I recently wrote about the evolution of learning. A recent article takes this conversation further. Here is a short summary:
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Learning’s Next Phase, Captured On Video
Yesterday, I explored a powerful story: how human learning has evolved from vertical to horizontal, and now toward something even more transformative – ambient.
For most of history, learning was vertical, flowing down through families and traditions. The rise of schools, books, and digital platforms expanded it horizontally, allowing knowledge to move sideways across communities and institutions. But today, a new phase is emerging: ambient learning. In this model, knowledge doesn’t just pass down or across – it surrounds us. Supported by AI, sensors, and connected environments, learning becomes ever-present, context-aware, and seamlessly woven into daily life.
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In the mid-1800s, when operating steam-driven machines required a skilled workforce, education helped the working class emerge from a period of stagnation. Later, high school helped ease the transition from the farm to the factory and office. We find ourselves straddling two eras again. The world economic forum estimates that sixty-five percent of children today will end up in careers that do not exist yet.
Our goal is to double the world’s GDP. That’s a very audacious goal. But education is the only thing that has ever done it in the past. It can jumpstart entire economies
Sebastian Thrun – Chairman and co-founder of Udacity
So here we are again. Education must emerge as the bridge between eras. It must ensure that those educated embody the qualities and competencies essential to life in a society different than our industrial past.
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Reimagining the Future 