It would be great to get some discussion going around this YouTube video titled The Unintended Consequences of Innovation.
This is a 16 minute TED talk by Edward Tenner says that it's not that easy to now the lessons we learn from innovation, that the work we do often has unintended consequences, some positive and some negative. He gives lots of good examples (bedbugs, spam . . .) Great quote at the end: "Chaos happens - let's make better use of it".
It also has some interesting connections to this very interesting article that talks about the unintended / unexpected outcomes of an iPod project at Duke university. One very interesting consequence was students' responses to the "old school" assessment methods the prof used in a course with a very unique and innovative approach.
Thoughts?
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