What will Homo numericus pass on to his descendants?
Our departed ancestors have left us photo albums, boxes of trinkets, schoolbooks filled with cooking recipes... Our memories of these deceased are inextricably linked to these objects, images and writings.
But digital has taken over the objects. Photos, music and writings no longer have substance... So what are we going to leave to our descendants?
Social engineering and intent on others
The confrontation of social engineering and intention on and for others. Sometimes citizens grumble at technocrats who use different forms of engineering, techniques and methods; the question is not so much the existence of this engineering as the sharing of intentions and goals to be pursued.
Premortem thinking: how to design with failure in mind—not just success
Christian Elongué, a pan-African L&D strategist, shares how premortem analysis helped him avoid costly failures and build resilient education systems across Africa.
Territories at peace, education on the rise
We live in a violent world, but things are improving. The link between education and prosperity needs to be strengthened more than ever.
Crickets in the canteen: the next food evolution?
Despite being an important part of the earth's biomass and essential to the survival of plants and animals of all kinds, most people have a basic distaste for insects. Eating them, then, seems akin to recklessness. Yet entomophagy could be the next food evolution in our lives... and in school canteens.