Mainstreaming the Singularity in Universities and Beyond - Dr. Kim Solez
Channel: avoca99
Date: 2011-08-30

A TED type presentation given by Dr. Kim Solez at the Singularity University reunion on August 28, 2011 in Mountain View, California. Includes comments by Singularity University president Neil Jacobstein at the end. Dr. Solez argues that we are not passive victims of the future, but can help to shape the future in positive ways, but new courses and new disciplines are needed within the university sector to accomplish this. Government leaders understand the importance of the Singularity but the idea has yet to reach the mainstream teaching of universities. A new course on "Technology and the Future of Medicine" that is being taught this year at the University of Alberta is a first step that Dr. Solez hopes will be replicated at many other institutions around the world. Copyright (c) 2011 by Transpath Inc.