Tag: Social impact

Technology for social good

As someone with a primarily engineering background, one of the most interesting subjects I learned about through this week’s lectures is entrepreneurship. While the focus of this week was on the technology behind cloud computing, Montse Medina’s summary of lessons learned in entrepreneurship were especially valuable because they highlighted the importance of skills that cannot… Read more Technology for social good

AI is changing the world. But is it for the good?

We live in a world filled with conflicts. Whether it is our conflict with nature, one religion’s with another, simply a conflict of inequities and opportunities that never seem to balance or the one that always exists between a world that is advancing rapidly and the one that is left behind, we are always trying,… Read more AI is changing the world. But is it for the good?

The uncertainty of relevance

Having ideas is easy, we produce myriads a day, and when it is about deciding on their adoption when they will directly affect our personal life; it is quasi-immediate to discriminate between good and bad ideas. Why is it then so difficult to predict the success rate of an idea to flourish, a product to… Read more The uncertainty of relevance