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Doubling Knowledge and the IT Professional |
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 Ray Kurzweil, author of “The Singularity” forecasts geometric growth in knowledge and technology to ... |
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BBC: The Great Global Warming Swindle |
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 BBC shows the alternative view of Global Warming, that it's all a political ideology.
This video is 1 hr 16 minutes. Hopefully you will respect the source, the BBC (British Broadcasting Company).
Click the "read more" link below to watch the video.
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Juan Enriquez: Decoding the future with genomics |
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This is one of the most profound videos I have seen on TED.
If you haven't discovered Ted.com yet, get over there and starting watching their videos!
Click "read more" below to view the video.
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The Game of Life and How to Play It - by Florence Scovel Shinn |
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 This book was recommended by a wealthy mentor in WisdomBringsWealth.com.
It deals primaryily with "speaking the word", positive affirmations and attitudes.
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PowerSki - Engine on Surfboard? |
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 What if they could put an engine on a surf-board or skis?
Over 100 patents! |
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Kite Wing - If Man Had Wings... |
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| Checkout "Kite Wing" used in many sports. |
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Ray Kurzweil - The Singularity Summit at Stanford |
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These are 3 x 20 minute videos from Ray Kurzweil, author of "The Singularity".
If you don't know Ray Kurzweil, click on his name to view in Wikipedia.
If you have a very short attention span, then skip these videos, they are 20 minutes each.
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The Singularity Institute |
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Don't mock the future like these teacher and administrators of past centuries and decades.
Examples (there are more, so watch the video!)
1) Year 1703 - Students cannot depend on slates (over bark) to do their work.
2) Year 1815 - Students depend on paper too much (they will forget how to write on slate)
3) Year 1907- Students depend too much on ink (they will forget how to sharpent pencils with knives)
4) Year 1928 - Students depend on store-bought ink too much (they won't be able to make their own)
5) Year 1941 - Student depend too much on fountain pens...
6) Year 1950 - Ballpoint pens will be the ruin of education in this country.
7) Year 1980 - You can't use those calculators on the test.
8) Year 1995 - Why would you ever want the Internet for student use? It's just a fad.
9) Year 1995 - You don't need a web page, who's ever going to look at it.
10) Year 1996 - Teachers will never use email.
11) 1999 - Why do you want network connectivity at every teachers desk?
12) Year 1999 - What can you do with an LCD projector that you can't do with an overhead projector?
13) Year 2000 - Why are we talking about students having laptops in highschool...
14) Year 2001 - Why would I want to put my grades on the web? Who's going to look at them?
15) Year 2005 - I don't think we will ever have wireless in our school.
16) Year 2006 - Turn off and put away all Cell phone, IPODS , and electronic devices during class.
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Profound quotes from the attached video.
1. There are more honor students in India, then student in the USA.
2. The top 10 jobs that will be in demand in 2010 didn't exist in 2004.
3. The US is 20th in the world in broadband Internet penetration
4. While Nintentdo spent $140 on R&D in 2002, the US Federal Governnment spent less than half that much on research and education.
5. One out of eight couples married in the US last year, met online.
6. We are living in exponential times.
7. There are 2.7 Billion searches performed on Google each month.
8. More than 3000 new books are published EACH DAY.
9. It is estimated that 1.5 exabytes of unique information will be generated this year (more than the previous 5000 years).
10. The one hundred dollar laptop project is expecting to ship between 50 to 100 million laptops a year to children in underdeveloped countries.
11. By 2023 it will only take $1000 computer to exceed the capabilities of the human brain.
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