Our think tank in Taiwan came up with a rather oblique and exciting solution for one particular Digital problem: How can availability of information not become mere distraction?

Taiwan recommended we form a community of common interest other than technology or education. So, we thought about what interests people at MobilityShifts would share beyond the conference themes, and realized that the Occupy Wall Street movement was probably an important and timely shared interest.

So, we headed down to Wall Street with the Ghana ThinkTank Mobile Unit to ask people “What’s your Wall Street Problem?” We will continue to patrol the area, and will send these Wall Street Problems to our think tanks in Iran, Gaza, El Salvador, Serbia, Ghana, Cuba, Mexico, Prison (and are beginning efforts to establish think tanks in Syria, Egypt, Yemen, Tunisia, and Libya for this initiative).

Thanks to the New School, MobilityShifts, and the Vera List Center for the invitation that spurred the problem that brought the solution that started this entire endeavour…