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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>John<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Presentations as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>People can view the PowerPoint version of the presentation
at Slideshare by going to : <a
href="http://www.slideshare.net/EmergentFutures/datta-conference-presentation-may-22nd-2009-1480770">http://www.slideshare.net/EmergentFutures/datta-conference-presentation-may-22nd-2009-1480770</a>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>People can view a pdf version of the PowerPoint
presentation by going to our website and downloading it at <a
href="http://www.emergentfutures.com/page.php?pid=10700&wpid=68">http://www.emergentfutures.com/page.php?pid=10700&wpid=68</a>
/<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>People can view the Prezi.com version of the presentation by
going to : <a href="http://prezi.com/77648/">http://prezi.com/77648/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>In terms of questions that were raised by people after the
presentation that we did not get time to discuss in the whole group:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>1/ One person asked about my view on Wikipedia and students.
My answer was that I think that Wikipedia is an excellent resource as a
starting point but I would always encourage people and students in
particular to fact check and not use it as a single source. There has been some
debate about its accuracy compared to others such as Encyclopaedia Britannica<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>An interesting take on issue is here: <a
href="http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/12/15/1352207&tid=95">http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/12/15/1352207&tid=95</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Therefore I would recommend fact checking of all collected
resources.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>2/Another person asked if I was not a “design person”
why had I shown images of The World Games building in <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Taiwan</st1:place></st1:country-region> and the
Postal vehicle which I described as beautiful. I may have confused people here.
I was saying that I was not really a design person but that I was moving along my
own personal “road to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Damascus</st1:City></st1:place>”.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>3/ Another person asked about mobile devices saying that he
had an iPhone. I do not have an iPhone and in fact just broke my Nokia N95 so I
am thinking about this. I am actually a bit of a fan of the android phones and
the more open market place for applications but I do not think that the
hardware has caught up with the operating system yet so there are some
operating problems. I may end up getting one two or three of them with the
excuse that it is my work. Which reminds my of the lyrics to the Bad Religion
song 21<sup>st</sup> Century:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Cause I'm a 21st century digital boy <br>
I don't know how to live but I got a lot of toys<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>4/ Someone else approached me and said that people had been forecasting
that stem cell research would provide some solutions to Parkinson’s
disease in five years and that forecast had been the same every year for the last
five years. This reinforces my message to be cynical about forecasting and I do
believe that we need to be particularly careful of a “techno-optimist”
approach.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>5/ The Link for the Pattie Maes presentation at Ted is <a
href="http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense.html">http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense.html</a>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I am happy to interact on other questions by email/online if people wish.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Please get back to me if there are any problems with any links<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Regards<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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