PDF-[BOOK]-Human Frontiers: The Future of Big Ideas in an Age of Small Thinking

Why has the flow of big worldchanging ideas slowed down A provocative look at what happens next at the frontiers of human knowledgeThe history of humanity is the history of big ideas that expand our frontiersfrom the wheel to space flight cave painting to the massively multiplayer game monotheistic religion to quantum theory And yet for the past few decades apart from a rush of new gadgets and the explosion of digital technology worldchanging ideas have been harder to come by Since the 1970s big ideas have happened incrementallyrecycled focused in narrow bands of innovation In this provocative book Michael Bhaskar looks at why the flow of big worldchanging ideas has slowed and what this means for the futureBhaskar argues that the challenge at the frontiers of knowledge has arisen not because we are unimaginative and bad at realizing big ideas but because we have already pushed so far If we compare the world of our greatgreatgreatgrandparents to ours today we can see how a series of transformative ideas revolutionized almost everything in just a century and a half But recently because of shorttermism risk aversion and fractious decision making we have built a cautious unimaginative world Bhaskar shows how we can start to expand the frontier again by thinking bigembarking on the next Universal Declaration of Human Rightsor Apollo missionand embracing change. ISSUE 2 Insights and ideas LEARNING FRONTIERS PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES TO INCREASE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT IN LEARNING The Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) provides nation Dr Ian Willis. Educational Development . Division. Centre for Lifelong Learning. We are what we think . – the . Dhamapada. Critical - academic. Your own evidence informed judgement. Rationally argued. Going Deeper with Students via. Acquire vs. Understand. Observing closely and describing what’s there. Building explanations and interpretations. Reasoning with evidence. Making connections. Considering different viewpoints and perspectives. Humanism, the New Learning and the Birth of Science. Social Conditions in the Renaissance. The World - 1456. The World - 1502. The World - 1507. The World – 1630 . Renaissance Mansions. Palace of Versailles. Developing effective dialogue to support learning across and beyond the curriculum. Neil . Phillipson. neil@21stcenturylearners.org.uk. @21Clearners. Session outline…. What comes next in this sequence?. Richard . Coe. Let’s look at an issue. The school day should be extended for all students from 8a.m. – 6 p.m.. Discuss – 3 minutes. 2. Ask yourselves... Was everyone involved in the discussion?. Carlo Sessa – mc7920@mclink.it – . www.isinnova.org. . INTREPID – Winter School – February 2017 . Systems thinking concepts. Future Search . Workshop. Anticipatory thinking: Three Horizons Framework. .. SMALL BUSINESS. Why learn about techniques for idea generation?. Someone somewhere at sometime came up with the idea for every item that you see around. So that you can invent the next great product!!. Richard Coe. Let’s look at an issue. The school day should be cut short . in order to reduce costs . Discuss – 3 minutes. 2. The school day should be cut short. 9 a.m..  1 p.m.. Discuss – 3 minutes. Dr Ian Willis. Educational Development . Division. Centre for Lifelong Learning. We are what we think . – the . Dhamapada. Critical - academic. Your own evidence informed judgement. Rationally argued. Terry A. Ring. Chemical Engineering. University of Utah. Knowledge. Traditional academic disciplines still matter, but as content and knowledge evolves at lightning speed, educators are talking more and more about “process skills”. Grants Fund. Gail Hutchison . Innovations Officer. Sally Grubb . Project Dietitian . Plan for the morning . Intro to Eat Well Age Well project. Malnutrition – spotting signs and Food First Advice . ABOUT THE FUTURE 1 Steven Collins 2 Abstract This article surveys ideas of the future Why has the flow of big, world-changing ideas slowed down? A provocative look at what happens next at the frontiers of human knowledge.The history of humanity is the history of big ideas that expand our frontiers--from the wheel to space flight, cave painting to the massively multiplayer game, monotheistic religion to quantum theory. And yet for the past few decades, apart from a rush of new gadgets and the explosion of digital technology, world-changing ideas have been harder to come by. Since the 1970s, big ideas have happened incrementally--recycled, focused in narrow bands of innovation. In this provocative book, Michael Bhaskar looks at why the flow of big, world-changing ideas has slowed, and what this means for the future.Bhaskar argues that the challenge at the frontiers of knowledge has arisen not because we are unimaginative and bad at realizing big ideas but because we have already pushed so far. If we compare the world of our great-great-great-grandparents to ours today, we can see how a series of transformative ideas revolutionized almost everything in just a century and a half. But recently, because of short-termism, risk aversion, and fractious decision making, we have built a cautious, unimaginative world. Bhaskar shows how we can start to expand the frontier again by thinking big--embarking on the next Universal Declaration of Human Rightsor Apollo mission--and embracing change.