Singularity University for Exec’s

Posted by Dr. James Canton on November 24, 2009 under Uncategorized | Read the First Comment

So for those that have not heard about Singularity University, http://singularityu.org/sponsored by NASA and Google it is a university by futurists, inspired by Ray Kurzweil futurist, author and Peter Diamandes the X Prize founder.

Out of these concerns, and grounded in the belief that advanced tech innovations might save the planet and our way of life, Singularity University was born. A place to educate and share big ideas about how to develop human and tech potential to meet the challenges of the future.

The objective of the school is to actually blow up schools, at least the model of education. The big idea is to prepare the next generation of leaders to deal with exponential tech and innovations that could transform the planet for the better.

As lead chair for Futures and Forecasting track, I am concerned that we are not preparing leaders fast enough and deep enough to meet the grand challenges that confront humanity now and in the future. Grand challenges like accelerating climate change, the next 500 megacities, feeding 9 billion people, peace and security for the future planetary needs of our children. We need a new type of leadership model that is ready for the future.

Check it out. We just graduated the first executive group and the first university student group this past summer.

Singularity U is an experiment in transforming not just education but in thinking and doing for creating a better world.

What is next for nano, bio, neuro, quantum and IT? Come and find out, many lectures are online. We are building a community, join.

Check out the Synthetic Biology talk on the front page at www.Singularityu.org

  • Bob Harrell said,

    Hi James- thanks for posting this, and for your response to me on Twitter regarding Singularity U. I understand that you are on the faculty of SU. I am very excited about the upcoming Exec Program starting in Feb and committed to going.

    As mentioned in my response tweet, I have applied via the SingularityU website. However, I’m wondering if there is anything I can do to increase my chances of being admitted (eg, proactively supply rec letters from people in my network who can vouch for me being the right fit and a great add to this program). Thoughts on this, and can you give me any insights into the admission process and timing? Thanks!

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