(To Karl) On Dangerous Titles and Unintended Consequences

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(To Karl) On Dangerous Titles and Unintended Consequences

I just posted the following as an “update” to the “Did You Know? The Future is More than Economic” post. But another annoying thing about blogging is that updates are generally not seen by readers of the original post. So I’m giving it visibility here too:

[Update: Ouch, that title bit me when I revisited this post after moving more boxes into my new apartment. I want to make it so clear (and try to below) that, as I've said before, I admire Karl immensely. Not only is he brilliant, he's also one of the few giants in this field who did more than look on with interest when I was trying to turn the 1001 Flat World Tales idea into a flat classroom reality. He helped turn "talk to action," to quote one of my favorite blogs, by lining me up with Michele in Denver, my first flat classroom collaborative partner. Quite possibly, that project would have remained an idea without Karl's contribution.

So the focus here is on ideas, and on extending them. To allude to "Did You Know?" is just shorthand - and I know that Karl knows that it's more than just economics. I hope the post below makes it clear that this is about ideas, and about one more unintended consequence of the dizzying effects Karl's "viral" video.]

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