Love lists like this. Packaged futurism at its best (and most Ivy Leaguish).
And if I were heading to a classroom to teach today, I'd throw a copy of the list on the desk of each my kids...and ask them to pick JUST ONE from the list that captures their eyes. If nothing stands out to them, that'd teach me something about the gap between what we teach and what will actually influence their futures. If something captures their attention...and they have some insight about it...that'd teach me something about what will impact my future, and how these kids may as well.
I'd get excited if the issues of "influentials" and "hope" grabbed their attention. Maybe even "Living With Continuous Partial Attention" (oy -- ground zero, sportsfans), "worknets" (vs "networks"), and the "hotbed of consumer innovation" ideas. You?
What would you do with this list of the "Breakthrough Ideas for 2007" put out by the Harvard Business School? And how closely tied is your classroom and teaching to anything on this list in a linear or tangential manner?
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