Genius Farm

We are introducing students to artificial intelligence (A.I.), computer vision, data science, machine learning, robotics and blockchain technology. https://wp.me/p47Kt7-1jI

We are ALL capable of doing great work, ALL capable of doing work that matters, ALL capable of heroism.

Solving Big Problems with a Technology of Abundance “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.” John 10:10 Craig Detweiler writes in iGods: We need a theology of abundance…

What policies can we implement to encourage the next Mark Zuckerberg to build her or his company in New York?

https://startuptown.wordpress.com/2017/07/12/lets-not-lose-the-next-mark-zuckerberg/

Let’s Not Lose the Next Mark Zuckerberg Mark Zuckerberg was born and raised in Westchester County, New York. His parents, Dr. Edward Zuckerberg D.D.S. and his wife Karen, a psychiatrist, live in the same home in Dobbs Ferry they bought i…

Solving big problems requires constant innovation. While most people equate innovation with creativity, innovation is not the same thing as creativity.
https://startuptown.wordpress.com/2017/05/22/solving-big-problems-innovation-is-not-creativity/

Solving Big Problems: Innovation is Not Creativity What Happened to the Future? is the title of the manifesto of the Founders Fund. The subtitle is “We Wanted Flying Cars, Instead We Got 140 Characters.” Jason Pontin in the MIT Technology Review wr…

Psychologists are finding evidence that short, simple interventions can make a surprisingly large difference in closing the “achievement gap."
https://startuptown.wordpress.com/2017/03/27/want-your-children-to-succeed-3/

Want Your Children to Succeed? Teach Them Chess & Computer Programming! According to studies: Chess boosts brain power in kids. Chess improves IQ. Chess enhances arithmetical skills. Chess hones verbal skills. Chess sharpens…

It’s a cool DIY project on its own, but the best part about the Raspberry Turk is how well-documented the open-source project is. Meyer’s site goes through the entire development of the Raspberry Turk in incredible detail, and it’s an impressive read.
http://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/3/24/15049154/raspberry-turk-diy-chess-robot-learn-coding-machine-learning-python-robotics

The Raspberry Turk is a DIY chess robot with instructions to build your own Chess is famous as perhaps the most respected board game ever played, and we often uses chess as a way to metaphorically teach lessons about the world. But as it turns out, chess is also pretty...

Teaching young people to grow food for their communities and solve the critical problems of our times.
https://startuptown.wordpress.com/2016/10/08/genius-farm-reversing-diabetes-unemployment-climate-change/

Genius Farm: Reversing Diabetes, Unemployment & Climate Change In March, Terrance Jackson did a presentation: Genius Farm Teaching young people to grow food for their communities and solve the critical problems of our times. We will begin at the Genius Farm by…

Psychologists are finding evidence that short, simple interventions can make a surprisingly large difference in closing the achievement gap.
https://startuptown.wordpress.com/2016/10/11/genius-farm-crazy-enough-to-change-the-world/

Genius Farm: Crazy Enough To Change The World Here’s to the crazy ones. The rebels. The troublemakers. The ones who see things differently. While some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to th…

American democracy is adrift. Our democracy is not “scaling” the way that it might. Our society has changed, our governing structures have failed to keep pace.

https://startuptown.wordpress.com/2015/04/21/seven-magazine-and-i-camp-tinkering-for-civic-engagement/

Seven Magazine and I-CAMP, Tinkering for Civic Engagement From a TechCrunch article, “Brigade Media Raises $9.3M From Sean Parker To Shake Up American Democracy:” The company thinks that American democracy is adrift. The main bent at play is a view that t...

When it comes to motivation, there’s a gap between what science knows and what business does.

https://startuptown.wordpress.com/2015/04/11/i-camp-crazy-enough/

I-CAMP: Crazy Enough to Change the World I-CAMP is a non-profit that focuses on education reform and tech diversity by teaching children computer programming, machine learning, robotics, chess, farming, and about having a creative mindset...

School children are literally trained in bad habits and bad attitudes!

https://startuptown.wordpress.com/2015/02/27/makers-of-schooling/