thinkfuture: technology, philosophy and the future

Part 1 of 4: How do we apply the concept of the Lean Startup MVP to our biggest problems: for example, what is the minimum education that students require before they are sent out into the world? Critical thinking, learning how to learn, the scientific method. 

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Nate Joens is the Co-Founder, Head of Innovation and past CEO at Structurely. Under his 4 years as CEO, Structurely experienced 10x growth in conversations processed in the real estate industry and built a proprietary conversational AI application that 99.9% of consumers believed was human. Structurely also became a Housing Wire Real Estate Tech Top 100 company, and grew to a team of 26 employees.

With over 3.5 million conversations with their AI Assistant Structurely’s Real Estate data set is nearing 10mm individually labeled messages.

With experience in Geographic Information Services (GIS), real estate, financing, urban planning, project management, and graphic design, Nate leads the product, engineering and machine learning teams at Structurely to align with real estate customer goals.

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Jesson Bradshaw is the CEO of Energy Ogre, an electricity management company that uses proprietary systems to ensure its customers are always getting the best prices on their energy electricity.  Energy Ogre has helped over 100,000 Texans save up to 40% on their electricity bills, over $150M since its founding.   Jesson hopes to bring attention to Texas’s deregulated electricity industry by discussing topics such as renewable energy, future technologies, and consumer services. --- https://energyogre.com https://ideateandexecute.com

We hire too many people based on a false reality. Past events do not necessarily ensure future results. Bring back apprenticeships for all work.  --- http://ideateandexecute.com

What is wrong with work? It needs to be completely disrupted: change only seems to occur when there is a crisis - even though remote work is better for almost everyone, we are still pressuring employees to return to the office.  --- http://ideateandexecute.com

For the first 15 years of his professional career, Matt focused on information technology -  working for a large silicon valley software companies to data center startups to a brief stint with a family foundation that, unlike his previous employers, did not create profit but rather had a goal to give it all away.  In early 2000 he entered the world of logistics - mostly implementing large software systems and eventually asked to look at innovations in trucking and warehousing.  In mid-2015 his employer opened one of the first industry "Innovation Labs" - a group dedicated to researching and testing early-stage supply chain innovations like inventory counting drones, robotic automation, human exoskeletons, and virtual reality applications.   In early 2018 Matt joined Covenant Logistics - a premium service provider of transportation and warehousing services.  In his role as VP of Sustainability and Innovation, he works directly with senior leadership to research future trends in the logistics industry and evaluate their applicability to Covenant's strategy of providing more affordable, safer, cleaner delivery of products.  Lately, he's been spending most of his time looking at Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Environmental / Social Governance (ESG) as many supply chain companies are looking for ways to reduce their carbon footprints using everything from alternative fuels like Battery Electric and Hydrogen to autonomous vehicles to optimization software.  When not at work, Matt spends most of his time outdoors and traveling with his family in their DIY converted 2017 Sprinter Van, christened "Chad The Van" by his teenage son.  Chadthevan regularly transports both the family and outdoor gear to their frequent outdoor activities of kayaking, hang gliding, scuba diving, trail running, mountain biking, overlanding - anything outdoors.  You can follow their adventures on Instagram at @chadthevan and his professional life on LinkedIn:    https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattmclelland/--- http://ideateandexecute.com

Product Innovation: Strategize - look to the future and see where things are going. Innovate - envision new products and services your customer may love, and let them decide if it needs to pivot. How to meet supply and demand, how to make sure you know what people want - build something that you think they like and then ASK THEM... --- http://ideateandexecute.com

Why are we so concerned that AI is going to replace us? Even when we position it as an augment to us, and that it will take on burdensome work - but what if there are humans out there who want to do that? In the far future, we will all have the ability to do whatever we want - even things that people feel are burdensome. We need AI to augment human happiness, in the end. --- http://ideateandexecute.com

We need to treat each other better on the internet, and then AI will learn to become better. We are the ones who created the monsters, now we need to re-parent them properly.

One of the reasons we are so horrible to each other online is that we are clamoring for attention. We figure that if we can be loud and negative, then someone will pay attention to us.  --- http://ideateandexecute.com