The GSV Big 10: Fun & Games
The GSV Big 10: Fun & Games
My conversation with Bari Weiss, the cost of canceling debt, America's next middle-class job...
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The Big 10:
Ep 10 · Ed on the Edge | Truth Teller and Warrior: Bari Weiss | Dash Media
It’s always my treat to talk with the fearless Bari Weiss. She is a powerful voice for freedom and honesty.
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Whether it’s students singing the Star Spangled Banner at Ole Miss or a janitor defending the building he cares for, Americans are rising up. I cannot imagine what the Former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Columbia, Bill Campbell, would say about his alma mater if he were around to see this. To be honest, my guess is he would put his thumb in his mouth, pull it out to make a “pop”, and say that people need to pull their heads out of their a*#%s.
Debt Cancellation is Extremely Costly | Marc Goldwein on X
Picking up the tab for the house at the pub on a Friday night makes you really popular amongst the patrons…until they realize that they’re actually the ones on the hook. Compare this trillion dollars to the $750 billion that was spent on higher ed in the last ~60 years, and it’s clear something is upside down.
TriStar Lands Wesley Wang Short ‘Nothing, Except Everything’ In Bidding War; Wang To Adapt, With Darren Aronofsky’s Protozoa Producing | Deadline
Learning by doing has always been one of the best ways to obtain skills. There has never been less friction between creator and consumer, and distribution channels like YouTube allow projects to reach billions of people. Learning institutions need to reimagine how to create value or risk getting caught as the pickle in the middle.
30% Of Children Ages 5-7 Are On TikTok |
We stand corrected…I’ve always said we love businesses that are addictive but don’t cause cancer. We’ve now found an addictive business that doesn’t cause cancer but is destroying people and society at large. 20 years ago, the average attention span was 150 seconds. Today, it’s 8 seconds – one less than that of a goldfish. Anxiety, depression, loneliness, and low self-esteem are symptoms of our World’s TikTokification.
LinkedIn Is The Latest Company To Get In On Gaming | The Verge
If you can’t tell, we think a big part of the future of learning is fun & games. If you’re not engaged, you won’t learn anything. Quality games do an extraordinary job of gaining and keeping mindshare. With 3 billion gamers around the World and global gaming spend at $260 billion, it’s not a shock that LinkedIn has joined the party.
Is This America’s Next Big Middle-Class Job? | [Thread] Washington Post’s Heather Long on X
Once again, it’s about knowledge, not college. With over 90% of college students saying that their #1 reason for going to college is to get a job, this alternative pathway for acquiring skills applicable to the jobs of the future is increasingly attractive. College for all? The chorus is growing for “College at all?”
Amid the Nation’s Ongoing Youth Mental Health Crisis, New Research Shows the Critical Role Sports Can Play in Promoting Girls’ Mental Health | Women’s Sports Foundation
Something that is obvious but has now been quantified - girls who play sports are happier, healthier, and more confident. Data shows the chances of a mental health disorder are up to 2.5x lower for girls in sports. We know that mental health issues are an epidemic amongst young people – 37% of teens have been prescribed antidepressants. This is a natural medication with long-term benefits and should be embraced and promoted.
College Students Hit The (Sports) Books | WSJ
We recently wrote about Gen Z and their dopamine addiction. 58% of all 18 to 22-year-olds have placed a sports wager in the past year. Either young people suddenly got richer than when I was in college, or they're getting poorer by gambling money they don’t have. Our take away – modern Higher Ed needs far more gamified, invisible learning that feeds Gen Z’s hunger for a dope fix.
Co-Intelligence: AI in the Classroom with Ethan Mollick | ASU+GSV 2024
Grateful to have the AI Advisor to the Stars Ethan Mollick keynote the ASU+GSV Summit. The AI Revolution, a.k.a. AIR, is picking up speed, and you’re either going to make things happen, watch things happen, or say ‘what happened?’ If you want to be the former, this 24-minute video is par excellence.