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Mass Innovation and Disruptive Change

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the look-to-the-internets-for-inspiration dept.

bart_scriv writes "The new head of MIT's Media lab argues that societal advances, previously the domain of a small group of individuals, will now become the product of millions of people due to changes in education and technology. He also offers advice to would be start-ups and entrepreneurs, including an argument against instrumentalism: 'The successful will look for fundamental disruptive change.'" There sure do seem to be a lot of creative people doing projects on the web today. What do you folks think of this?

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  1. Wake up from your dream. by elucido · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    This is not going to happen. Many people believe that the world is way over populated, and you go on to say that because we have 6 billion people that we can afford, energywise, to put them all online? Be realitic.

    While I don't know what will happen in the future, it looks like we don't have 6 billion jobs, and with computers coming, I don't think we will ever have 6 billion jobs. Computers and AI, thise reduces jobs, the machines replace people and replace jobs. So what is your point? What do we need these 6 billion people for? When you can figure this out then post.