Matt Mason, author of The Pirate’s Dilemma, is pressing for a television piece based on his book and, “how youth culture drives innovation and is changing the way the world works. It offers understanding and insight for a time when piracy is just another business model, the remix is our most powerful marketing tool and [...]
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Piracy as a source of innovation
Going green: Our post-industrial imperative
Peter Senge, Bryan Smith, and Nina Kruschwitz wrote an article in Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.’s strategy+business on transforming business thinking to combat climate change.
We cannot meet the 80-20 challenge under the present industrial system. Success will require a sea change in the prevailing kinds of energy we use, cars we drive, buildings we live and [...]
On summer vacation
School is out for summer! Education Futures will continue publishing on a reduced schedule until late August. This means, we expect to get an article out once every week or so. We will also use this time to redesign bits of the website. Expect great things!
McCain and Obama on educational change
Few topics are as political as education, in which at least basic schooling is compulsory for all Americans. It is fitting, then, that we conclude this week’s focus on change with a look at the changes that presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama each propose for U.S. education. After analyzing educational policy [...]
Adapting to technological and social change in education
In response to yesterday’s post: Change is accelerating: Get ready!
Socially adapting to the pace and direction of technology changes has been a mixed bag. Sometimes, consumer pressures have the effect of driving change; sometimes consumers are indifferent; and at other times they challenge or resist a particular technological innovation. In Kurzweil’s case, some consumers are [...]
Change is accelerating: Get ready!
Change is the theme of this week, and we open with a reminder from Ray Kurzweil that change is accelerating. Last week, the New York Times’ John Tierney published an interview with Kurzweil on accelerating change:
Now, [Kurzweil] sees biology, medicine, energy and other fields being revolutionized by information technology. His graphs [of accelerating technological [...]
Change
Education Futures had an opportunity to cover Barack Obama’s historic clinch of the Democratic Party’s nomination in St. Paul last night. Next week, we will focus on change, and what both presidential candidates believe needs to be changed in regard to human capital development to secure America’s future.
Photos from the event are available here. [...]
OECD teams with YouTube to discuss future of the Internet
Got development ideas for the digital world? The OECD is willing to engage in a dialog by video. The organization’s press release says it all:
OECD – Paris, 29 May 2008
OECD and YouTube launch “Future of the Internet” initiative
“How can the Internet make the world a better place?” This is the question OECD is [...]
AMD’s game changer?
This morning, semiconductor producer AMD announced “AMD Changing the Game,” an education initiative designed to empower youth to learn critical life skills through games with social content. The launch accompanies AMD’s sponsorship and participation at the fifth annual Games for Change festival held June 3 – 4 at Parsons The New School for Design [...]
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