Our next human evolutionary leap IN A RECENT commencement address at University of Bologna Silicon Valley billionaire and investor Reid Hoffman informed the graduates that they were part of the “AI generation.” He was able to declare this only months after Generative AI became available to the public because the…

The Emergence of Statistical Thought — By Marc Prensky, as re-written by Chat GPT. Original, by Marc Prensky alone, published on THE PRENSKY PERSPECTIVE here. In Daniel Kahneman’s renowned book, “Thinking Fast and Slow,” he illuminates the existence of two distinct thinking systems within humans. For centuries, we relied on heuristics and critical analysis to navigate…

CREATING AND ADDING VALUE IN THE WORLD — IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED that we change the goals for our 21st century children to the so-called “6 C’s” of Character, Citizenship, Collaboration, Communication, Creativity, and Critical thinking. But still missing from this list is a critical component that all kids in the 21st century need to grow up successfully…

HAVING LONG BEEN AN OPTIMIST that science or engineering solutions would reverse and solve our climate change crisis, I’m now beginning to think that it’s too late. We may still be able to slow it down a bit, but barring any last-minute breakthroughs is unlikely we will reverse climate change…

A new technology category — ACCORDING TO an early 2022 Global Market and Forecast Report from researchandmarkets.com, the global “EdTech” market is predicted to reach roughly $600 billion by 2027. That Is good news for venture capitalists and market promoters who see themselves in the “EdTech space.” It is also, possibly, good news for some…

The 21st century shift from EDUCATION to EMPOWERMENT — ANYONE WHO GREW UP even partially in the 20th century is likely to consider “education” to be of paramount importance for young people and for the world. The #4 United Nations Sustainable Development Goal, adopted in 2015 by the General Assembly, is: “a quality education for all.” Just after the…

“THE METAVERSE” is a marketing term, already co-opted by one company. But in reality, it is just an extension of the larger and much more important new world we now have — “The Cloud”—in one direction, i.e., visual. “The Cloud” is the new world, visible and invisible that is in…

Marc Prensky, Founder, The Two Billion Kids Project I define “empowerment” in terms of output. People — including kids — are empowered not just when they know how to get things done, but when they DO get things done. The Elements of Empowerment presented here are not “competencies” to be…

Virtual (live and pre-recorded) and In-Person — Titles, descriptions & audience takeaways Empowerment Keynote: EMPOWERING THE HUMANS OF THE FUTURE — Vision + Hope for 21st c. kids To have any hope for succeeding in the future, our kids need to become empowered. Empowerment comes NOT from nice-sounding lists of…