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Extreme Globalization

Nicholas P. Negroponte BAR '66, MAR '66: April 15, 2003; Running Time: 00:29:51

About the Lecture

About the Lecture

In this talk, Negroponte discusses the three modern changes that have defined the telecommunications industry-digitization, the development of packets, and the move to wireless-and ponders "what's next" for the industry that represents 5% of the world GDP.

Lecture Details

Location: Tang Center

About the Speaker

Nicholas P. Negroponte BAR '66, MAR '66

Chairman and Co-Founder, MIT Media Laboratory
Wiesner Professor of Media Technology Chairman, One Laptop Per Child (OLPC)

Nicholas P. Negroponte has been on the MIT faculty since 1966. He was the founder of the Architecture Machines Group. In 1995, he published the bestseller Being Digital, which was translated into more than 40 languages.

Negroponte was a founder of Wired Magazine, and serves on the board of directors for Motorola, Inc. He has been an 'angel investor' in more than 40 start-ups.