Re: “Power of light; Denver inventor may change world with solar-powered bulb,” July 10 news story.
It’s people like Stephen Katsaros, the inventor of the solar-powered light bulb, who renew my faith in America. This guy should get the Nobel Peace Prize, and Humanitarian of the Year Award, if there is such a thing. This amazing man is the personification of Jack Kennedy’s haunting proposal to America: “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.”
Lynn Highland, MorrisonThis letter was published in the July 17 edition. For information on how to send a letter to the editor, click here.
I was reading your article with enthusiasm about Colorado native Stephen Katsaros, when on the second page I discovered that he was having these solar light bulbs made in China. China! What? I cannot believe that there is not a spot in Colorado where these can be comparably made, considering the expense of shipping them. I am thoroughly disappointed.
Karen LaValley, ArvadaThis letter was published in the July 17 edition. For information on how to send a letter to the editor, click here.
Your article provides a rather narrow and flawed definition of social entrepreneurship — one that casually and callously denies “revolutionary” innovations to those most in need. In countries such as Ethiopia where demand (and need) is profoundly high for innovative solutions, the basic economic model of supply and demand wouldn’t apply, as they can ill afford to pay to play.
Across the spectrum there are social entrepreneurs who value doing good for its own sake, while others choose ideas for their PR value and great return on investment. Social entrepreneurship includes offering matched corporate dollars to buyers’ purchases, and making worthy causes the beneficiaries of profits rather than gluttonously feeding corporate greed.
If, by design, social entrepreneurship keeps “game changing” solutions out of the reach of millions of people, our brave new 21st-century-ideas- driven economy will only further deepen the ever-widening gulf between those who have and those who have not.
Tami Ellison, Denver
This letter was published in the July 17 edition. For information on how to send a letter to the editor, click here.
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