Guest Thinkers — February 22, 2011

C.K. Prahalad: The New Age of Innovation

A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people

C.K. Prahalad will be speaking on the topic, “The Future of Innovation: On Customers, Needs, Global Resources and Value Creation.”

C.K. Prahalad is one of the most influential experts in corporate strategy. Globally well-known for his contribution to strategic thinking and considered one of the 10 leading gurus on strategy and business, he is a distinguished professor at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. He is also the author of The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid and co-author (with Gary Hamel) of Competing for the Future.

A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people

The Future

Can humans purge the bots without sacrificing our privacy?

“Personhood” credentials could cleanse the internet of bots — but are the costs worth it?

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Business

What long-term investors can learn from John Keats

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

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Health

Dr. AI will see you now

The integration of artificial intelligence into public health could have revolutionary implications for the global south—if only it can get online.

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The Present

Why the USSR and China fell behind the US in the Chip Cold War

Both nations made missteps, but China still has a chance to make up lost ground.

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Thinking

Mechanized minds: AI’s hidden impact on human thought

While we’re busy wondering whether machines will ever become conscious, we rarely stop to ask: What happens to us?

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