Innovative products and creative thinking are must for every sector

 
The machines that humans have built and the algorithms that drive them are challenging the uniqueness of some of the essential constituents of human intelligence. Human beings, including young people, appear increasingly attached to devices and dependent on them. What are the implications for education? The chapter grapples with definitions of intelligence, both human and artificial, and explores how human beings are operating socially and cognitively alongside algorithms and how this might happen in the future. Artificial intelligence implies that some areas of human activity can be outsourced by machines whereas others cannot. This leaves a space for schooling to develop those facets of humanity that are uniquely human and cannot be taken over by artificial intelligence. Political developments in the middle of the first quarter of the 21st Century have led some to argue that truth does not mean what it used to, that we are entering a type of post-truth era where communications strategies supersede the verity of what is being discussed. I argue that while it is true that 21st Century democratic politics seems to be saturated in some areas, at the core of it, things have not changed that much since rhetoric, oversimplification and deception have been standard tools for political gain as far back as we can think.

We should, nonetheless, be careful about how we grapple with information in the 21st Century. There are approaches to knowledge construction that are essential in an age of sound bites broadcast on social media. We are depleting the planet’s bio-capacity at an exponential rate. If current behaviors do not stop soon, we will quickly exhaust our planet’s resources. Human beings will then face a level of resource scarcity that will make life intolerable if not impossible. What can schools do to slow down this time bomb? It is a distant and abstract possibility, requires a deep-seated emotional and intellectual approach to ensure that sustainable action is rooted in a long-term, lifelong attitude to profound change. I argue that we have to design learning experiences that ensure that young people love and respect nature while further understanding the valuable, erstwhile neglected knowledge and appreciation of life that we can learn from indigenous cultures.

Information is alive and evolving. We know that the global marketplace is more competitive than ever. Innovative products and creative thinking enhance the power of an organization to design and present it in an aesthetically pleasing way. Creativity and innovation are not only valuable learning pursuits, but also an important tool for success in educational institutions and the workplace. In this digital era, the world is witnessing many changes at an exponential rate.