Guest Thinkers — February 22, 2011

What are you doing? We’re idea-ting

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The above video is IBM’s tongue-in-cheek look at corporate brainstorming events. This 0:30 ad has been played over and over during each week of the NFL playoffs as IBM reminds managers all over the country to just do it when they get back into the office on Monday.

[video: IBM Commercial: Idea-ting Session]

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The Future

Kevin Kelly points a new way forward into the Age of AI

One of the most original and optimistic thinkers in America sketches some big ideas about what’s possible with AI in the next 25 years.

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How to reclaim meaning in a changing world

What if the barrier to a fulfilled life isn’t technology but culture?

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