{"595748":{"#nid":"595748","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Understanding Disruption","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA seminar by Rutt Bridges, the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u0026#39; 2017 Alumnus of the Year.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs technology evolves ever faster, our lives change\u0026nbsp;at a rate that accelerates as well. Most students who are here today have a good chance of reaching 100 years of age, but the world of 2100 will seem far more different from today\u0026#39;s than did the world of 1900. Why? Because of the rapid increase in the number of new disruptive technologies\u0026nbsp;and their quickening adoption rates.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA new product, service, or technology may be smaller, cheaper, easier to use, or combinations of all three. Disruption occurs if what\u0026#39;s new is so superior that it soon makes its competitors obsolete. But disruption isn\u0026rsquo;t just about technology. It is also about the economic, societal, and geopolitical changes that may result.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThose changes aren\u0026rsquo;t all positive. Each major disruption brings winners and losers. And those losses can sometimes be catastrophic.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESuppose you had a magic wand and could conjure\u0026nbsp;a Star Trek Transporter. This device would be cheap to build and operate, is totally safe, and could instantaneously transport goods and people between any two points on the globe. It could even be used to colonize Mars!\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENo more hours spent in ever-shrinking airline seats. You could spend holidays with your family \u003Cem\u003Eand\u003C\/em\u003E your sweetheart! And since transportation is now the leading source of greenhouse gas emissions, you\u0026rsquo;d be a hero to the environmental community.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOf course, the global air transport industry would quickly collapse, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/aviationbenefits.org\/economic-growth\/\u0022\u003E63 million people\u003C\/a\u003E would lose their good-paying jobs. In the U.S. alone, a transporter\u0026nbsp;would eliminate the jobs of \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.alltrucking.com\/faq\/truck-drivers-in-the-usa\/\u0022\u003E3.5 million truck drivers\u003C\/a\u003E. Imagine all those angry Teamsters Union members knocking at your door! And then there are the people who build, sell, and service the trains, planes, roads, bridges, and automobiles that we count on every day.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEarlier disruptions took a long time to take hold: the Industrial Revolution took two centuries (1700-1900); the transition from horses to automobiles \u0026nbsp;took decades (1900-1930). \u0026nbsp;Today, adoption of compelling technologies can happen within 10 years or less.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWe will focus on the rapid rise of autonomous vehicles, but will also consider other disruptive technologies, including deep learning, genomics, and 3D printing. And we\u0026rsquo;ll always consider the losers and winners.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen you pray for sunshine for your picnic, think also of the farmers who need the rain.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences has selected Rutt Bridges as its 2017 Alumnus of the Year. As part of the festivities accompanying this selection, Bridges will deliver a seminar about disruption.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A seminar by Rutt Bridges, the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u0027 2017 Alumnus of the Year "}],"uid":"34458","created_gmt":"2017-09-08 18:20:23","changed_gmt":"2017-09-22 19:15:54","author":"nlawson3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2017-10-19T11:50:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2017-10-19T12:50:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2017-10-19T12:50:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2017-10-19 15:50:00","gmt_time_end":"2017-10-19 16:50:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2017-10-19 16:50:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"595746":{"id":"595746","type":"image","title":"Rutt Bridges","body":null,"created":"1504894340","gmt_created":"2017-09-08 18:12:20","changed":"1504894340","gmt_changed":"2017-09-08 18:12:20","alt":"","file":{"fid":"227025","name":"Slide1.PNG","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Slide1_0.PNG","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Slide1_0.PNG","mime":"image\/png","size":943725,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Slide1_0.PNG?itok=02OOJ-Ab"}}},"media_ids":["595746"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.cos.gatech.edu\/hg\/item\/501311","title":"An Inside Look at The Driverless Car Revolution with Rutt Bridges"}],"groups":[{"id":"364801","name":"EAS"},{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"175623","name":"EAS Seminar"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1789","name":"Conference\/Symposium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003Enatasha.lawson@eas.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}