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" interesting, thought provoking article from Thought sparks"

"Thinking, Fast and Slow is a 2011 book by Nobel Prize winner in Economics Daniel Kahneman which summarizes research that he conducted over decades, often in collaboration with Amos Tversky.[1][2] It covers all three phases of his career: his early days working on cognitive bias, his work on prospect theory, and his later work on happiness. The book's central thesis is a dichotomy between two modes of thought: System 1 is fast, instinctive and emotional; System 2 is slower, more deliberative, and more logical. The book delineates cognitive biases associated with each type of thinking, starting with Kahneman's own research on loss aversion. From framing choices to substitution, the book highlights several decades of academic research to suggest that we place too much confidence in human judgment."

Some food for thought for people grappling with Social Networking at their organisations

In the communities that we choose to belong to (online and offline), we have to do our part in feeding it. It is only when we are generous about sharing our gifts that we build credibility to receive anything meaningful in return, build influence, thought leadership and learn.

If you're out on the hunt for gathering insightful knowledge on AI, these two books are definitely going to be your food for thought, according to Bill Gates.

If you want to move know-how around, this is a great model.If you thought business innovation was lacklustre, this is the extreme end - but it clearly works.

"Thought provoking atricle in summary: "Sharing knowledge is not about giving people something, or getting something from them. That is only valid for information sharing. Sharing knowledge occurs when people are genuinely interested in helping one another develop new capacities for action; it is about creating learning processes.""

Brilliant video about what really motivates people

" Very thought provoking video that shows how the carrot and stick approach to rewards does not apply when you are applying it to individuals who are working on complex cognitive tasks..."

" KM V's Social Media - Gen Y V's Baby Boomers? Thought provoking article about the different generational approaches. Discussion board thread on this can be found here : http://www.ki-network.org/forum/showthread.php?p=1149#post1149"

Scientists have discovered how to "read" minds by scanning brain activity and reproducing images of what people are seeing - or even remembering.

During this innovative event, World Bank explores an internal report about 'How the Bank learns' allowing the audience to vote in real time on the top topics they want to explore using 'Poll everywhere'. We will be using this tool at the Autumn workshop.The Bank shares some thought provoking ideas on 'fast and slow thinking' and where individuals look for knowledge (video -12.15-15.15) as well as allowing participants to vote on a number of provocative statements on a five point scale, to decide choose five topics for discussion with the panel e.g. 'Drink more coffee', 'Learning from failure' and 'Taking time to reflect' (Poll results 27.30 - 30.30). Culminating in the panel discussion on the chosen topic areas including 'live questions' as the discussion develops (Panel discussion 30.30 - 1:14:00).The session is wrapped up with a final vote on the whole event (1:21:00)

In line with fears often read about in the media, both anti-killer robot activist Dr. Sharkey and Brandeis University's Dr. Michael Bukatin believe that autonomous machines, either superintelligences fighting themselves and obliterating us in the process or rampant autonomous armed conflict, pose a legitimate threat. Another thought is that AI aren't evil (and never will be); instead, it's the humans behind the AI that are unpredictable and often untrustworthy, with short-sighted aims such as financial and political gains. Dr. Michael Shermer sees the likeliest risk of near-future AI in the near future involving "evil humans manipulating AI toward their ends, not evil AI itself, as no such thing will develop."