Guest Thinkers — February 16, 2011

Michael Wesch rules

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If you haven’t seen them yet, here are three must-see videos from Dr. Michael Wesch, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas State University:

Web 2.0 … the Machine is Us/ing Us

Information Revolution

A Vision of Students Today

Other videos are available at the Moving Forward videos wiki page (feel free to add some more!).

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Books

5 classic science fiction novels written by scientists

What happens when scientists “write what they know”? Some amazing science fiction stories.

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The Future

Kevin Kelly points a new way forward into the Age of AI

One of the most original and optimistic thinkers in America sketches some big ideas about what’s possible with AI in the next 25 years.

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High Culture

The cinematograph, the “noematograph,” and the future of AI art

Hugo-winning author Ken Liu explores what early cinema and Chinese poetry can teach us about AI’s potential as a new artistic medium.

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The Future

What is The Great Progression: 2025 to 2050?

Tech expert Peter Leyden argues that we have a historic opportunity to harness AI and other transformative technologies in order to make a much better world over the next 25 years.

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Business

Better leadership in 3 “Sketchplanations”

Jono Hey — whose sketches have been shared by the likes of Bill Gates and Steven Bartlett — draws some of his most valued leadership insights.

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