On Wall Street, people who can peek around the corner are very valuable. They can see into the future. Here I have laid down a bunch of trends that could unfold. The deck is designed to stimulate thought about what could be.

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GDPGrowth

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4. Over almost a 80% fall since launch of
Seacom…
ESSAy landed
WACS next year
bandwidth pricing coming downbandwidth pricing coming down
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5. 14Cables!Crikey.14Cables!Crikey.

6. Telkom TaxTelkom Tax
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7. VideoVideo
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8. VideoVideo
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VideoVideo

9. Demand on
networks crazy
AT&T’s network is
broken because of it
(cells on wheels)
COWsCOWs
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10. Mobile will increasingly
replace the need for
printed tickets
QR Codes: Mobile TicketingQR Codes: Mobile Ticketing
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11. Augmented RealityAugmented Reality
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12. Facebook and Twitter are paragon examples
Cloud ComputingCloud Computing
onsite applications = old school
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13. The rise of behavioural financeThe rise of behavioural finance
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WallStreetWallStreet

14. Stratfor: “South Africa is at high
risk of a cold war with Angola”
Logic is that Angola’s oil wealth is
now tapped and it is significant
Also, Angola increasingly appears
a Chinese proxy
Cold War with Angola?Cold War with Angola?
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15. Reinventing FireReinventing FireReinventing Fire
We know how to save halfWe know how to save half
of our oil and gas andof our oil and gas and
three-quarters of ourthree-quarters of our
electricity at a cost that is aelectricity at a cost that is a
fraction of what we arefraction of what we are
paying now.paying now.
Amory LovinsAmory Lovins
Rocky Mountain Institute co-founderRocky Mountain Institute co-founderjustin spratt – WTF – 20th of Oct

16. Mass production of content
Reporting done by bots
Editorials will be the only paid for content
Media FarmsMedia Farms
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17. Media Farms: Demand MediaMedia Farms: Demand Media

18. Cheap food dependsCheap food depends
on:on:
1.1. cheap oilcheap oil
2.2. plentiful waterplentiful water
3.3. constant weatherconstant weather
patternpattern
global warming
aside, price of oil
is will increase &
big food chain
was built on $30 a
barrel of oil not
$130
FoodFood
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Emerging EconomiesEmerging Economies

19. Voicemail is brokenVoicemail is broken
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20. Phone Numbers are DeadPhone Numbers are Dead
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21. Call Centre vs. Contact CentreCall Centre vs. Contact Centre
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22. “check-in” – earn points – become the “mayor”
Geo MarketingGeo Marketing
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23. geotagginggeotagging
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24. geotagginggeotagging
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25. France’s “Joie de Vivre” Index
Intended to provide a better
measure of GDP (“well being”)
More countries looking at other measures of prosperity,
such as the Triple Bottom Line (people, profits &planet)
Better measure than GDP?Better measure than GDP?
justin spratt – WTF – 20th of Oct

26. Challenging “groupthink” on
copyright laws
Believe copyright impinges on
culture
Parties in 28 countries around
the world
The Pirate PartyThe Pirate Party
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27. “Even if developed countries recover
completely in 2010, emerging economies will
account for 70 - 75% of the growth in global
output ‘for the foreseeable future”
New York Times
Emerging EconomiesEmerging Economies
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28. “China’s growth as an
economic superpower is
increasingly correlated
with that of Africa, on
which it now relies for
25% of its oil imports,
reports the” Financial Mail
Emerging EconomiesEmerging Economies
justin spratt – WTF – 20th of Oct

29. Jobs of the FutureJobs of the Future

30. Search is increasingly
giving us what we want,
not what we ask for
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31. Emerging EconomiesEmerging Economies
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32. justin spratt – heavy chef – 2nd
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