Did West: Case Study

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Did West:
Make you care with an example or intriguing idea? How?
He made me care when he used the examples of what some cities are on the path to look like in 2050.
Was the idea explained with clarity and conviction?
You could tell that he cared about what he was talking about and that ke knew what he was talking about, but I think that he could have gotten the point across in a more simplistic way.
Was the evidence compelling?
I would have liked for him to provide more evidence when he made the claim that when the population doubles everything will go up by 15%.
Was there a call to action?
Personally, I don't think there was because it seemed to me like he didn't get into this on purpose. But if he did get into this on purpose he didn’t

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