Learning for a Small World

The boundary between fiction and reality is no longer clear.

Fictional worlds, such as Star Trek, drive real-world innovation and inspire real-life careers. Liquid-metal artificial intelligences chase us around the movie screen, while simpler AI’s speak to us today through our mobile phones, navigate us around traffic, and turn the lights on and off at home. In the spirit of Jurassic Park, reputable science reports that woolly mammoths may again walk the earth. And at the same time CRISPR technology is putting evolution itself into the hands of men. Genetically engineered children and immortality itself will soon be on the table.

Learning for a Small World will be shutting down on July 31st, at midnight Pacific Standard Time. Please enjoy the course until then.

If you're interested in accessing the course for free after our platform is gone, you may visit: https://www.edx.org/course/star-trek-inspiring-culture-and-technology