Value based eduction
Article - Dutch only - by Tex Gunning, member of the board of Akzo Nobel. Interesting essay about putting values central in our education system to lay the foundation for solving our worlds problems.
Two years redesigning the ATM from scratch. Inspiring innovation project by IDEO (via @davewiner)
This is one amazing campaign. Be sure to read how they got this off.
I use twitter.com when I could use any of dozens of clients. In the same way, in a decentralized loosely-coupled space, most people would use Twitter, as long as it remains reliable. And they would have an incentive to be the most reliable. Today we have no choice. … Try really being good, not just saying you’re going to be good.
Twitter as a force for good? (Scripting News)
A great, could-be example by Dave Winer of what Umair Haque calls constructive capitalism.
Source: scripting.com
The traditional defense is that patents incentivize innovation. That has to mean innovation in a particular field, e.g., “software patents incentivize innovation in software.” Let me underscore this point: there is no positive evidence for software patents improving or increasing innovation in software. None. I could make the same statement for pretty much any other field except biotech
Sawyer Weighs In On Intellectual Ventures
I didn’t know about non-practicing patent entities. This piece really opened my eyes. Shocking.
Source: feld.com
