Posted November 8, 2008 10:52 AM by Mark Piepkorn
Related Categories: Op-Ed, Books & Media, The Industry

No wonder you're having trouble keeping up. From the video Shift Happens:

"It is estimated that a week's worth of the New York Times contains more information than a person was likely to come across in a lifetime in the 18th century."

"The amount of technical information is doubling every two years. By 2010, it's predicted to double every 72 hours."

"We are currently preparing students for jobs that don't yet exist... using technologies that haven't been invented... in order to solve problems we don't even know are problems yet."

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