Scenarios help us use our imagination. I heard and read several commentators who said something along the lines of: "we would never have chosen Tunisia as the starting point for revolution. No one could have seen this coming" That is because we are not looking. We must pay attention to the world around us in deep and profound ways. We use our imagination too little when … [Read more...] about The Strategy of Freedom in the Middle East
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New Education Blog: rasmusatedu.wordpress.com
I have decided to move all of my education work to a new blog: RasmusAtEdu or Learning Reimagined. I hope you subscribe, visit and comment. I look forward to the conversation on how to help reinvent education, compete for our children's time and empower learners of all ages. … [Read more...] about New Education Blog: rasmusatedu.wordpress.com
My Reaction to The Observer’s 20 predictions for the next 25 years now at Lifeboat.com
I just posted My Reaction to The Observer’s 20 predictions for the next 25 years now at Lifeboat.com. It starts like this... The UK’s Observer just put out a set of predictions for the next 25 years (20 predictions for the next 25 years). I will react to each of them individually. More generally, however, these are the kinds of ideas that get headlines, but they don’t … [Read more...] about My Reaction to The Observer’s 20 predictions for the next 25 years now at Lifeboat.com
Save the Desktop! Why the Computer Industry Needs to Save the Desktop Computer
Everything is mobile. That is the mantra we all face. Every angel, every VC, every IT manager, wants to know the mobile angle. Information Week's Alexander Wolfe, like many before, has declared the desktop dead. We need to save the desktop computer. Fresh off a briefing about Intel's experimental Cloud on a Chip, I think we are being premature about the death of the desktop. … [Read more...] about Save the Desktop! Why the Computer Industry Needs to Save the Desktop Computer
What We Won’t Learn from IBM’s Watson Playing Jeopardy!
The game show Jeopardy! will host an unusual array of contestants on Februrary 14-16, 2011. Two of the shows superstars, Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, will be pitted against Watson, an artificial intelligence (AI) created by IBM engineers. Watson will not teach the world anything new about a generalized artificial intelligence. In the moment, as Watson answers questions, it … [Read more...] about What We Won’t Learn from IBM’s Watson Playing Jeopardy!
