Wharton professor Kevin Werbach, author of The Blockchain and the New Architecture of Trust, discusses the growing need for legal sophistication regarding data privacy and how blockchain is poised to play a role.…Read More
Wharton students, faculty, and alumni are at the forefront of exploring the many ways blockchain is likely to fundamentally impact the world in the near future.…Read More
What if our whole life were turned into a game? What sounds like the premise of a science fiction novel is today becoming reality as “gamification.” As more and more organizations, practices, products, and services are infused with elements from games and play to make them more engaging, we are witnessing a veritable ludification of culture.…Read More
Last year, Kevin Werbach organized Mack Center conferences on hyperconnectivity and IP-led communications. At the same time, the Wharton professor translated theory into practice, utilizing the internet’s rich potential and wide reach to teach an open, online course on gamification via Coursera.org. Over 8000 students completed the 6-week massive online…Read More
Millions flock to their computers, consoles, mobile phones, tablets, and social networks each day to play World of Warcraft, Farmville, Scrabble, and countless other games, generating billions in sales each year. The careful and skillful construction of these games is built on decades of research into human motivation and psychology: A well-designed game goes right to the motivational heart of the human psyche.…Read More
After Broadband: Imagining Hyperconnected Futures was a day-long conference held on April 17, 2012 at Wharton’s new San Francisco campus. It was jointly organized by the Institute for the Future, located in Palo Alto, and the school’s Mack Center for Technological Innovation. The Mack Center took an interest in this…Read More
The transcript of the interview is below. You can also listen to it on NPR’s website here. RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: And the regulatory hurdles facing the proposed merger of AT&T and T-Mobile keep getting higher. Late yesterday, the Federal Communications Commission released a stinging report, explaining why it believes the…Read More
