Digital Technology Can Bring Democracy to Life
On Monday at the MaRS Centre in downtown Toronto, Research and Innovation Minister Glen Murray unveiled an important example of how digital technologies can bring to life the fuzzy “participatory democracy” notion championed decades ago by former prime minister Pierre Trudeau.
Murray made the announcement at the province’s first Social Innovation Summit, which brought together 150 local and international leaders from business, not-for-profits, academia and community groups to brainstorm the best ways to tackle economic, social, cultural and environmental challenges.
May 17th, 2013 on The Huffington Post, The Toronto Star
The continuing global economic mess, growing inequalities and environmental destruction, to name a few crises, are causing many to ask: Is global capitalism fixable as a system, and if so, what is to be done? Three perspectives from Don Tapscott, Richard Florida and Roger Martin, in preparation for their Prosperity Experts @ Rotman Discussion Series.
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May 6th, 2013 on The Huffington Post
Like a phoenix from the ashes, Blackberry may actually be making a comeback.
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April 29th, 2013 on The Huffington Post
After much ballyhoo, Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen have published The New Digital Age. The authors are as smart and plugged-in as it gets. And they have the resources and connections necessary to break new ground.
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April 27th, 2013 on The Toronto Star
And while countless books have been written on the subject, none has created such buzz as the recently released The New Digital Age: Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business by Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen. Justly so; this is for your must-read list.
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March 28th, 2013 on RSA
Thanks to the internet revolution and the digital space’s communication tools, alternatives to nation-state-based institutions have evolved in the quest for a better world.
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March 25th, 2013 on The Globe and Mail, The Huffington Post
The obsession with “now” is the topic of Present Shock, the new book from well-known media theorist Douglas Rushkoff.
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