Insights : TED Talk

Technology and Urbanization

Despite popular projections on urban populations continuing to rise, UPS logistics expert and TED speaker Julio Gil, says urbanization is actually reaching the end of its cycle due to advances in technology. In a few years, technology may allow us to enjoy more of the benefits of city life anywhere. These tech innovations, combined with…

Making Sense of Big Data

In Susan Etlinger’s latest TED Talk, she discusses how big data leads to big societal fears as well as how to understand and manage them. The talk begins with a reference to Neil Postman’s book, Amusing Ourselves to Death, that cites the dystopian-world views of Orwell and Huxley. For all the good things technology has…