You Know I'm a Christian and I've Been Through a Spectrum Class and It's a Good Thing Because It Was So Much More Than a Materialistic One.

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The internet is a chaotic place man yeah so i guess what i'm advocating for all the time is this old world idea of religions to say can we please have some good conversation. Our system is no longer serving the needs of the new economy and so watch Amazon Google they're going to get in the education business because they need a certain type of thinker. I want you to be creative but not like fixed thinking that does not serve our consumer needs, he says.

John Heers is the Co-Founder and Director of the First Things Foundation, and the host of the podcast, Why Are We Talking About Rabbits?

The First Things Foundation is a non-profit organization that takes young people from the “new world” of the West to the “old world” of developing countries where they immerse, learn the language, and connect with local entrepreneurs and helps empower them to spur organic, ground-up development in their communities. They have active projects in Guatemala, Sierra Leone, the Georgia Republic, Ethiopia, and Appalachia near and dear to me here in the Rust Belt of the United States.

John has a Master's Degree in History from Columbia University. Previous to First Things Foundation, John worked overseas serving the Peace Corps as a water resource manager in Mali, oversaw emergency relief in the Georgian Republic, and taught history for 9 years in South Bronx and Harlem in New York City and Haiti.

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