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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. Re:A lot of creative people by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    In China.

  2. Re:Well by Bloke+down+the+pub · · Score: 3, Funny
    As much as I hate the term, blogs seem to be an opening manifestation of this.
    I'm right there with you. Seeing "manifestation" every five minutes gets on my nerves too.
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  3. Re:more new economy BS by eluusive · · Score: 2, Funny
    This is just scary. Only the most undereducated or unsophisticated person thinks of a game as a way to kill time. Games are, and always has been, the primary form of socialization. The game teaches the kid, in a safe environment, the rules and expectations of society. Think of the games that small children play and the rules and expectations of those games. Follow rules. Wait your turn. Effort produces reward. As people gets older the games can help them release the animal desires though simulation of socially unacceptable behaviors. Games are our primary form of education, and, often, are our primary form of testing new technologies.
    So uhm.. If demons invade I'm supposed to kill them all?
  4. Wonderful by Metasquares · · Score: 2, Funny

    I finally find an innovative idea that no one's done before, and some guy at MIT just blurts it out to millions of people one day. Great.

  5. Re:Well by AoT · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'll see you a "manifestation" and raise you a "Web 2.0".

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  6. Where have I heard this before. by 0m3gaMan · · Score: 2, Funny
    Everything you know is wrong. Wasn't that part of the sage advice offered in The Cluetrain Manifesto?

    Sorry. Didn't read the entire article, but c'mon...

    (On the positive side, and FWIW, the only time I saw a working NeXT box was at the Media Lab...aound '93.)

  7. Disruptive change, eh? by TwilightSentry · · Score: 2, Funny

    The successful will look for fundamental disruptive change. So, would melting the polar ice caps be considered sucessful? I'll start a company to do just that, and if you want to join, I can also give you a great deal on a bridge...

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