Two of my favorite writers and thinkers have recently released books. Clay Shirky has written a book entitled Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age in which he persuasively argues, among other things, that the Internet is making us smarter because it is allowing society to produce such knowledge accelerators as Wikipedia at virtually no [...]
Unlearning Empty Space
January 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Artists can help revitalize urban spaces but first city planners and developers must unlearn some of their ideas about what retail spaces can be used for. To the right is a picture of an abandoned Blockbuster video store. Pictures like this are only going to become more common as people unlearn their reliance on DVDs and [...]
Rising Life Expectancies Require Unlearning
December 10, 2009 By Leave a Comment
My focus on unlearning has been borne from my work as a professional futurist. As I explain in this video, the future is changing so fast that as a people and society we must constantly change our worldview. To this end, the Wharton School of Business recently published an formative and insightful article entitled So [...]
Unlearning Procrastination
November 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The News Industry Must Unlearn — Now!
November 20, 2009 By Leave a Comment
This past summer, on my other blog , I posted this article: To Survive the Future, the Publishing Industry Must Unlearn the Past . Today, I came across this excellent post on the "future of news" from David Martin. I strongly encourage you to read it and here are two excellent quotes from the article which I hope [...]
Unlearning the Escalator
October 28, 2009 By 2 Comments
The Importance of Unlearning: A Matter of Life or Death?
October 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
I have often said that unlearning can be a matter of life or death (here, here and here) and I mean it. To add to my growing body of evidence, I submit this article from the Wall Street Journal. The article reports that hospitals can dramatically lower the number of infections which strike patients by [...]
