by JAK | Feb 27, 2013 | big ideas, TED, video
The TED2013 Prize has been awarded to Sugata Mitra for his projects on self organised learning systems. The prize has just been awarded less than an hour ago so here are a couple of slides and links till the clip from today becomes available. Note: now updated with...
by JAK | Feb 27, 2013 | culture, industry futures, TED
Progress Enigma was the title of a debate shared at TED 2013 a few hours ago. Economists Robert Gordon and Erik Brynjolfsson debated the future of work. The paradox of our technology enabled times is that (despite the writing having been on the wall for decades ) we...
by JAK | Feb 22, 2013 | big ideas, TED, TEDx, video
Next week is the TED2013 conference in Long Beach. Subtitled the – The Young. The Wise. The Undiscovered; this series of talks looks to be a milestone in what has become the flagship of an ideas movement. What is different about this time is that auditions for...
by JAK | Feb 20, 2013 | big data, big ideas, industry futures
This is a kickstarter campaign by Australian economist Professor Steve Keen. Visual data modelling for economists is what the Minsky tool represents. Essentially this tool makes modelling much easier to understand and so I am all in favour of it and have backed it....
by JAK | Feb 14, 2013 | big ideas, culture, video
One of the things I love doing is working with students on learning and life development. Wait, let me re-phrase that – there is always another way to do something and if we are open to it the chance of learning moments can change us and those around us for the...
