IdeaEconomy.Net

12 videos from TED.com and 2 from The Economist’s Ideas Economy. The world’s leading thinkers talk about ideas, creativity and innovation.

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Big Ideas: Virtual Pop Star is touring Japan to sold out concerts.
How long will it be before computer generated talent starts to dominant the music and movie industries?
Celebrities will lose some of their status in the future.

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Facebook’s meteoric rise is reminiscent of AOL in the past. Facebook is currently managing and standardizing social interaction, just like AOL did for the web. The future will have social actions built in to the operating systems of all the devices we use. Perhaps there will be standardized ‘Social IP” addresses for every connection we make. Corporations or applications will not control these interactions like they do now.

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Can corporations maximize profits by being ethical? Corporations producing more ‘ethical’ products are not going to solve our problems of over-consumption. Something is wrong with our metrics when a “sugar water” company like Pepsi is recognized for its “continued sustainability efforts.”

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With easier to use technology and detailed instructions on any difficult task just a YouTube video away, knowledge and experience are no longer the key skills for success. We are drowning in information, endless distractions and unlimited opportunities. For the first time in history, it really is possible to do anything you want in life, [...]

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Web video is driving innovation around the world as we all copy and improve on each other. Quality and skills levels are constantly increasing as we all compete to improve.

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when you’re talking about lasting accomplishment – the type you’ll be remembered for — it’s hard to avoid the reality that great ideas require a great investment of time to uncover. The sooner you make peace with this mindset — even if it means waiting longer before quitting your job to become an entrepreneur or diving into your brilliant book idea — the sooner you can start making important things happen.

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Traditional notions of a profession are giving way to multiple jobs. We are spending our time trying to find meaning and purpose with our lives. Many of the projects we work on are not jobs at all.
We are in an age of abundance where people are finding that more work and more consumption are not satisfying. Many of us are choosing to work less.

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It is much easier to make systems like societies or organizations more complex than to simplify. This natural proclivity to complicate often leads to collapse. It gets too cost prohibitive to keep adding more bureaucratic systems to attempt to manage the burgeoning complexity.

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Companies are flocking to social media and crowdsourcing platforms in the hopes of finding cheaper or more effective ways to market their wares. This is understandable for we all need to make a living, however, I think the real promise of social media is bigger than just a financial transaction. People give their time and money for reasons above and beyond financial gain.

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