TelstarGroup 1: Choosing, Doing and Sharing Agenda
Sign-in, Connectivity, and Organizing
Essential Question: What are the implications of choice and freedom in our society and classrooms?
The Law of Accelerating Returns ~ Ray Kurzweil
"An analysis of the history of technology shows that technological
change is exponential, contrary to the common-sense "intuitive linear"
view. So we won't experience 100 years of progress in the 21st century
-- it will be more like 20,000 years of progress (at today's rate). The
'returns,' such as chip speed and cost-effectiveness, also increase
exponentially. There's even exponential growth in the rate of
exponential growth. Within a few decades, machine intelligence will
surpass human intelligence, leading to The Singularity -- technological
change so rapid and profound it represents a rupture in the fabric of
human history. The implications include the merger of biological and
nonbiological intelligence, immortal software-based humans, and
ultra-high levels of intelligence that expand outward in the universe
at the speed of light."