We’re living in an extraordinary century:
- Almost six in ten of the nearly 8 billion of us on Earth are connected to the Internet; adding the next 4 billion people to the Internet is the biggest learning opportunity in history.
- In the last two decades, we became a planet of cities. About 55% of the world’s population lives in cities and by mid-century—when there are 10 billion of us—it will be more than two thirds, so we’ll need to invent ways to make cities workable, livable, and sustainable.
Image: Jake Marshall, aerospace and aeronautics program, in the St. Vrain Valley Schools' Innovation Center. TOM VANDER ARK
