Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

Invention is often the mother of necessity. #technology #techforgood #technologydisruptions #innovation #InnovatorsMindset

"The best way to invent the future os to predict it--if you can get enough people to believe in your prediction, that is." _John Perry Barlow #technology #innvoation #leadership

#Invention (is the creation), #innovation (its improvement), #diffusion (its spread throughout users). To completely understand #technology and its influence, all three are essential. I am curious about how these are affected by political forces, esp. in #education #edleadership

"The machine cannot be divorced from its larger social pattern; for it is this pattern that gives it meaning and purpose." - Lewis Mumford #technology #society

“Social learning is visual theft.” No, I don’t think that is right. Theft implies you no longer have “it.” When I learn from you, you still have it. #sociallearning

Agriculture poses a paradox: more humans survive in cultures with it, but they tend to be less healthy than the individuals in hunting/ gathering cultures.

We assume (falsely) that #technology and it’s advance is rational and can be controlled by humans.

“Science is forward motion and discovery.” Some discoveries are uncomfortable. #science #Education #researchers

Creativity required persistence.

Comfort with ambiguity is essential for one to be creative.

Those with deeply held preconceptions are very unlikely to be creative.

Humans tend to dismiss them information that is inconsistent with their existing beliefs.

If “it” was never a problem before, an organization (and its leadership) is unlikely to perceive it to be a problem, thus new problems can be very destructive. #leadership

Humans are social animals. The culture in which we live influences what and how we learn.

While we attend to novelty, humans tend to surround themselves with familiar “things.”

Always state the opinions upon which your facts are based.

"Build knowledge into your environment." Yup, that is good advice.

The “machine of education.” Yeah... no. #education #teaching

"Those who place any faith in intelligence must surely be out of their minds.... out of their minds."

“Does technology assure abundance?” - David Nye With information, the answer appears, “yes,” but the quality of that information is dubious. #technology