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Joi Ito • The Social Labs Revolution
Every scientist stands on the shoulders of giants, every artist works within or against a tradition. A baby learning language from the adults around her is the most recently formed link in what the educationalist Paul Harris terms an ‘ancient tutorial system’.
Ian Leslie • Curious
Anshar Seraphim • The Octopus Movement White Paper on Education: Solving the Unsolvable
“individuals are capable of more creative integration of diverse experiences than teams
David Epstein • Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
Both felt most comfortable in the meritocracy of academia, where brains trumped everything else. Both had an innate understanding of how the ultraconnected world that they enjoyed as computer science (CS) students was about to spread throughout society. Both shared a core belief in the primacy of data.
Steven Levy • In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives
because networks have been shown to be more creative and adaptable than hierarchial systems.6
David Ehrlichman • Impact Networks: Create Connection, Spark Collaboration, and Catalyze Systemic Change
Participatory culture shifts the focus of literacy from individual expression to community involvement.
Ravi Purushotma • Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century (The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Reports on Digital Media and Learning)
We suggest a framework that has elements of both but involves intertwining and remixing—rather than opposing—domains: the personal combined with the collective.