crusade hunting His problem statement.

What we need to convey: At the end of this section we need to feel Doug's fire.

Mood: The mood of this section is initially that of frustration - a suitably worthwhile mission is not to be found, they're all too complex! And revelation - its the general complexity of important problems that's the problem!

We could show more of Doug looking at early options, not just the simple question and solution, in other words, we should emphasize the struggle more.

Background: This is the core of the story, in terms of what Doug is about. It shows his character in how he looked for a worthwhile task. It shows his knowledge through his radar work and his understanding of computers and engineering. It shows his genius in the simplicity of his solution.

Interviewee's: Cannot think of any other than Doug. Maybe a historian or something?

Visuals: This is where we will benefit from computer graphics. I will see what I can do and who to talk to. Fleur, you talk with your friend. We need to show the 'act' of putting a radar screen in front of the computer so one user could use it and communicate with others.

: Doug was driving to work the Monday morning after getting engaged in December 1950.

He then calculated the amount of professional minutes he would have for his career: Assuming he would work til he was 65 (which is retrospect was a bit of a miscalculation - he's 80 now and working as hard as ever). He was then 25 and taking an assumption of an average work year containing 2,000 hours a year that would make it 65-25=40 years *2,000 hours a year= 8,0000 hours of professional work or 4,8 million minutes. And he kept thinking.

The first issue and question on that Monday morning was a view of this empty hallway of his career, there was no plan - which was embarrassing.

So what kind of plan and objective - goals should he have: Money? Enough for raising a family yes, but he didn't find that in itself really interesting.

Sometimes that morning he thought: "I am investing a career, what kind of return would I like?What if I could maximize the value my career contributes to mankind?" This started orientating him.

He spent a couple of months crusade hunting.

By February/March he had spent enough time thinking about crusades. Real crusades, not just 'lets clean up this neighborhood'. Well, you know, one thing is to think to think about is great contributions, but how have individuals changed history? Gengis Khan and Adolf Hitler come to mind. Not laudatory examples, but interesting. This didn't lead him very far. Did read a lot about Khan though that week.

Other crusades like health in third world etc came to mind. He read about someone who wanted to drain swamps where natives where living and were suffering from malaria. So the swamps got drained and the mosquitoes went away. And the population went up. However... the bigger population ruined their environment and a couple of generations later they were back where they started.