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Thinking Like a Paranoid Optimist

When New York Times foreign affairs columnist Thomas Friedman spoke Wednesday at Convening Leaders 2013 about what it will take to survive in a hyperconnected, hypercompetitive world, he described a global shift from the three Rs to the three Cs … Continue reading

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If They Build It, They Will Come

image courtesy Walker Art Center The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis is among the nation’s most celebrated contemporary art museums, with one of the largest urban sculpture parks in the U.S., filled with works by leading American and international artists. … Continue reading

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Idea File: Crowdsourced Confetti

When I interviewed futurist David Houle about how society and culture are changing for a story in the December issue, one of the things we talked about is the paradox of the new high-tech/high-touch environment. Digital natives, who have grown … Continue reading

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Friending Fiscal Policy in the UK

It’s one thing to talk about how the social web flattens out hierarchies, but it is another thing to see Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg — wearing a blue t-shirt — videochat with UK Prime Minister David Cameron about using Facebook … Continue reading

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