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Towards a Global Brain

Presenter: Tim O'Reilly
Published March 15, 2012
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Tags: Big Data, Cities, One Great Idea, VERGE, VERGE Events


How the extraordinary convergence of computing and human potential is creating a collective intelligence shaping the future of sustainability, from the 2012 VERGE DC conference.

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