Related Stories
Singularity University focuses on tech transforming society
Key Excerpts from Article on Website of San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco's leading newspaper)
Posted: January 2nd, 2017
http://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Singularity-Univ...
Most pop culture depictions of the future, from The Hunger Games to the zombie apocalypse, feature dystopia. Singularity University wants to help people particularly corporate chiefs, global entrepreneurs, government officials, academics, creative types and nonprofit leaders envision and create more upbeat prospects. I have a sense of urgency about the need to tell positive stories about a future of abundance, so we have an alternative, said CEO Rob Nail. Were creating a new lens of how to look at the world and create a long-term future we want to live in. Singularity isnt a university in the traditional sense. It combines a think tank, business incubator, worldwide conferences and short-duration on-site education programs. Founded in 2009, Singularity changed from a nonprofit to a benefit corporation, a form of for-profit business, four years ago. As such, it can consider its vision of solving big problems alongside ordinary corporate goals of profit-making. Singularity aims big. Its pitch to applicants to its accelerator and students at its intensive 40-day summer program called Global Solutions is this: Come up with an idea to positively impact the lives of a billion people. Think clean water, renewable energy, health, hunger, poverty. We get thousands of applicants, and look for people ... who have the mind-set and talent to be a game changer and are dedicated to applying technology to address the worlds biggest problems, said Brad Templeton ... chairman of computing at Singularity.
Note: Explore a treasure trove of concise summaries of incredibly inspiring news articles which will inspire you to make a difference.
Related Stories
Top Inspiring News Articles
Top Inspiring News Articles from Years Past
