Guest Thinkers — February 16, 2011

Meme: Passion Quilt

Okay, Miguel and Marion, I’m in. Here’s my entry for the Passion Quilt meme. The bottom portion of this image best captures what I most passionately want children to learn in school…

Image credit: Kathy Sierra, Crafting a User Experience

I’ll tag the following folks…

Barry Bachenheimer

Life

Jellyfish surprise scientists by learning without a brain

Lab experiments showed Caribbean box jellyfish are quick studies of their environment.

A group of people sitting at a table in a brave space, working on their laptops.

Business

Co-creation in hyperdrive: Why a “brave space” should be your new skunk works

Take it from teamwork gurus behind Apple and Star Wars — a new kind of psychological incubator will allow your creativity to flourish.

A man in glasses is standing in front of a stone wall.

The Well

3 rebellious creators tell us the meaning of life

Filmmaker Godfrey Reggio, rock icon Steve Albini, and comedian Fred Armisen told Kmele how they make sense of the world — and leave their mark on it.

An image of an atomic symbol on a dark background.

Starts With A Bang

What was it like when the first atoms formed?

The first elements in the Universe formed just minutes after the Big Bang, but it took hundreds of thousands of years before atoms formed.

The scales of justice, symbolizing regulating AI, on a black background.

The Present

We asked a government advisor about 2 key problems (and solutions) in AI regulation

Big Think spoke with AI expert Nick Jennings about the future of regulating fast-evolving AI.

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