Other WIRED Special Feature: “21st-Century Textbooks: 42 Books for Thinking About the ‘New World’”
As I was posting about book covers, I suddenly remembered that I had
once been asked to select books for a WIRED special feature titled “21st-Century Textbooks: 42 Books for Thinking About a ‘New World.’”
For some reason, I was given the theme “The New Body.” It’s
still a mystery to me why that particular theme was chosen, but at the time, I selected
Bruno Munari’s *Fantasia*
, André Leroy-Gourhan’s, “Gesture and Language”;
Katsushika Hokusai’s “Hokusai Manga: One Hundred Aspects of Edo”; Erik
Brynjolfsson’s “The Race Against the Machine”
; Geriano Fornari’s “The Human Body Picture Book”; and
Roger Caillois’s “Man and Play.”
I really like the way this site is laid out (*^^*)
[WIRED University] 21st-Century Textbooks: 42 Books for Thinking About a “New World.”
Professor, Keio University; Ph.D. (Policy and Media)
Director, B Lab
Chairperson, Learning of Tomorrow (General Incorporated Association)
Chairperson, CANVAS
After graduating from the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Tokyo, he served as a visiting researcher at the MIT Media Lab before founding the NPO CANVAS and the Learning of Tomorrow Association, a General Incorporated Association, and assuming the role of representative. He serves as an outside director for Matsuya Co., Ltd., Fuji Media Holdings, Inc., and Digital Garage, Inc.
He has served on various government committees, including the Information and Communications Council of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, as well as the NHK Central Broadcasting Program Council. He also serves as a director of the Digital Signage Consortium, among other roles. He holds a Ph.D. in Policy and Media.
His publications include *Turning On Children’s Creativity!*, *What Are Smart Kids Doing on Their Smartphones?*, *The Forefront of Online Education in Japan: Considering Learning in the Post-COVID Era*,“What Is Programming Education? 45 Questions Parents Want to Know,” and “Declaration on Digital Education.” He has also provided supervision for numerous works, including “Ah, I See! Programming Education for Parents and Children Through Manga.”
