Education in the Digital Age: How We Get There

What skills are recession-proof? How should you prepare your high school student or an uncertain future? Learn why jobs are in decline and what will replace themUnderstand how digital media production will replace some standardized testingGain insight into how digital technology trends such as decentralization and open source could collide to challenge the nations largest corporationsStudy the history of economic trends and inquire into whether America is bound for totalitarian corporate rule or a drastic expansion of democratic valuesExplore the research on human bias and discover why anti-bias is crucial for economic growthDelve into the limits of artificial intelligence and how a digital native future inverts its role in societyQuestion whether surveillance capitalism is something we should worry aboutDigital Platforms Are the Most Profitable Companies on the Planet and Poised to Transform Education... A former software engineer Principal Zeimer takes readers through an in-depth evaluation of how digital technology and economics are poised to transform education by examining the concept of academic capital.A MINDSET SHIFT FROM: INDUSTRIAL TO: DIGITALFROM: Students are consumers of information TO: Students are producers of academic content (the heart of academic capital)FROM: More stuff represents prosperity TO: Human attention (active users) represent prosperityFROM: Students identify correct answer as fast as possible TO: Students think critically about questions that they designFROM: Broadcasting TO: NarrowcastingFROM: Boss decides what to produce which is pushed to consumers with marketing (supply side) TO: Users decide what to produce and they pull items into existence (Demand side)FROM: It costs money to distribute goods and services leading to economies of scale (monopoly dynamics) TO: Distribution is free and instant leading to network effects (winner-takes-all dynamics)FROM: Security means armed guards and guns stormtroopers TO: Security means encryption hackersFROM: Ownership (owning capital leads to profits / Zero-sum dynamics) TO: Sharing (Uber has no cars Airbnb no homes AliBaba no stores / positive-sum dynamics)FROM: The corporation / having a job / centralized TO: The Platform / doing work / crowdsourcedFROM: Movement of physical atoms of stuff TO: Movement of electronsFROM: Groupthink of the executive team TO: Mass identities manipulate the crowdGuaranteed to capture the hearts of readers interested in bitcoin education or basic income. Click the BUY NOW button above to get your copy today!#DNAcredits A New Deal for The Digital Age.