The article in the url below provides an update on Singularity University, which was the focus of a Newsletter last spring:
“Singularity University, a new institution that aims to educate "a cadre of leaders" about the rapid pace of technology and to address humanity's grand challenges, such as climate and health (http://singularityu.org/).”
The article is a diary of a renewable energy entrepreneur’s first week at the school as part of:
“… the inaugural "student" class of 40 entrepreneurs and scientists from around the world, selected from more than 1,200 applications.”
The range of topics covered day-to-day (from DNA, to artificial intelligence, to biofuels, to supercomputers) give an indication of the broad sweep and ambitious goals of the course:
“This is the purpose of Singularity University - to examine the risks and opportunities of technology. For the next few weeks I will be reporting on some of the insights from robotics, biotechnology, nanotechnology and more, and ideas that address water and energy shortages and climate challenges.”
The sense of opportunity and challenge that Singularity University is designed to capture comes across strongly:
“Sometimes you aim for the moon and get surprisingly close.”
The author’s final installment from his 9-week course at Singularity is at:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dd882d4a-9cd7-11de-ab58-00144feabdc0.html
Have a good weekend.
David
Bill Werther & David Chandler
Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility
© Sage Publications, 2006
http://www.sagepub.com/Werther/
South Park meets Harvard Business School
Daniel, Simon
912 words
20 August 2009
Financial Times
London Ed1
12
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/25d9d480-8d20-11de-a540-00144feabdc0.html
or
http://www.consortmoney.com/news-details.aspx?newsID=14200
