A think tank is not judged by the net volume of thinking but rather by the size of the tank in which the thinking takes place.
Listening to Economist: the Audio Edition, noticed that they refer to think tanks all the time. Here's what you need to build the ultimate think tank.
(1) Get a topic. If no other think tank in your country/regions does that, pick that. Example: A Think Tank on "Using Notebooks in Classrooms by TAs".
(2) Get a spokesperson. An academic guy would be nice. If not, get a politician. If not, get a sportsman. If not, ... well, you will need a bigger tank.
(3) Acquire a tank to think it. Do not drape its inside -- it will cancel the echo. You need echo to work. A trashed military tank is a nice echo chamber.
(4) Get a proper weapon. A well-known newspaper makes a nice sturdy barrel. If not, get a column in a well known online newspaper. If not, get a blog, but you will have to work at blogs.
(5) You are ready. Make regular announcements based on whatever bounces off the walls of your tank at the time and wait for a major outlet like Economist to tackle a specific topic on which your tank does the thinking.
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