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Denise Donlon used her platform to encourage leadership for diversity, respect and inclusion in the music business and in all businesses. 

There once was a time when learning stopped in school, work ended at five, and people had one career until they retired. Yet in a knowledge economy, these are all concepts of the past and are no longer applicable for the future. Learning never stops, work never ends, and our careers constantly evolve, with most of us having several over the course of our professional lives.

Today’s guest blog is courtesy of Futurist & Digital Strategist Jesse Hirsh. Jesse explains and analyzes the latest trends in technology using language and examples that are relatable, meaningful and relevant to everyday life. He focuses on research and consulting around new media business models, big data, and the strategic use of social media. As a new media educator, Jesse’s passion is helping people and organizations identify the potential benefits and perils of technology.

When it comes to social media, we’ve entered the awkward “adolescent” years. In the early days, or the “infancy” of social media, everything new was exciting: We could connect easily with old friends, share ideas, work remotely. But the heavyweights like Youtube and Facebook have been around for over a decade now, and as they’ve permeated every aspect of how we meet, socialize and work, new complications have arisen. Despite having access to more information than ever, as we get more of our news from the people we follow online, are we becoming trapped inside echo chambers? Are all of these digital tools wreaking havoc on our attention spans? In an age when everything is documented and shared online, what happens when you actually want to forget something?

The desire to know what is out there excites me just as much today as it did when I was young. That’s because there are some really exciting projects unfolding in the space world right now. In the last year or so alone Rosetta has landed on an asteroid and New Horizons is sending back the highest resolution images of Pluto ever seen.