TEDed - Four principles for the open world - Don Tapscott

Don Tapscott's presentation - YouTube

1) What is Don’s term for the generation that has grown up “bathed in bits”?

- Answer: Net Generation


2) When Rob McEwen’s geologists were having difficulty identifying the presence and location of the gold in his mines, what radical approach did he take?

- Answer: Released his data and held the Goldcorp Challenge


3) What does Don mean when he says we have a “burning platform” for change?

- Answer: Don is basically saying that the world as it is now becomes too costy and that we need radical changes in order to move forward!


4) According to Don’s four meanings of openness, what is the difference between “transparency” and “sharing”?

- Answer: Sharing is about giving up assets while transparency is about communication of information!


5) What happens to power structures as knowledge becomes increasingly distributed?

- Answer: Power becomes decentralized


6) According to Don, the internet did not give rise to an information age, but instead gave rise to:

- Answer: The Age of Networked Intelligence


7) Don uses an example from nature to demonstrate his four principles for openness. Which
example does he choose, and in what ways does it exhibit these principles?

- Don is illustrating his four principles for openness with an example from nature! Highlighting birds collaborative effort to fight a predator called "murmuration"! According to him, human beings should stick together as those birds do in order to get a "Collective Intelligence" nad move humanity forward efficiently!