“Via Reason:
Is interest in Singularity University just a passing technorati fad? It’s too early to tell, but initial signs indicate that the college is more than just a summer camp for self-congratulatory nerd millionaires. In fact, Singularity University may well be the prototype institution for revolutionizing education and entrepreneurship.
Points:
- “…immersive 10-week summer course, which aims to address the biggest challenges facing humanity during the next 20 to 50 years.”
- “…intensive seven- and nine-day executive courses on specific topics.”
- “S.U. teams have created 18 actual companies.”
- “The production of new knowledge is accelerating exponentially, Nail notes, which means that graduate students dawdling along for years on a Ph.D. will become “fatally irrelevant.” Universities will still play a big role as research institutions, he argues, but they will increasingly have to model themselves along the same dynamic interdisciplinary lines as Singularity University.”
- “…any company or government that wants to remain relevant will seek out Singularity University faculty and alumni to help it understand how to leverage technology to meet the challenges posed by energy production, education, food production, health care, biosecurity, and environmental change.”
Ponder:
- How will individuals demonstrate they have mastered the knowledge and skills if there are no gatekeepers to say so?
- Are we seeing the rise of another class of gatekeepers?
