Science Education: Themes for the Next 50 Years
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Science Education:Themes for the Next 50 Years
Anthony Townsend I Research Director
INSTITUTE FOR THE FUTUREMathScience Innovation Forum
Richmond, Virginia
May 1, 2009
© 2006, 2009 Institute for the Future. All rights reserved.
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where we started
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map 1.0
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map 2.0
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S&T horizon map: 2005–2055
insert final S&T map
Themes for the Next 50 Years
• Mathematical World
• Intentional Biology
• Transdisciplinarity
• The Extended Self
• Science In Place
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mathematical world
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three waves of digital technology
Source: Institute for the Future
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explosion of sensors
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zillionics
Unrelenting rivers of sensory data will flow day and night from zillions of sources.
—Kevin Kelly
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decoding patterns
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math becomes invisible
In 2050, 99% of computational cycles will be devoted to one task—grinding combinatorics.
–Jim Herriot, the Bios Group
Painting by Andreas Gursky, 99 Cent, 1999
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simulation: new literacy
• Visuals
• Multimedia
• Tactile
• Auditory
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simulation: enterprise
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the next curve:
Source: Institute for the Future
sensemaking
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intentional biology
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mother nature has a collaborator
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gene jockeying
The costs of DNA sequencing and synthesizing are dropping
Source: Carlson, Rob. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, Practice, and Science
Volume 1, Number 3, August 2003.
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programmable life
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synthetic biology
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nature’s nanotech
Biology is the nanotechnology
that works.
—Tom Knight, MIT
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nanobiotechnology
Source: Ron Fearing, UC Berkeley
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personalized medicine
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transdisciplinarity
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Source: http://www.hent.org/hent/hentnews/trans3.gif
transdisciplinarity
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democratized innovation
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from cloistered specialists to global networks of innovation
grid physics network
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cultivating amateurs
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new publishing forums
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extended self
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Ritalin abuse among u.s. teens, 2004
Source: University of Michigan Institute for Social Research
hacking our biology
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hacking our biology
personal genome analysis
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metabolomics
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embracing our cyborg selves
Microsoft’s SenseCam
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jacking in
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extra sensory perception
magnetic fingers
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the quantifed self
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science in place
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science 2.0: research meets the social web
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lightweight innovation
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From…
Internal
Centralized
Corporate Labs
To…• Venture funds & start-ups• Knowledge spot markets• Contract labs• IP shops• Consumer co-creation• & more…
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innovation and learning happen anywhere
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but more of it is ad hoc f2f
BioBarCamp @ IFTF
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future spaces: co-working
La Cantine, Paris
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future spaces: disposable labs
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future spaces: MIT’s Stata Center
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K-12 in the regional knowledge ecosystem
Key Themes for the Next 50 Years
• Mathematical World
• Intentional Biology
• Transdisciplinarity
• The Extended Self
• Science In Place
Full map and report available at
http://tinyurl.com/iftf50
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