The closing day of Emerge consisted of a set of speeches, panel discussions and a digital culture festival. Below my barely edited notes on the day. Micheal Crow Michael Crow is the president of the Arizona State University (ASU) and its chief knowledge architect. He has presented at Google's Solve for X: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iYXPPX24WY] He calls … Continue reading Emerge: Artists + Scientist Redesign the Future – Closing Day
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Four Questions (and Answers) about Learning in 2012
In a post about Learning Technologies 2012, I've asked four questions to a set of learning (technology) experts. In reaction, some people have asked me how I would have answered the questions myself. Here goes: 1. What will be the most exciting (professional) thing you are planning to do in 2012?** From April 1st my … Continue reading Four Questions (and Answers) about Learning in 2012
Bruce Sterling on Design-Fiction
Design-fiction is the deliberate use of diegetic prototypes to dismiss the disbelieve about change. It is not an art movement or an academic movement, instead it is a sneaky hack that makes believing in change easier. This is becoming relevant now because networked society makes prototypes much more visible than before. Most objects are imaginary: … Continue reading Bruce Sterling on Design-Fiction
From Technocracy to Democracy
David H. Guston is the director for the Center for Nanotechnology in Society. His talk titled "From Technocracy to Democracy" tries to add some human purpose to the techno-scientific potential in the morning. How do you govern the stuff that hasn't been made yet? Technology is always deeply social too: we call this socio-technical. He … Continue reading From Technocracy to Democracy
Portraits of Science at Emerge 2012
These next few days I am attending Emerge 2012 conference in Phoenix, Arizona. The subtitle of this conference is "Artists + Scientist Redesign the Future". The conference is a mix of talks, workshops and a media festival. The basic idea is that current science can inform us about what might happen in the future. Artistic … Continue reading Portraits of Science at Emerge 2012