by JAK | Apr 28, 2013 | big ideas, TED, video
Here is the Prof Robert Gordon TED2013 talk on the end of growth which was answered by the Erik Brynjolfsson counter view (posted on last week.) Then the two of them had a 12 minute debate. The first point I noted is that instead of the 6 headwinds the presentation is...
by JAK | Apr 26, 2013 | big data, big ideas, TED, video
At the 2013 TED conference there was a debate between Prof Robert Gordon and Erik Brynjolfsson (director of the MIT Center for Digital Business) on the future of work. I have written before about Gordons theory but here is a great way to work through some counter...
by JAK | Feb 27, 2013 | culture, industry futures, TED
Progress Enigma was the title of a debate shared at TED 2013 a few hours ago. Economists Robert Gordon and Erik Brynjolfsson debated the future of work. The paradox of our technology enabled times is that (despite the writing having been on the wall for decades ) we...
by JAK | Feb 22, 2013 | big ideas, TED, TEDx, video
Next week is the TED2013 conference in Long Beach. Subtitled the – The Young. The Wise. The Undiscovered; this series of talks looks to be a milestone in what has become the flagship of an ideas movement. What is different about this time is that auditions for...
