The October 2010 Scientific American reports on an exclusive poll about trust in science. For the most part, people trust scientists, but not at the highest level, especially when it comes to things that non-scientists have personal experience with. At the low end of the trust rung were food safety, vitamins and supplements, genetically modified crops, pesticides, … [Read more...] about Science, Uncertainty and Being Right
Scenario Planning
The Working Poor and Workforce Development
Future of Work Blog reposted from 9/28/2006 8:53:21 PM In the July 29th Economist article from Welfare to Workfare, Jennifer Noyes from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Institute for Research on Poverty says that we should be thinking about the working poor, and those that cannot find work, should be considered as part of the workforce develop efforts within … [Read more...] about The Working Poor and Workforce Development
The Commoditization of Science
From the Future of Work, April 6, 2006 In the future people will work on difficult scientific problems but won’t know they are doing so. They will create new alloys, create artificial organs and customized pharmaceuticals. And they will do so, in most cases, without a Ph.D. Why? Because software will create an abstraction layer between the problem space and the individual. … [Read more...] about The Commoditization of Science
The Future of Compensation
From Future of Work, April 14 2006 Today I was interviewed by Alan and Sandra Ashendorf of "Let's Talk Computers" about the New World of Work, and in particular, the aspect of that new world that gives us the ability to always be on, and potentially, to always be working. Ubiquitous technology does not necessary imply 7 by 24 work. In fact, it shouldn’t. What it … [Read more...] about The Future of Compensation
What Computers Still Need to Learn: Theories of Information and Being Bought to be Brought the Right Information
From The Future of Work - April 2006 Last week I had a discussion about information with Dr. Carsten Sorensen of the London School of Economics. We ended up talking around an idea I floated several years ago as an analyst at the Giga Information Group (acquired by Forrester Research): namely this: as yet, the computer industry has failed to come up with a theory of work … [Read more...] about What Computers Still Need to Learn: Theories of Information and Being Bought to be Brought the Right Information