Par Olivier Godard (CNRS) - Des raisons théoriques et pratiques font de l’objectif d’un prix mondial unique du carbone une mauvaise idée, tant sur le plan du bien-être que sur le plan géopolitique. Voir l'article...
31 octobre 2015
31 octobre 2015
Lancement du cycle Mutations technologiques, mutations sociales
Les avancées technologiques et les transformations sociales résultantes ou motrices de ces innovations suscitent enthousiasmes, débats et controverses, tant sur leur portée que sur les opportunités ou les risques qu’elles recèlent. Pour éclairer ces questions, France Stratégie organise avec l’EHESS et l'Inria un cycle de débats mensuels « Mutations technologiques, mutations sociales » qui rassemble des personnalités de la décision publique, de la recherche, du monde associatif ou économique, spécialistes de ces sujets. Voir l'article...
31 octobre 2015
Supporting the Energy Transition: the Role of Low Interest Rates
By Pierre Monnin (CEP, Zurich) - Low interest rates tend to favor ‘green technologies’ competitiveness while also increasing their cost volatility. More...
31 octobre 2015
Why Finance Can Save the Planet?
By Jean Pisani-Ferry - Most people hate finance, viewing it as the epitome of irresponsibility and greed. But, even after causing a once-in-a-century recession and unemployment for millions, finance looks indispensable for preventing an even worse catastrophe: climate change. More...
30 octobre 2015
Un observatoire de l'ubérisation pour faire évoluer le droit fiscal et social
Par Sandrine Damie. L'ubérisation est une vraie lame de fond : les hôtels, les taxis, les librairies, les avocats, les banques, les restaurateurs l'intègrent, modifiant leurs relations avec le consommateur. D'autres secteurs devraient être ubérisés dans les mois à venir, soit par « sur-traitance » (modèle de Booking), soit par « sous-traitance » (modèle d'Uber). Voir l'article...
29 octobre 2015
Who Owns Molecular Biology?
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Who Owns Molecular Biology?
Yarden Katz, Boston Review, 2015/10/28
This is an excellent article that while not dealing with education technology directly deals with issues of patents and ownerships that will impact our field, and our society, for generations. At issue is ownership of the CRISPR-Cas system bacteria use to defend themselves against an attacking virus. More...
29 octobre 2015
What a Deep Neural Network thinks about your #selfie
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. What a Deep Neural Network thinks about your #selfie
Andrej Karpathy, Andrej Karpathy's Blog, 2015/10/28
This article is a reaally good indication of thee sort of thing that can be done with a neural network (I hesitate to classify these as deep neural networks, because as the article makes clear, they depend on training sets). More...
29 octobre 2015
What’s Happening in ‘Their Space’?
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. What’s Happening in ‘Their Space’?
Jane Andrews, Mark Jones, Journal of Interactive Media in Education (JIME), 2015/10/27
This item was shared by Grainne Conole and Ana Cristina Pratas on Facebook, so I took a look, but must honestly confess to muttering "come on, really?" a lot while reading this item. More...
29 octobre 2015
The Smell of the Place
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The Smell of the Place
Sumantra Ghosha, YouTube | World Economic Forum, 2015/10/27
This is a terrific 8-minute video that applies as much to educational institutions as it does work environments. Basically Ghoshal argues that the environment, far more than the characteristics of employees, is what impacts productivity. More...
29 octobre 2015
ESPN Clips Vanish From YouTube Due to Rights, Legal Issues
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. ESPN Clips Vanish From YouTube Due to Rights, Legal Issues
Jack Clark, Bloomberg, 2015/10/26
Remember how great YouTube was and how important its free and open access to everything was so important for education, spawning such things as the Khan Academy? Well that's all about to change as Google introduces YouTube Red subscriptions on Oct. 28. More...
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