Nearly all high-skill jobs are rapidly becoming digital and quantitative. Doctors and health care providers are scrambling to adapt to new electronic medical record databases. Journalists are increasingly expected to be proficient in Web design and computer graphics. The finance industry has been taken over by mind-twisting mathematical models. Even Read More…
Now, according to the former editor of “Wired,” Chris Anderson, there is a third revolution that is a combination of those that preceded it. It is the “Maker Movement,” and Anderson is just the guy to tell you about it. Read More…
I don’t like talking about TED. The conversations always start off the same. Someone asks if I’ve seen the TED Talk by Joshua Foer about memory or Wingham Rowan’s discussion of flexibility in the job market. My answer is always the same: I avoid TED Talks. Sorry. Cue disappointment, frustration, Read More…
