Saturday, September 03, 2011

Social innovation will be more important than technological innovation...

The explosive rise and global impact of technological innovation has persuaded us that technology is the ultimate solution to all our problems.

This assumption is rarely questioned; it has become like the air, unseen and unexamined.

The solution to the coming energy dislocation between supply and demand is technology: alternative energy, innovations in deep-oil recovery, etc.

The solutions to our epidemics of declining public health (diabesity etc.) is more and better medical technology--more stents, more diagnostics, more medications, etc.

The solutions to our problems in education is more technology: a laptop for every student, etc. More...

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