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Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear: Don McIver at TEDxABQ

1,603 views · Published 28 October 2012 · 6:27 · Indexed 6 October 2026

Channel: TEDx Talks · 2012 · Nonprofits & Activism

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Frustrated with repair bills, long commutes, and never having enough time for friends, conversation, and living the way he wanted, Don McIver lept into carlessness.  As a result, he's found his life to be much fuller. Perhaps, he asks, the distance between what we think we can do and what we actually do is closer than it at first appears. McIver is a poet, monologist, essayist, teacher, manager, organizer, bicyclist and Basic Human Needs award winner.

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