On the origin of "Teme"

The Teme Foundation takes it's moniker from a beautiful idea by Susan Blackmore.  Her TED talk is a fabulous introduction to Dawkin's memetics:

I am certainly concerned with the quantum nature of our future, potentially intrinsically unpredictable.  The conclusion of her pesentation haunts our perceived power to steward a more promising future.  I share her uncertainty, and find it deeply unsettling. 

I am intensely curious about the nature of uncertainty generally.  Given any imaginable technological advance to aid our understanding, is uncertainty a certainty?  Are there questions unanswerable even to the experiential wisdom of time?  

I am reassured knowing the certainty of uncertainty is uncertain.  With our destiny undetermined, even in a deterministic framework, our uncertainty provides the opportunity of choice: We must will our future. 

As an undergraduate, I often find myself discouraged by the power of my will to impact our world.  With little material and social capital, I struggle to develop my understanding, squash uncertainty, and enact my personal vision for our future.  While without access to riches or celebrity, I am confident in the wealth of undergraduate ideas to shape our future. 

Teme exists to coalesce our human capital into action, each day fighting for a better future.  While uncertainty may never die, we have an imparative to continue to fight for our future.  There are many important questions still unanswered, including Susan's.  We likely won't answer them today, but I hope we may draw not discouragement but inspiration for the opportunity to try.