Influence: How Things Get Done

“The extreme sophistication of modern technology — wonderful though its benefits are — is ironically an impediment to engaging young people with basics: with learning how things work.” – Lord Martin Rees, British cosmologist, and astrophysicist At a moment in history when technology is advancing at breath-taking speed, Rees reminds us that the siren call of progress can be a distraction – and not just for the young — from ‘the basics’: from understanding how things actually function and how decisions are really made.   His warning is clearly relevant in the realms of science and is also meaningful for…...