Karl Mehta was on my show 'confessions of a futurist with Sanjiv Goyal'. We talked about the future of education and exponential learning. 

Some interesting facts; the United States education market is close to $2 trillion, i.e., 10% of our GDP. We have female students outnumber males in higher studies. 

Points we have addressed and/or raised; 

1) Are we spending taxpayers and our money wisely? 

2) Are we preparing our future generation with almost stone-age technology?

3) What do we really need for the future; skills or education?

4) Can we speed up the pace of the learning, or will it remain linear. 10,000 hours as per Malcolm Gladwell's book Outliers: The Story of Success.

5) Education is the biggest equalizer, but is the income gap widening or ...? 

6) Technology is eliminating low-income jobs, the skills gaps are rising; what is the answer? 

7) Do we need global education reform and a framework to solve it? 

After our talk, I have more questions than ever; it is like 'more I learn more, I realize how little I know.' 

Is a college degree still relevant and equipping our next generation to lead into 2050 and beyond?  I will invite Pradeep Khosla, UCSD Chancellor, to address this question.  He leads a campus with more than 40,000 students, seven undergraduate colleges, six academic divisions, and six graduate and professional schools with various IIT Directors. 

Stay tuned!

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