Shawna Pandya Think Twitter is a flood of triviality only? Think again. Here's a wonderful illustration of the connectedness of the next generation.
The usual serindipidous links.
Just listened to a TED lecture by Ray Kurzweil giving his usual the Singularity is coming lecture. He announced the foundation of Singularity University, with Diamondis (of X-prize fame). Checked it out. The first class is underway with 36 young people. Picked a random bio - Shawna Pandya. Currently a med student in Edmonton. Earlier degrees in Neuroscience and in Space. Just joined Twitter this month. Check out her chatter. This girl's play is another person's work! Or her summer project - "Summer vacation'09: aiming to positively impact 1 billion people in 10yrs with 40 people from 14 countries in 9wks. No pressure or anything.". Or visit another of her network places Linked In to see how a CV is done nowadays.
With Ray's new endeavor, the arrival of the Singularity in 2045 won't be such a surprise. Interesting also that Google conditioned their support to this endeavor by requiring that the new university focus not merely on high tech (as is Ray's passion), but on "humanities grand challenges". With people like Shawna they're off to a good start.
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What a pleasant surprise to come across this - greetings from SU and thanks for the mention! - Shawna
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