A TechCrunch article about Singularity University arrested my attention today. What caught my eye about the university are the people involved which include Kurzweil (Inventor and Author) and Diamandis (X Prize), Myhrvold (Microsoft). Also the subjects that these smart people thinks hold the future of innovation and inventions i.e nanotechnology, biotechnology, genetics, computing etc.
The thesis of Singularity University seems to be that by exposing top tier graduate students to cutting edge information in these fields (at a cost of $25,000) they will be able to synthesize innovation.
However what went through my mind is can we expose a lot of people to this information using freely available information on the web and based on the wisdom of the crowd and self selection innovation will flow.
The idea of knowledge is not about what you know, but what you can do with what you know. This is something I will like to play around with. Stay tuned…
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