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By: Jack Mason

Jack Mason — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 23:34:46 +0000

An interesting question related to this post came up today: what can the individual, or the small company, or the family, do to prepare themselves or be ready for the seismic changes we believe are coming?
While the individual can no more hasten the kind of societal scale systems we’re talking about than they can, say, build an interstate highway system, they can get a full lay of this new landscape and then do what, as Mike would say, us humans do: imagine the possibilities….consider the implications. And dream, baby.
A wise person seeing the rise of interstate highways might envision the new kinds of businesses they would give rise to, like the need for more gas stations, or the value of suburban property.
So individuals anticipating a smarter planet can and should think about practical things, like what would I do with virtually unlimited bandwidth, storage and processing?
How will education and learning be impacted by an ocean of information not just a mouseclick away, but a word or thought away?
In other words, the way for each of us to prepare is to ask a simple question: what kind of smarter planet do I want to live on?

By: Marian Lawlor

Marian Lawlor — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:59:14 +0000

Grace……Here’s a link to information about IBM’s Transition to Teaching program that we hope will address just the issues you highlight: http://www-01.ibm.com/ibm/transitiontoteaching/why/index.html

By: george faulkner

george faulkner — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:08:14 +0000

Grace: Another interesting link: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122809533452168067.html

By: Mike Wing

Mike Wing — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 20:01:48 +0000

Grace — Thanks. IBM has a very long history of developing progressive approaches to education. They’re far too numerous to describe here — but you can find out about them at http://www-03.ibm.com/industries/education/index.jsp and http://www.ibm.com/ibm/ibmgives/grant/education/ and http://www-304.ibm.com/jct09002c/university/scholars/... and at some of the other sites listed on these sites. In particular, I think you will see the congruence between the company’s perspective on “open education” (http://www-03.ibm.com/industries/education/doc/content/landing/3122726110.html?re=gihome67edu) and the topics being explored on this blog.
Edward — Thanks. This is an interesting effort.

By: Edward de Leau

Edward de Leau — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 02:32:00 +0000

I think that it also means for individuals and households to become a sort of mini companies fully integrated, see http://www.householdframework.org/ (my hobby project).

By: Grace

Grace — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:22:14 +0000

It’s encouraging to see IBM focusing on global systematic change in such interesting areas; your approach of decentralizing the conversation to include the masses is rarely if ever seen for a company of your size and stature.
Having read through some of these posts, there is one important topic I do not see – the need to fix our nation’s education system. Here in the United States, a huge disparity exists between rich and poor communities in access to quality education. The DC and New York metropolitan areas are examples. There’s moreover a general lack of funds allocated toward teacher training or development of information and communication technology.
Is this something IBM has an interest in discussing and supporting? I wonder what our country’s education environment might be like if we had some sort of mandatory service – like some countries have with their military service – where all citizens with college degrees are required to spend a period of time working to improve our schools. I feel the failures of our education system amount to nothing short of a national security risk. If ignored, it could lead to an increase in disparities for generations to come.
While multiple factors play into the formula for a country’s prosperity, I believe that investing in human capital is a crucial one. I would love to see some discussion about this.