Micro Credits: A Tool for Self-Organizing the Complex World of Education
Micro Credits: A Tool for Self-Organizing the Complex World of Education A recent TEDx talk about solving traffic jams started by asking the simple question, “Who is in charge of the daily bread supply for the city of London?” Food supply chains have become enormously...
The Rise of City Power
What, in your mind, will be the most powerful entity in the world 100 years from now? As we look around us today, it’s easy to point to a single nation as being the most powerful. But will that still be true 100 years from now? The most powerful entities in the future...
Tax Code 2.0: Is Extreme Complexity the New Simplicity?
Tax Code 2.0: Is Extreme Complexity the New Simplicity? When was the last time you used Google’s search engine? Were the results more or less relevant than the searches you did a year ago? Early on, after Google had developed its breakthrough search algorithms, they...
When Prisons Become Illegal
When Prisons Become Illegal The first time I watched Star Trek and heard Captain Kirk utter the phrase – “Set your phasers to stun!” – it occurred to me that these future weapons featured a number of different settings. While most people assumed a simple...