Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community

Including more than 160 essays from experts in the field, this massive tome (300 page PDF) urges "urging an all-encompassing systems response by leaders to serve humanity's best interests in light of rapid technological change," according to its editors Lee Rainie and Janna Anderson, both from Elon University. Rainie and Anderson offer shorter versions of the overall analysis available in a four-page news release and a 15-page executive summary. In their executive summary, they describe "five layers needed for an institutions-first infrastructure" as described by the authors collectively: oversight and governance, a civic layer, an ethical layer, a cognitive layer, and a decision-making layer. 

 

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