Paul's Update 2/6

Cities Are Killing The Future Of Work (And The American Dream)

Cities Are Killing The Future Of Work (And The American Dream) Stephane Kasriel In its new-headquarters search, Amazon seems hell-bent on accelerating the rapid urbanization of work. We should...

How Big Data Can Help Rebuild America's Aging Infrastructure

How Big Data Can Help Rebuild America's Aging Infrastructure Justhy Deva Prasad Wireless sensor networks could tell engineers when key structural elements of bridges, highways and buildings ar...

A New Approach to Designing Work

A New Approach to Designing Work It’s possible to organize work in ways that achieve both agility and efficiency – if you know how.

Game changer or jobs at risk? AI and work of the future

Game changer or jobs at risk? AI and work of the future Sanjay Srivastava While much of the discourse around AI and automation has been concerned with the looming threat to the workforce...

As Local Media Dies, Google Pilots A Program For Unpaid Citizen Journalists

As Local Media Dies, Google Pilots A Program For Unpaid Citizen Journalists Cale Guthrie Weissman The search giant wants to solve a problem it helped create.

The Brain Science of Microlearning: Why It Works - Training Industry

The Brain Science of Microlearning: Why It Works - Training Industry In the next 10 to 15 years, we will see the greatest transfer of knowledge that has ever taken place. With the t...

Forget 'Smart'—We Need 'Context Cities'

Forget 'Smart'—We Need 'Context Cities' Frequent Planetizen contributor Charles R. Wolfe reflects on reconciling global forces and local context in citi...

Why Hospitals Need Better Data Science

Why Hospitals Need Better Data Science The health care sector could learn from Amazon, Southwest, and FedEx.