Schools should be places to learn, not to teach. Don Tapscott More Quotes by Don Tapscott More Quotes From Don Tapscott There's a whole generation of young people who are faced with the so-called 'jobless recovery.' Necessity is the mother of invention. They are out there, all around the world, creating new companies. Don Tapscott recovery creating mother When I noticed how my own children were effortlessly able to use all this sophisticated technology, at first I thought, 'My children are prodigies!' But then I noticed all their friends were like them, so that was a bad theory. Don Tapscott technology use children These kids [of the current generation] have no fear of technology ... sort of like I have no fear of a refrigerator. Don Tapscott generations technology kids Just as the Internet drops transaction and collaboration costs in business and government, it also drops the cost of dissent, of rebellion, and even insurrection. Don Tapscott collaboration cost government Industrial capitalism brought representative democracy, but with a weak public mandate and inert citizenry. The digital age offers a new democracy based on public deliberation and active citizenship. Don Tapscott digital democracy age The blanket assertion that corporations are people obfuscates the complex issues at play in the changing business world. Corporation are institutions. People are people. Don Tapscott issues play people The university is in danger of losing its monopoly, and for good reason. The most visible threat are the new online courses, many of them free, with some of the best professors in their respective fields. Don Tapscott fields losing reason Business cannot succeed in a world that is failing. Don Tapscott succeed failing world Teachers are no longer the fountain of knowledge; the internet is. Don Tapscott fountain internet teacher Leaders of institutions everywhere have lost trust. The global economy is stalled and the world is deeply divided, too unequal, unstable and unsustainable. Don Tapscott lost-trust leader world Those who grew up digital have different brains. Don Tapscott digital different brain
