they are the foundation upon which technological advancements are made. Life sciences, such as biology and ecology, emphasize our relationships with not only other members of our own species, but with all forms of life. These are important areas of study for our youth in that they will have to deal with the global climate crisis that we Americans, in our indolent dedication to convenience, have chosen to perpetuate instead of solve.



Finally, young adults should not be indoctrinated by parents, teachers, politicians, role models, etc. to believe that there is only one true way of viewing the world. This breeds contempt for other ideas and perspectives and will ultimately prevent our youth from positively impacting the world by prolonging the status quo. Young adults, indeed all of us, need a strong understanding of ethics on which to base decision making. This can be provided by strong parental figures that take an active, positive role early, and continue in that role throughout their children's lives. Parents should discuss what their teenagers are reading, and raise any objections in open conversation with them, but should not try to censor or limit the information available based on their own biases or notions of appropriateness.



For literature, I recommend the following books:

"To Kill A Mockingbird" - Harper Lee

"Slaughterhouse Five" - Kurt Vonnegut

"I Heard The Owl Call My Name" - Margaret Craven

"Cosmos" and "Contact" - Carl Sagan

"A Sand County Almanac" - Aldo Leopold

"Desert Solitaire" and "The Monkeywrench Gang" - Edward Abbey

"Silent Spring" - Rachel Carson

"Hearts in Atlantis" - Stephen King

"Hamlet", "MacBeth", and "Henry V" - William Shakespeare

"The Illustrated Man" - Ray Bradbury

"War and Peace" - Leo Tolstoy

"For Whom The Bell Tolls" and "The Old Man And The Sea" - Ernest Hemingway

"The Grapes of Wrath" - John Steinbeck

"On The Road" - Jack Kerouac

"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" - Mark Twain

"Walden" - Henry David Thoreau

Answer 182

watch



this guy man of the century



and falow if wana change the world

Answer 183

Power of the subconscious mind.

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Everything you do changes the world, no matter how "small" the changes are.

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i don't think it's so much reading, seeing or experiencing. it's about acquiring leadership. wherever one can get that leadership quality- leaders get it from different places; some from inside themself. there are books you can read on leadership, but it's like any other kind of change within a person...ultimately it's difficult and you have to do it yourself. there are born leaders, sure. for them it's easier. but, if you want to change the world, you have to lead.

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Anything they want to read.

Desire is the key to true education.

Answer 187

knowledge is power!!! knowledge=wisdom, the more knowledge, the more power in your hands!

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The Holy Bible, for reading, if funds available, travel throughout remote parts of the United States, such as Indian Reservations, Appalachian Mountains, Washington, Oregon, Maine.Then cities such as New York San Francisco. Miami, Chiago. The Encyclopedia has so much useful info. you would never think to ask about or perhaps wonder about. If one could have the advantage to travel abroad, other abundent countries and others that are in strife, de humanizing and soulfully sad with hunger, poverty sickness . It would open the eyes of why Terrorism must be stopped and met at the Devils doorstep. No one should live in tyranny and fear. No one should have to hide in the daylight instead of playing in the sun. We take our liberties for granted and forget is God's Blessing, that we must GIVE THANKS for every hour of every day.The conflicts of the Beauty and the Ugliness of our world involving religous beliefs, democracy, freedom. The global warming caused by pollution, fires, man made chemical being dumped into the seas. Our diminishing wildlife, forests, fish, foul. "Mother Earth Takes a Beating from it's main inhabitants...MAN " As Princess Di said "Yet looking upon the eyes of the innocent children in the world all makes it worth while" to try to make a difference so these children will be empowered with the ability and knowledge and freedom to make a difference in their homelands. Planting one seed at a time, can make a difference.Every Parent in the world can plant that seed to make a difference and IS A PARENT'S RESPONSIBILITY to do so, but IT IS NOTBEING DONE obviously, enough. These are just words, Actions speak louder than words. It is easy to speak, or write them, that is what World Leaders do best. Make yourself smarter than them and Vote! Educate yourself on the best candidate for the job, not the smoothest talker or best looking one...People! Please! Take your children to the voting polls let them see you be part of OUR democratic system, responsible to making a contribution, a voice! Do community service such a clean up, or Habitat for humanity. Collect for the needy and donate to the Salvation or Goodwill or your favorite local charity. ARE there families in need in your community? Get together with others and help them OUT!There is really no right or wrong way to answer the question because it would take a dedicated lifetime to be a world-changer. Whatever your religion is start with that choice of reading from cover to cover, ok? This IS NOT about Religion, it is about being Human and making a difference and HOW a Young Person MIght Achieve this. Whatever gives Your soul Peace! Beauty comes from within, so you must fill yourself Spiritually inside, then fill yourself with knowledge, and visual memories to experience first hand what you are trying to change.in our world about. Personally... World Hunger, Poverty and Personal Freedom are on my top three lists. I believe everyone has the right to eat and feed their families with dignity. I believe everyone in this 21st Century should be able to live in dignity, with decent housing, medical access, which by the way remember in the next election, that MRS. Hillary Clinton swore during Bill Clinton's first four years SHE PERSONALLY would have a new Medical Reform and Change and Provide for ALL to have Medical Funding and Care. THAT my friends lasted a few months then got swept under the rug, "hushed up" like the dirty little Lewinsky scandal. Then the "Clintons", moved to New York ..so she could become a Senator and set herself up to run for President in 2008. These are NOT Honest people we are dealing with. These are people that will say and do and work with "other Corp. Businesses" for the "under the rug favors" once in the White House that ultimately you and I pay for by way of Tax Dollars and Cuts in other Programs needed for our Communities and Families. It IS ALL TRUE! ...Follow the DOTTED LINES PEOPLE!.....Please no more Clintons in the White House . Not Hil..Liar..ry!..(sorry got off track).I did not want to go political, yet it is part of the answer when it comes to how to arm yourself with knowledge, it is so complex. So Yes THIS IS ONE THING ALL OF US CAN DO IN 2008 NOT LET THIS HAPPEN TO US!!!!,,TALK about having the WOOL PULLED OVER AMERICA"S EYES! Are we all stupid? I do not think so! We have got to get better Leaders that stand for US in the Congress and Hear US in the SENATE and Lead US in the White House and Protect US in OUR OWN COUNTRY! We believe so many things with "blind Faith" instead of educating ourselves and then when we find out it was all a lie we get really mad at the ones who were able to lead us down the Liars path! We should instead be mad at ourselves for not being better prepared and asking the right questions and having the correct information ready in front of us to protect our families and ouselves from these "wolves in sheeps clothings." DON'T YOU SEE? Being armed with Knowledge, Information, Empowers You. That kind of power is what makes world changes one step at a time.....This is NOT a debate it is just one womans' opinion, someone who has lived and learned in the College of Hard Knocks and has been around the blocks a few times and has been able to raise three sons, good decent men now, that have blessed me with 5 grandchildren( four born within 4 monhts of each other)! 3 boys and a girl (twin brother and sister) all now 7 and another little girl age 3. So I have an investment, I have to make sure along with their parents that these 5 young gifts from God grow strong and self reliant and honest into giving , decent responsible loving and caring adult people armed with everything they can learn and see and do and become whatever they want to be in this Free society of our Great Country, so they also will one day want to make a difference in this world!.....Thank You for taking the time to read this, Peace to all, good health and Blessings go with you.........Sus

Answer 189

Hey Norman, I believe the word you were looking for is ENVIORNMENT.

Answer 190

A better question: What should they avoid reading?

Answer: NOTHING.

Answer 191

Okay, I am going to check out the site, but a thought that came to my mind immediately is strong parental example.

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the world and it's people.

Answer 193

The BIBLE, number one best seller. Reading this could help you "change the world."

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They should try to read their subconscience, they should see themselves for what they really are, they should experience everything they possibly can and they should BE THE CHANGE THEY WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD.

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flowers for algernon

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I guess you could start by picking up any major city newspaper and read it... You will find loads of hints on what needs to be changed for the better... not just locally but worldwide...

Answer 197

Good luck with this conjecture.

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Self Help Books. Chicken Soup for the soul. Books that combine spiritual and financial concepts for the betterment of mankind. Multiple streams of income by Robert G. Allen. The one minute millionaire. Cracking the millionaire code. Don't worry make money. These are all books I've read, and found very helpful. As for experiences. One must always focus on their dreams. The Secret: The Law of Attraction (www.thesecret.tv) and What the Bleep Do we know? are both two movies that invest in the minds of those who watch it. It's a very valuable thing for any human to absorb for they both focus on expanding human potential, and overall making the world a better place for everyone. Simply being positive, and choosing to be a fixer instead of a complainer, takes all of these aspects and rolls them into one. But most of all, I'd have to say Mentorship. There's no sure-fire way to become what it is you want to become more or less than being taught by someone who's already done it. Not that bill gates would a lot tutoring sessions, I'm sure the ideals and techniques are presented at a smaller scale by a lot of more common business people who would be proud of an apprentice. With this type of knowledge, you'll be able to become exactly what you want in this world.

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maths,physics and computers

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absolutely everything and anything that he comes across or has access to.

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the bible....the truth of God...that's what changes lives and do miracles- im proof of it

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nietzche

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chesterton

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Anything they can get their hands on...

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the best world changers seem to come out of no-where. This person should be reading what is of interest and come back and tell us.

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The Bible

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reading: the wind

seeing: his/her garden grow

experiencing: the divine bliss of every moment





WE ARE ALL WORLD CHANGERS!!! SO, HOW DO YOU WANT THE WORLD TO BE?? ANYONE WHO THINKS THAT WHAT THEY DO DOES NOT AFFECT THE WORLD AS A WHOLE IS FOOLING THEMSELVES

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The Bible so teens can learn about there God and savor.

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Truth, you can not just expect someone to learn how to be a great leader and have the ability to change the world.

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The life story of Che Guevara.

A man who literally fought and died for Social Justice

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Read the bible, it holds all the answers.

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There is no recipe for becoming a world changer, some are, most aren't, and it's just as well.

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bible

news

politics

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you should read the bible

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Jesus was the greatest and is still known today as the greatest world changer ever. He started with 12 followers and today 2000+ years later, is still gaining in popularity. He can be read about in the Bible, which by chance is proven to be the most accurate historical document in existence bar none. His life is a great example of a world changer.

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The young adult should start their studies with the Great Books. Great Books refers to a curriculum and a book list. Mortimer Adler lists three criteria for including a book on the list:



the book has contemporary significance; that is, it has relevance to the problems and issues of our times;

the book is inexhaustible; it can be read again and again with benefit; and

the book is relevant to a large number of the great ideas and great issues that have occupied the minds of thinking individuals for the last 25 centuries.

--(Adler, "Second Look", pg 142)





The following is an example list from How to Read a Book by Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren. (1940, 1972)



Homer: Iliad, Odyssey

The Old Testament

Aeschylus: Tragedies

Sophocles: Tragedies

Herodotus: History

Euripides: Tragedies

Thucydides: History of the Peloponnesian War

Hippocrates: Medical Writings

Aristophanes: Comedies

Plato: Dialogues

Aristotle: Works

Epicurus: 'Letter to Herodotus';'Letter to Menoecus'

Euclid: Elements

Archimedes: Works

Apollonius: Conic Sections

Cicero: Works

Lucretius: On the Nature of Things

Virgil: Works

Horace: Works

Livy: History of Rome

Ovid: Works

Plutarch: Parallel Lives; Moralia

Tacitus: Histories; Annals; Agricola Germania

Nicomachus of Gerasa: Introduction to Arithmetic

Epictetus: Discourses; Encheiridion

Ptolemy: Almagest

Lucian: Works

Marcus Aurelius: Meditations

Galen: On the Natural Faculties

The New Testament

Plotinus: The Enneads

St. Augustine: On the Teacher; Confessions; City of God; On Christian Doctrine

The Song of Roland

The Nibelungenlied

The Saga of Burnt Njál

St. Thomas Aquinas: Summa Theologica

Dante Alighieri: The New Life; On Monarchy; The Divine Comedy

Geoffrey Chaucer: Troilus and Criseyde; The Canterbury Tales

Leonardo da Vinci: Notebooks

Niccolò Machiavelli: The Prince; Discourses on the First Ten Books of Livy

Desiderius Erasmus: The Praise of Folly

Nicolaus Copernicus: On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres

Thomas More: Utopia

Martin Luther: Table Talk; Three Treatises

Francois Rabelais: Gargantua and Pantagruel

John Calvin: Institutes of the Christian Religion

Michel de Montaigne: Essays

William Gilbert: On the Loadstone and Magnetic Bodies

Miguel de Cervantes: Don Quixote

Edmund Spenser: Prothalamion; The Faerie Queene

Francis Bacon: Essays; Advancement of Learning; Novum Organum, New Atlantis

William Shakespeare: Poetry and Plays

Galileo Galilei: The Starry Messenger; Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences

Johannes Kepler: Epitome of Copernican Astronomy; Concerning the Harmonies of the World

William Harvey: On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals; On the Circulation of the Blood; On the Generation of Animals

Thomas Hobbes: The Leviathan

Rene Descartes: Rules for the Direction of the Mind; Discourse on the Method; Geometry; Meditations on First Philosophy

John Milton: Works

Moliere: Comedies

Blaise Pascal: The Provincial Letters; Pensees; Scientific Treatises

Christiaan Huygens: Treatise on Light

Benedict de Spinoza: Ethics

John Locke: Letter Concerning Toleration; 'Of Civil Government'; Essay Concerning Human Understanding; Thoughts Concerning Education

Jean Baptiste Racine: Tragedies

Isaac Newton: Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy; Optics

Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz: Discourse on Metaphysics; New Essays Concerning Human Understanding; Monadology

Daniel Defoe: Robinson Crusoe

Jonathan Swift: A Tale of a Tub; Journal to Stella; Gulliver's Travels; A Modest Proposal

William Congreve: The Way of the World

George Berkeley: Principles of Human Knowledge

Alexander Pope: Essay on Criticism; Rape of the Lock; Essay on Man

Charles de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu: Persian Letters; Spirit of Laws

Voltaire: Letters on the English; Candide; Philosophical Dictionary

Henry Fielding: Joseph Andrews; Tom Jones

Samuel Johnson: The Vanity of Human Wishes; Dictionary; Rasselas; The Lives of the Poets

David Hume: Treatise on Human Nature; Essays Moral and Political; An Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding

Jean-Jacques Rousseau: On the Origin of Inequality; On the Political Economy; Emile, The Social Contract

Laurence Sterne: Tristram Shandy; A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy

Adam Smith: The Theory of Moral Sentiments; The Wealth of Nations

Immanuel Kant: Critique of Pure Reason; Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals; Critique of Practical Reason; The Science of Right; Critique of Judgment; Perpetual Peace

Edward Gibbon: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire; Autobiography

James Boswell: Journal Life of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D.

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier: Elements of Chemistry

Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison: Federalist Papers

Jeremy Bentham: Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation; Theory of Fictions

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust; Poetry and Truth

Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier: Analytical Theory of Heat

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel: Phenomenology of Spirit; Philosophy of Right; Lectures on the Philosophy of History

William Wordsworth: Poems

Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Poems; Biographia Literaria

Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice; Emma

Karl von Clausewitz: On War

Stendhal: The Red and the Black; The Charterhouse of Parma; On Love

Lord Byron: Don Juan

Arthur Schopenhauer: Studies in Pessimism

Michael Faraday: Chemical History of a Candle; Experimental Researches in Electricity

Charles Lyell: Principles of Geology

Auguste Comte: The Positive Philosophy

Honore de Balzac: Pere Goriot; Eugenie Grandet

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Representative Men; Essays; Journal

Nathaniel Hawthorne: The Scarlet Letter

Alexis de Tocqueville: Democracy in America

John Stuart Mill: A System of Logic; On Liberty; Representative Government; Utilitarianism; The Subjection of Women; Autobiography

Charles Darwin: The Origin of Species; The Descent of Man; Autobiography

Charles Dickens: Works

Claude Bernard: Introduction to the Study of Experimental Medicine

Henry David Thoreau: Civil Disobedience; Walden

Karl Marx: Capital

George Eliot: Adam Bede; Middlemarch

Herman Melville: Moby Dick; Billy Budd

Fyodor Dostoevsky: Crime and Punishment; The Idiot; The Brothers Karamazov

Gustave Flaubert: Madame Bovary; Three Stories

Henrik Ibsen: Plays

Leo Tolstoy: War and Peace; Anna Karenina; What is Art?; Twenty-Three Tales

Mark Twain: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; The Mysterious Stranger

William James: The Principles of Psychology; The Varieties of Religious Experience; Pragamatism; Essays in Radical Empiricism

Henry James: The American; The Ambassadors

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche: Thus Spoke Zarathustra; Beyond Good and Evil; The Genealogy of Morals; The Will to Power

Jules Henri Poincare: Science and Hypothesis; Science and Method

Sigmund Freud: The Interpretation of Dreams; Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis; Civilization and Its Discontents; New Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis

George Bernard Shaw: Plays and Prefaces

Max Planck: Origin and Development of the Quantum Theory; Where Is Science Going?; Scientific Autobiography

Henri Bergson: Time and Free Will; Matter and Memory; Creative Evolution; The Two Sources of Morality and Religion

John Dewey: How We Think; Democracy and Education; Experience and Nature; Logic; the Theory of Inquiry

Alfred North Whitehead:. An Introduction to Mathematics; Science and the Modern World; The Aims of Education and Other Essays; Adventures of Ideas

George Santayana: The Life of Reason; Skepticism and Animal Faith; Persons and Places

Lenin: The State and Revolution

Marcel Proust: Remembrance of Things Past

Bertrand Russell: The Problems of Philosophy; The Analsysis of Mind; An Inquiry into Meaning and Truth; Human Knowledge, Its Scope and Limits

Thomas Mann: The Magic Mountain; Joseph and His Brothers

Albert Einstein: The Meaning of Relativity; On the Method of Theoretical Physics; The Evolution of Physics

James Joyce: 'The Dead' in Dubliners; Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man; Ulysses

Jacques Maritain: Art and Scholasticism; The Degrees of Knowledge; The Rights of Man and Natural Law; True Humanism

Franz Kafka: The Trial; The Castle

Arnold J. Toynbee: A Study of History; Civilization on Trial

Jean Paul Sartre: Nausea; No Exit; Being and Nothingness

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: The First Circle; The Cancer Ward

Answer 217

Porn, anal sex and orgies. hmmm is there a theme developing here....

Answer 218

probably not yahoo answers

Answer 219

Slim 6 sigma, or 6 sigma.



The dictionary,

A bible,



And read about anything they want to improve.

Answer 220

if we knew that we would all be changing the world.

Answer 221

READ MAD MAGAZINES !!

Answer 222

The bible

Starving children India

loving thy neighbour

respect

Answer 223

everything, and everything else.

Answer 224

HIS STUDIES WILL LEAD TO DEEPER UNDERSTANDING SO LONG AS HE READS HIS SCHOOL/COLLEGE BOOKS

ALL THIS BASED ON HOW WELL HE IS BEING GROOMED

Answer 225

In the spirit of "Banned Books Week," here's a list of lesser-known material for intelligent people in high school or college who aspire to change the world, and are ready to branch out past the Bible, the Federalist Papers, War and Peace, the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and the Koran. (I'm a librarian who loves to read).



Any one of these books might have enough lessons learned to carry you throughout your career ...





BASICS



Basic Research Needs to Ensure a Secure Energy Future

http://www.er.doe.gov/bes/reports/abstracts.html#SEF



Worldchanging.com

http://www.worldchanging.com/



Social Design Notes

http://www.backspace.com/notes/



Ode Magazine



Rules for Radicals, by Saul Alinsky

http://www.itvs.org/democraticpromise/legacy1.html



The Fall of the Imam, by Nawal El-Saadawi

Knowing Our Rights: Women, Family, Laws and Customs in the Muslim World,

by the International Solidarity Network



An Inconvenient Truth, by Al Gore

Green Mars, by Kim Stanley Robinson

Data Trash: the Theory of the Virtual Class,

by Arthur Kroker and Michael A. Weinstein



Warday, by Whitney Streber

Anything written by Ralph Peters or Anthony Cordesman

Revolution for the Hell of it, by Abbie Hoffman



Preventing Deadly Conflict,

by the Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict

http://www.amazon.com/Preventing-Deadly-Conflict-Carnegie-Commission/dp/1885039018





POVERTY AND DEVELOPMENT



The End of Poverty, by Jeffery Sachs

Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, by John Perkins

The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid, by C.K. Prahalad

Germinal, by Emile Zola

Christopher Howard's Living & Investing in the New Nicaragua

Water for the World, Rural Water/Sanitation Projects,

by Peace Corps Information Collection and Exchange





ORGANIZING PEOPLE



Rules for Radicals, by Saul Alinsky



Concensus and Facilitated Meetings (one page)

http://www.txgreens.org/gpt/concensus.htm



The Teenage Liberation Handbook, by Grace Llewellyn

Be Here Now, by Ram Dass

Secrets of the Cuna Earthmother, by Clyde E. Keeler

Being Peace, by Thich Nhat Hanh

The Dalai Lama, A Policy of Kindness

Pax Democratica, by James Robert Huntley

Pedagogy of the Oppressed, by Paulo Freire

Teaching as a Subversive Activity, by Neil Postman

I Ching Workbook, by R.L. Wing

Scrying for Beginners, by Donald Tyson

Leaving Microsoft to Change the World, by John Wood

The Bureaucratic Entrepreneur, by Richard N. Haas

Nexus, by Mark Buchanan

Emergence, by Steve Johnson

The Franklin Time Management System

The United States Navy SEALs Workout Guide, by Bill Fawcett

A Spymaster's Secrets of Learning a Foreign Language,

by Graham Fuller

McGraw Hill el GED en Espanol

Plato's Symposium, Robin Warfield translation

Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words,

by Peace Pilgrim

The Peace Book, by Louise Diamond

Nonviolent Resistance (Satyagraha), by Gandhi





ORGANIZING PEOPLE (FOR GEEKS ONLY)

Innovation and the Knowledge Economy: Issues, Applications, Case Studies,

by P. Cunningham





COOKING FOOD



Tassajara Cooking, by Edward Espe Brown

Diet for a Small Planet, by Frances Moore Lappe

Transition to Vegetarianism, by Rudolph Ballentine

The Joy of Cooking, Irma S. Rombauer

Mitisam Cafe

http://www.nmai.si.edu/subpage.cfm?subpage=dc&second=visitor&third=inside#museumcafe





ENVIRONMENTAL



APO Handbook on Green Productivity

http://www.apo-tokyo.org/gp/51ebooks.htm



Ecotopia, by Ernest Callenbach

The Millenium Whole Earth Catalog

Green Mars, by Kim Stanley Robinson

Antarctica, by Kim Stanley Robinson

Headbirths, by Gunther Grass

Always Coming Home, by Ursula K. Le Guin

Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900, by Alfred W. Crosby





HISTORICAL



INDONESIA/HIGH SCHOOL LIFE

This Earth of Mankind, by Pramoyeda Ananta Toer



CHINA/TAIWAN

Widow of Que-Moy, by Jeff Chen



AFGHANISTAN

Charlie Wilson's War, by George Cryle



WORLD WAR II

A World to Win, by Upton Sinclair

Presidential Agent, by Upton Sinclair

Slaughterhouse Five, by Kurt Vonnegut



WORLD WAR I

The Secrets of the German War Office, by Armgaard Karl Graves

Vagabonding Through Changing Germany, by Harry A. Frank



BEATNIKS/CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS

Tales of Beatnik Glory, by Ed Sanders



CAMBODIA

A Wilderness Called Peace, by Edmund Keeley



VIETNAM WAR

The Air War in Indochina, by Cornell University Air War Study Group



VIETNAM

An Anthology of Vietnamese Poems, by Hyunh Sanh Hong



THAILAND

Bangkok Tattoo, by John Burdette



NIGERIA

Survive the Peace, by Cyprian Ekwensi



NICARAGUA 1980s

The Jaguar Smile, by Salman Rushdie

The Death of Ben Linder, by Joan Kruckewitt

Peasants In Arms, by Lynn Horton



INDIA

Nectar in a Sieve, by Kamala Markandaya



EGYPT/STUDENTS

Blue Aubergine, by Miral al-Tahawy



1960s STUDENT MOVEMENT

The Strawberry Statement, Notes of a College Revolutionary, by James S. Kunen

Reading Lolita in Teheran, by Azar Nafisi

Democracy from the Heart, by Gregory Navala Calvert



COLLEGE STUDENTS/THE DRAFT

Hippies, by Peter Jedick



CHINA/GAY MOVEMENT

Tongzhi, by Wah-Shan Chou



BASIC MEDICAL CARE/CHINA

The Barefoot Doctor's Manual



SEX/YOUNG PEOPLE/ORIGINS OF WELFARE

The Revolt of Modern Youth, by Judge Lindsey, 1925

http://www.amazon.com/Revolt-Modern-Youth-Americana-Library/dp/0295952989



GERMANY/TERRORISM

The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum, by Heinrich Boll



THE BLANK SPOTS ON THE MAP

Robert Young Pelton's The World's Most Dangerous Places



GULF WAR CIVILIAN CASUALTIES

Needless Deaths in the Gulf War, by Middle East Watch



SPANISH CONQUEST/ADVENTURE

The Conquest of New Spain, by Bernal Diaz del Castillo



NUCLEAR/MILITARY

Big Red, The Three-Month Voyage of a Trident Nuclear Submarine,

by Douglas C. Waller

Come Together Right Now, by Bruce Gagnon

"I Saw It," comic book by Keiji Nakazawa

The Fog of War, Robert MacNamara (movie/DVD)



COLOMBIA

The Red Dance/El Baile Rojo, DVD



RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

War and Revolution, by Max Eastman



SOVIET UNION/ANTI-NUCLEAR

The First Guidebook to Prisons and Concentration Camps of the Soviet Union,

by Avraham Shifrin



CAPITALISM/SOCIALISM

The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism,

by Bernard Shaw



THE GREAT DEPRESSION

Ripening: Selected Work, 1927-1980, by Meridel Le Suer



LIFE OF A SLAVE TRADER

Los Pilotos de Altura, by Pio Baroja

(Has someone found this in English?)



AMERICAN REVOLUTION

Three Harbors, F. Van Wyck Mason



NATIVE AMERICANS

Ohitika Woman, by Mary Brave Bird

The Death and Rebirth of the Seneca, by Anthony F.C. Wallace

No Word for Time: The Way of the Algonquin People,

by Evan T. Pritchard

Ceremony, by Leslie Marmon Silko



WOMEN/AFRICAN AMERICANS

Women, Race, and Class, by Angela Davis



BLACK PANTHERS

The Black Panthers Speak, edited by Philip S. Foner



CHICANO POETRY

The Concrete River, by Luis J. Rodriguez



A BLACK AFRICAN SAILOR

Equiano's Travels, by Olaudah Equiano



THE FOUNDING OF GREENPEACE

Warriors of the Rainbow, by Robert Hunter

Answer 226

"VIKING RULZ!!!!"

Answer 227

True world changers are born, not made. It is a natural gift. All they see, read and experience is carefully analysed, digested and kept regardless of its content. They are a very rare breed indeed.They are out there, but where!

Answer 228

Read _The Kitab-i-Iqan_ by Baha'u'llah (Mirza Husayn Ali of Nur).