The GSV Big 10: Lord of the AIR
Shaking Up AI, The Collapse Of The Knowledge System, and Make Your Bed!
Chart of the Week
The Big 10:
Introducing Handshake AI | Garrett Lord
Shake it up! Lord of the AIR (AI Revolution)…Handshake announced its AI expert network last week. With 500K PHDs and 3 million advanced degree holders, Handshake AI is poised to provide ammunition to the front of the AI Revolution.
Going to an office and pretending to work: A business that’s booming in China | El País
Moonlighting was an age old employment strategy where an employee trying to get ahead (or just to get by) held a couple jobs by working 16 hour days. Covid created two new phenomenons…1) ”quiet quitting” where an employee would just stop doing their job and 2) over employment, where the employee working from home held down multiple jobs at the same time. “Pretending to Work” is a new trend where wannabe employees are going to an office so they can appear to be gainfully employed while they are looking for their next gig.
Amid Calls to Close Education Department, Penny Schwinn Promises to Aid ‘Our Most Struggling Schools’ | The74
So we aren’t pretending to be objective, Penny Schwinn needs to be confirmed as the Deputy Secretary of Education. Penny is deep in the details on policy and has operating chops from running her own Charter School and policy chops as the former Secretary of Education in Tennessee. Some on the Right have some issues with how she dealt with masking and DEI, but America would be lucky to have her working for our kids in Washington.
How to make digital technology an educational force for good | Financial Times
Technology and AI can either be an incredible tool to advance and equalize learning…it can also be the end of civilization. Laser or forest fire? Really depends on the intentionality. In what is a pretty simplistic overview of a digital learning game plan, the FT highlights the “4 D’s” parents and teachers need to know: financial deceit, personal distraction, disinformation and drop in thinking.
The Ten Warning Signs | The Honest Broker
The “collapse of the knowledge system” is happening before our very eyes but we don’t recognize it or its consequences. It was it 200 years after the Renaissance started that it was coined the Renaissance. The confluence of distrust in major knowledge institutions such as academia, government and the media are part of the problem. When experts are discredited, and questionable science prevails, you end up with a system falling apart. Don’t count on technology and the Singularity warns the author Ted Gioia, it’s only going to contribute to the destruction.
“The world moves so fast now that universities need to collaborate with industry to maintain relevance” | Philip Joubert on Linkedin
This is something we’ve said was an emerging trend for a while—it’s clear the silos between academia and industry are going away. “Learn to earn” has been the mantra by the majority of college students but most universities don’t believe that’s their primary job. Market forces are taking over and we are going to see a rapidly growing number of partnerships between companies and colleges.
GEMS Global Education AI Hub launched to transform the future of learning | Fox 5
GEMS is one of largest private K-12 businesses in the world with roughly 200 campuses and 200,000 students. GEMS Chairman and driving force, Sunny Varkey, has been ahead of the AI curve for years…now GEMS is connecting other schools, teachers and students to its network and knowledge.
School choice may soon be expanded in all states as part of ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ | The Center Square
With approximately 75% of ALL adults favoring school choice, it shouldn’t be controversial to put the gas on this movement. Moreover, studies have shown that choice helps the poorest children the most—pretty much the opposite of what opponents argue. Additionally, the competition amongst schools that choice promotes has shown to “lift all boats”.
Welcome to Campus. Here’s Your ChatGPT. | NYT
The battle plan is tried and tested so it was only a matter of time before the AI Arms Race made it to campus. The leading universities of the future will be the ones that are “AI Native”. What libraries were for the past four hundred years, AI will be more crucial for the next 500 years.
🎙️ Ep. 50 · Admiral William McRaven | Ed on the Edge | Dash Media
A true American Hero as the person responsible for getting Osama Bin Laden, Admiral McRaven went on to be the Chancellor at the University of Texas. His “Make Your Bed” video has been seen by hundreds of millions (including my daughters many times!) and his advice on leadership is priceless.
BONUS: Baret Scholars Graduation Speech, 2025 | Baret Scholars
Chris Whittle at the base of the Great Wall of China for the first graduation class of Baret Scholars. Gap years are ever increasing in popularity and having a highly curated, highly global experience is definitely on-trend.