Monthly Archives: February 2009

The Work of the Future

By Ray Watkins | Published: February 23, 2009
In the late 18th century, the Industrial Revolution started the transition from a manual-labor based economy towards an economy based on using technologies, tools and machines to significantly improve the manufacturing of physical goods. Over the next two hundred years we have seen the industrial sector of the economy achieve major improvements in the productivity [...]
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Digital Wisdom, Digital Education, Digital Exhaustion

By Ray Watkins | Published: February 20, 2009
Digital technology, I believe, can be used to make us not just smarter but truly wiser. Digital wisdom is a twofold concept, referring both to wisdom arising from the use of digital technology to access cognitive power beyond our innate capacity and to wisdom in the prudent use of technology to enhance our capabilities. Because [...]
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