Shift Happens
This presentation blew my socks off!
It was originally created to help school administrators think about what curriculum they should be creating for this day and age.
It contains examples of how demographics and exponential functions are affecting the USA and the world in very big ways.
Ie. In 2006, 1.3 million students graduated from college in the USA.
3.1 million graduated in India.
3.3 million graduated in China.
India has more honors kids than the USA has kids!
The population of China with the top 25% IQs is bigger than the entire population of North America.
China will soon become the number one English speaking country in the world.
We are preparing students for jobs that do not yet exist using technologies that have not been invented in order to solve problems we don't even know are problems yet.
And stats on how the explosive growth of the internet and information is affecting us all. Google, Ebay, Myspace, Youtube, publishing.
See an earlier version here:
And definitely check it out!
More info here:
http://shifthappens.wikispaces.com
http://www.dangerouslyirrelevant.org
http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com
Showing posts with label Exponential Functions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Exponential Functions. Show all posts
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009
The Most IMPORTANT Video You'll Ever See
This is indeed an important video to watch. It's a lecture by a professor emeritus of Physics at Univ of Colorado-Boulder.
He expands on the simple exponential functions that we learned in high school. And applies their consequences to the real world.
One example, a population of 10,000, and a population growth of 7%, will double its population to 20,000 in only 10 years. In 20 years, the same population will be 40,000! And that is not for the metropolitan area. That is for the same land mass! If a city thought it had problems with only 10,000 people, imagine the problems with 40,000!
He also notes how our use of oil is expanding in an exponential function. And that we will soon have serious issues if we don't get things under control.
The implications should blow your socks off.
Part 5 of 8 is here:
Go to Youtube and watch all 8 parts, starting here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-QA2rkpBSY
He expands on the simple exponential functions that we learned in high school. And applies their consequences to the real world.
One example, a population of 10,000, and a population growth of 7%, will double its population to 20,000 in only 10 years. In 20 years, the same population will be 40,000! And that is not for the metropolitan area. That is for the same land mass! If a city thought it had problems with only 10,000 people, imagine the problems with 40,000!
He also notes how our use of oil is expanding in an exponential function. And that we will soon have serious issues if we don't get things under control.
The implications should blow your socks off.
Part 5 of 8 is here:
Go to Youtube and watch all 8 parts, starting here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-QA2rkpBSY
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Chris Martenson Crash Course
I've been referring to everyone the Chris Martenson Crash Course.
http://www.chrismartenson.com/crashcourse
The subjects covered in here, have profound implications for all of us. It is very, very, well researched, by a scientist with a PhD.
Chris says: the next twenty years are going to look very different from the last twenty years. He covers exponential functions, economics, energy, and environment.
I was so impressed with what I saw on the website, that I took a flight to Massachusetts to see his conference in January 2009. This is not just highly recommended; I think it should be required reading for anyone and everyone.
See one his presentations on economic bubbles, such as the tech, and real estate bubbles, here:
Check out the whole (free) online course here:
http://www.chrismartenson.com/crashcourse
http://www.chrismartenson.com/crashcourse
The subjects covered in here, have profound implications for all of us. It is very, very, well researched, by a scientist with a PhD.
Chris says: the next twenty years are going to look very different from the last twenty years. He covers exponential functions, economics, energy, and environment.
I was so impressed with what I saw on the website, that I took a flight to Massachusetts to see his conference in January 2009. This is not just highly recommended; I think it should be required reading for anyone and everyone.
See one his presentations on economic bubbles, such as the tech, and real estate bubbles, here:
Check out the whole (free) online course here:
http://www.chrismartenson.com/crashcourse
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