Our life is shaped by the questions we ask. An educational environment should support a young person's inquisitive nature and encourage their investigation of big questions so that they can move beyond school with confidence to shape their life and pursue what is most important to them.

Josh Mesnik is a writer, comedian, and life-lover who is inspired by the potential of his generation to embody the evolutionary change necessary for a prosperous and exciting future. Josh works passionately through his writing, sketch/improv comedy work, and as the Student Leader for Open Future Institute’s QUESTion Project, to ignite a sense of personal power, enthusiasm, and self-awareness among his peers. A fourth year student at Florida State University, Josh is majoring in Advertising, minoring in Business, and recently completed his Leadership Studies Certificate at the FSU Center for Leadership & Social Change. Through multiple internships with companies such as Beasley Broadcast Group Inc., Clean Energy Technology Center, and MisterFace NYC, he has developed his passion to communicate powerful messages through the art of constructive imagination and creative expression.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx