This document summarizes a presentation about accelerating technological change and its implications. It discusses how technologies like computing have experienced exponential growth curves. It outlines concepts like Moore's Law, Mead's Law and Dator's four futures framework. It also explores emerging technologies like augmented reality, virtual worlds, lifelogs and their potential societal impacts including the development of digital selves and symbiotic human-machine relationships.
On March 11, 2011 Todd Marks presented The Singularity is Here at SXSW Interactive.
The topic of Singularity is heating up as more people discuss what will become of the human race when computers exceed our intelligence. This presentation explores several theories about the future of mankind and points out how the technology leading us there is already HERE.
“The Singularity is Near” is a book and movie written by futurist and prominent Singularitarian, Ray Kurzweil. It is a documentary with a B-line drama where Ray’s digital alter ego Ramona sets off on a quest to pass the Turing Test. Passing this test signifies the day computers can “think”, which came close to occurring a few years ago and is not far off.
Learn what milestones we have already reached toward Singularity and what technologies present and future are leading us there. We will explore Location Based Services, Augmented Reality, Bio-Feedback and Smart Agents. We will analyze current trends in Bio-Technology, Nano-Technology, Computing and Robotics and discuss the possibility of Digital Immortality.
Smartphones for futurists: What Smartphones Teach Us About the Radical Future of Technology,Business, & Society. Presentation by David Wood at the World Future 2014 event, Orlando Florida, 12th July 2014.
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The Technological Singularity and EntrepreneurshipRandy Lubin
This talk was given at Stanford Graduate School of Business by Randy Lubin, Robert Denning, and Nick Staubach. It is a basic introduction to the Technological Singularity and its relationship with entrepreneurship.
Presentation by David Wood of London Futurists at Transvision 2014, Paris, 20th Nov: Accelerating technology and increasing inequality. With Appendix slide covering Q&A at the event.
On March 11, 2011 Todd Marks presented The Singularity is Here at SXSW Interactive.
The topic of Singularity is heating up as more people discuss what will become of the human race when computers exceed our intelligence. This presentation explores several theories about the future of mankind and points out how the technology leading us there is already HERE.
“The Singularity is Near” is a book and movie written by futurist and prominent Singularitarian, Ray Kurzweil. It is a documentary with a B-line drama where Ray’s digital alter ego Ramona sets off on a quest to pass the Turing Test. Passing this test signifies the day computers can “think”, which came close to occurring a few years ago and is not far off.
Learn what milestones we have already reached toward Singularity and what technologies present and future are leading us there. We will explore Location Based Services, Augmented Reality, Bio-Feedback and Smart Agents. We will analyze current trends in Bio-Technology, Nano-Technology, Computing and Robotics and discuss the possibility of Digital Immortality.
Smartphones for futurists: What Smartphones Teach Us About the Radical Future of Technology,Business, & Society. Presentation by David Wood at the World Future 2014 event, Orlando Florida, 12th July 2014.
Please contact the author to invite him to present animated and/or extended versions of these slides in front of an audience of your choosing. (Commercial rates will apply for commercial settings.)
The Technological Singularity and EntrepreneurshipRandy Lubin
This talk was given at Stanford Graduate School of Business by Randy Lubin, Robert Denning, and Nick Staubach. It is a basic introduction to the Technological Singularity and its relationship with entrepreneurship.
Presentation by David Wood of London Futurists at Transvision 2014, Paris, 20th Nov: Accelerating technology and increasing inequality. With Appendix slide covering Q&A at the event.
Transhumanism is the belief or theory that the human race can evolve beyond its current physical and mental limitations by means of science and technology. The more we explored this subject, the more we got fascinated to see how people are riding on the current era technologies to surpass the capabilities of human body. If the current explorations in transhumanism are anything to go by, then, we believe the future will be very exciting!
In this report we explore the various technologies, people involved and the advancements made in the field of Transhumanism. We would love to hear your feedback, comments and suggestions. Please mail us at ice@humanfactors.com
Like every year, BETC Digital travelled to Austin to bring you fresh inspiration and new ideas from SXSW, the famous digital festival.
Where is digital heading in the following years? We attended conferences by people such as Eric Schmidt, Julian Assange or Edward Snowden to gather their views of the topic.
Ten Technology Trends That Will Change the World in Ten YearsCisco Services
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At Cisco Live 2011, Dave Evans, Cisco’s chief futurist and chief technologist for the Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG), presented the 10 technology trends that will change the world in 10 years.
The Future Is Faster Than You Think Book SummaryPrasad Kaushik
This book is about formerly independent exponentially accelerating technologies beginning to converge with other independent waves of exponentially accelerating technologies. Its greatest value is in its exploration of the impact of convergence across multiple industries.
2012 Inflection Point Report Trend One: Leapfrog Technologies:Major trends re...Chris Jones
Major trends research notes:
The Cambrian Explosion was an inflection point in biological experimentation, innovation and diversification. The Cambrian Cloud is a metaphor that seeks to capture a similar transformative period of rapid experimentation and innovation.
The Cambrian Cloud is a low friction, emergent social space in which innovation, collaboration, science, entrepreneurship, complexity, non-linear systems, resources and the diffusion of opportunities all intersect.
Transhumanism is the belief or theory that the human race can evolve beyond its current physical and mental limitations by means of science and technology. The more we explored this subject, the more we got fascinated to see how people are riding on the current era technologies to surpass the capabilities of human body. If the current explorations in transhumanism are anything to go by, then, we believe the future will be very exciting!
In this report we explore the various technologies, people involved and the advancements made in the field of Transhumanism. We would love to hear your feedback, comments and suggestions. Please mail us at ice@humanfactors.com
Like every year, BETC Digital travelled to Austin to bring you fresh inspiration and new ideas from SXSW, the famous digital festival.
Where is digital heading in the following years? We attended conferences by people such as Eric Schmidt, Julian Assange or Edward Snowden to gather their views of the topic.
Ten Technology Trends That Will Change the World in Ten YearsCisco Services
For more info: http://www.cisco.com/go/ibsg/innovations
At Cisco Live 2011, Dave Evans, Cisco’s chief futurist and chief technologist for the Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG), presented the 10 technology trends that will change the world in 10 years.
The Future Is Faster Than You Think Book SummaryPrasad Kaushik
This book is about formerly independent exponentially accelerating technologies beginning to converge with other independent waves of exponentially accelerating technologies. Its greatest value is in its exploration of the impact of convergence across multiple industries.
2012 Inflection Point Report Trend One: Leapfrog Technologies:Major trends re...Chris Jones
Major trends research notes:
The Cambrian Explosion was an inflection point in biological experimentation, innovation and diversification. The Cambrian Cloud is a metaphor that seeks to capture a similar transformative period of rapid experimentation and innovation.
The Cambrian Cloud is a low friction, emergent social space in which innovation, collaboration, science, entrepreneurship, complexity, non-linear systems, resources and the diffusion of opportunities all intersect.
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Themed Shaping a Sustainable $1 Trillion Era, semicondynamics.org 2024 will gather industry experts on March 20th at Milpitas, California , for insights into the latest trends and innovations Accelerating AI with Semiconductor RTL Front end services and workforce development. The event will feature keynotes from the Semiconductor ecosystem, academia and Industries.
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Themed Shaping a Sustainable $1 Trillion Era, semicondynamics.org 2024 will gather industry experts on March 20th at Milpitas, California , for insights into the latest trends and innovations Accelerating AI with Semiconductor RTL Front end services and workforce development. The event will feature keynotes from the Semiconductor ecosystem, academia and Industries.
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Bart Raynaud - https://www.linkedin.com/in/bart-raynaud-160a0318/
Title: AI: Past, Present, and Future
Abstract: In 1956, the term "Artificial Intelligence" was coined for a workshop at Dartmouth. Since then there has been waxing and waning enthusiasm and investment, so called "AI Winters" after hype, did not live up to reality. In late 2022, with the release of ChatGPT, and over 100 million users in just 60 days, there is a new wave of hype, investment, excitement, and increased fears of AI use by 'bad actors' for misinformation and other harms to society. What are the future trajectories as this technology is tamed and becomes routine? Are we about to enter a 'golden age' of service in business and society, as technology comes to the service sector, as it came to agriculture and manufacturing in the past?
Bio: Jim Spohrer is a retired industry executive (Apple, IBM). In the 1970's, after graduating MIT with a degree in physics, he worked at an AI startup doing speech recognition with mathematical models. In the 1980's, after completing his PhD in Computer Science/AI & Cognitive Science at Yale, he moved to California to join Apple and work on AI for Education. In the late 1990's, he joined IBM as CTO of the Venture Capital Relations group during the internet investment boom, and later started IBM Research's service research area, led IBM Global University Programs, and led IBM's open source AI efforts. Jim's most recent co-authored book, "Service in the AI Era" was published in late 2022.
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Bart Raynaud (The Terraces of Los Gatos) https://www.linkedin.com/in/bart-raynaud-160a0318/
Title: AI: Past, Present, and Future
Abstract: In 1956, the term "Artificial Intelligence" was coined for a workshop at Dartmouth. Since then there has been waxing and waning enthusiasm and investment, so called "AI Winters" after hype, did not live up to reality. In late 2022, with the release of ChatGPT, and over 100 million users in just 60 days, there is a new wave of hype, investment, excitement, and increased fears of AI use by 'bad actors' for misinformation and other harms to society. What are the future trajectories as this technology is tamed and becomes routine? Are we about to enter a 'golden age' of service in business and society, as technology comes to the service sector, as it came to agriculture and manufacturing in the past?
Bio: Jim Spohrer is a retired industry executive (Apple, IBM). In the 1970's, after graduating MIT with a degree in physics, he worked at an AI startup doing speech recognition with mathematical models. In the 1980's, after completing his PhD in Computer Science/AI & Cognitive Science at Yale, he moved to California to join Apple and work on AI for Education. In the late 1990's, he joined IBM as CTO of the Venture Capital Relations group during the internet investment boom, and later started IBM Research's service research area, led IBM Global University Programs, and led IBM's open source AI efforts. Jim's most recent co-authored book, "Service in the AI Era" was published in late 2022.
Broad view of the new decade and the new paradigm of Innovation and Knowledge Management. Argues that KM happens at three levels, individual, organizational, societal and we need to focus on all the three levels
This is a presentation on topic Internet Of Things, popularly known as IOT which includes its history, its growing popularity with the world and also the technologies that use IOT Technology.
Service Research, Innovation, and (Safe) Practice in the Humanity-Centered AI Era
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Putting the SPARK into Virtual Training.pptxCynthia Clay
This 60-minute webinar, sponsored by Adobe, was delivered for the Training Mag Network. It explored the five elements of SPARK: Storytelling, Purpose, Action, Relationships, and Kudos. Knowing how to tell a well-structured story is key to building long-term memory. Stating a clear purpose that doesn't take away from the discovery learning process is critical. Ensuring that people move from theory to practical application is imperative. Creating strong social learning is the key to commitment and engagement. Validating and affirming participants' comments is the way to create a positive learning environment.
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Grote partijen zijn al een tijdje onderweg met retail media. Ondertussen worden in dit domein ook de kansen zichtbaar voor andere spelers in de markt. Maar met die kansen ontstaan ook vragen: Zelf retail media worden of erop adverteren? In welke fase van de funnel past het en hoe integreer je het in een mediaplan? Wat is nu precies het verschil met marketplaces en Programmatic ads? In dit half uur beslechten we de dilemma's en krijg je antwoorden op wanneer het voor jou tijd is om de volgende stap te zetten.
Attending a job Interview for B1 and B2 Englsih learnersErika906060
It is a sample of an interview for a business english class for pre-intermediate and intermediate english students with emphasis on the speking ability.
India Orthopedic Devices Market: Unlocking Growth Secrets, Trends and Develop...Kumar Satyam
According to TechSci Research report, “India Orthopedic Devices Market -Industry Size, Share, Trends, Competition Forecast & Opportunities, 2030”, the India Orthopedic Devices Market stood at USD 1,280.54 Million in 2024 and is anticipated to grow with a CAGR of 7.84% in the forecast period, 2026-2030F. The India Orthopedic Devices Market is being driven by several factors. The most prominent ones include an increase in the elderly population, who are more prone to orthopedic conditions such as osteoporosis and arthritis. Moreover, the rise in sports injuries and road accidents are also contributing to the demand for orthopedic devices. Advances in technology and the introduction of innovative implants and prosthetics have further propelled the market growth. Additionally, government initiatives aimed at improving healthcare infrastructure and the increasing prevalence of lifestyle diseases have led to an upward trend in orthopedic surgeries, thereby fueling the market demand for these devices.
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Business Valuation Principles for EntrepreneursBen Wann
This insightful presentation is designed to equip entrepreneurs with the essential knowledge and tools needed to accurately value their businesses. Understanding business valuation is crucial for making informed decisions, whether you're seeking investment, planning to sell, or simply want to gauge your company's worth.
Cracking the Workplace Discipline Code Main.pptxWorkforce Group
Cultivating and maintaining discipline within teams is a critical differentiator for successful organisations.
Forward-thinking leaders and business managers understand the impact that discipline has on organisational success. A disciplined workforce operates with clarity, focus, and a shared understanding of expectations, ultimately driving better results, optimising productivity, and facilitating seamless collaboration.
Although discipline is not a one-size-fits-all approach, it can help create a work environment that encourages personal growth and accountability rather than solely relying on punitive measures.
In this deck, you will learn the significance of workplace discipline for organisational success. You’ll also learn
• Four (4) workplace discipline methods you should consider
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Memorandum Of Association Constitution of Company.pptseri bangash
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A Memorandum of Association (MOA) is a legal document that outlines the fundamental principles and objectives upon which a company operates. It serves as the company's charter or constitution and defines the scope of its activities. Here's a detailed note on the MOA:
Contents of Memorandum of Association:
Name Clause: This clause states the name of the company, which should end with words like "Limited" or "Ltd." for a public limited company and "Private Limited" or "Pvt. Ltd." for a private limited company.
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Registered Office Clause: It specifies the location where the company's registered office is situated. This office is where all official communications and notices are sent.
Objective Clause: This clause delineates the main objectives for which the company is formed. It's important to define these objectives clearly, as the company cannot undertake activities beyond those mentioned in this clause.
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Liability Clause: It outlines the extent of liability of the company's members. In the case of companies limited by shares, the liability of members is limited to the amount unpaid on their shares. For companies limited by guarantee, members' liability is limited to the amount they undertake to contribute if the company is wound up.
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Capital Clause: This clause specifies the authorized capital of the company, i.e., the maximum amount of share capital the company is authorized to issue. It also mentions the division of this capital into shares and their respective nominal value.
Association Clause: It simply states that the subscribers wish to form a company and agree to become members of it, in accordance with the terms of the MOA.
Importance of Memorandum of Association:
Legal Requirement: The MOA is a legal requirement for the formation of a company. It must be filed with the Registrar of Companies during the incorporation process.
Constitutional Document: It serves as the company's constitutional document, defining its scope, powers, and limitations.
Protection of Members: It protects the interests of the company's members by clearly defining the objectives and limiting their liability.
External Communication: It provides clarity to external parties, such as investors, creditors, and regulatory authorities, regarding the company's objectives and powers.
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Binding Authority: The company and its members are bound by the provisions of the MOA. Any action taken beyond its scope may be considered ultra vires (beyond the powers) of the company and therefore void.
Amendment of MOA:
While the MOA lays down the company's fundamental principles, it is not entirely immutable. It can be amended, but only under specific circumstances and in compliance with legal procedures. Amendments typically require shareholder
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1. Accelerating Change, Our Digital Future, and the Values of Progress Amplify 11: Everything Connects 6-10 June 2011 Sydney, NSW, Australia John Smart, President, Acceleration Studies Foundation Slides: accelerating.org/slides
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9. Our Digital Future The Conversational Interface, the Cybertwin, and the Valuecosm - How the Web and Individuals Will Both Get Smarter Relative to Corporations and Governments in Coming Decades, and Why That Matters
38. Australia and AMP: An Outsider’s Perspective on Key Values Competition Build more meritocracy , not just bureaucracy. Comp. Intell.: Scour the world for solutions. Innovation Be digital innovators . Grow network and node (indiv.) intelligence vs. pyramids (corps & govts). Individuality Choose your own way. Don’t follow America. Be unique and diverse , whenever it makes sense. Positive Sumness Resil iency Intell igence Cooperation Sustainability Universality See and use developmental stages. Example: Earning > Saving > Investing > Retiring > Philanthropy I leave you to fill these out for yourself!
CONSTRAINT: Some aspects of post-emergence and post-limit systems can’t be understood or guided by pre-singularity systems.
We have a very limited, top-down controlled kind of Television today. True internet television, or iTV , via Google, Boxee, and competitors is coming to us this year, a full 12 years after Microsoft’s Web TV tried to pioneer this space. Fortunately in just a few years we will have Millions of Channels , Social Viewing, Collaborative Filtering, Realtime Chat, and many other features. The first gen, keyboard-based interface on today's iTVs suck (see Logitech Revue 2010). People don’t want to type first, they want to tap first, and talk, and type as needed. Here's a worthy project: Someone needs to hack GoogleTV 2010 to use an iPad as the remote. We also need Google Voice App as an alternate interface. Open Video Markup Standards will be needed for iTV, because to bring bottom-up intelligence and democracy to our TV platform we need to able to make micropayments, do subscriptions, and make money on per-click ads, and we need to be able to ban ads and ad types that we don’t want. Once 100 Mbps bandwidth arrives at home, millions of lean and independent new media channels can make money through iTV. If people start leaving Network and Cable TV for iTV, old media will have to adopt open video markup standards, and consumer choice, or they will die. For the next five to ten years we will have the same bandwidth problem with iTV that we have with VideoPhones, so we need creative solutions, like those I described for videophones There’s more we could say about iTV. Check out my 50-page whitepaper , How the Television Will be Revolutionized , 2010, for more.
How do we make our immersive space more intelligent? One key will be the Conversational Interface, or CI, a natural language processing platform that increasingly understands the semantic meaning of our words and text. See my online Conversational Interface article, 2003, and Peter Norvig's Unreasonable Effectiveness of Data , 2010, for more on this. The bottom line is that we are going to have computers that crudely understand our semantic intent, both written and spoken, in the next five to ten years, and this is going to be one of the biggest changes in the web that any of us will live to see. The first semi-viable CI game, Kate & Milo , launches on the Xbox Kinetc this Dec. When CI’s have been around for a few years we can expect AR memeshows , or auto-generated displays of related concepts, statistics, links, pictures, and video, to visually accompany many of our workplace and creative conversations. CI's will also allow the emergence of Cybertwins , or language using avatars, which nod when they understand us and make other gestures when they don’t. CI-using Cybertwins will be able to map our interests and values, to better serve us, and this will allow the emergence of a Valuecosm , or values maps of all the actors in our digital world. These maps will allow incredible new forms of positive sum collaboration, and new diversity in social subcultures. How early will we let kids have cybertwins? Will you talk to your cybermom instead of a going to tombstone to grieve when your biological mom dies? Will you allow software companies like Google to make your cybermom smarter every year, even after your biological mom dies? The lawyers will be busy. We are just beginning to ask these questions .
We need to get cellphones more wearable, on our wrists, belts, necks, or elsewhere, so they can become first-gen AR systems . The Wrist Phone (pic) is my favorite, as it can delivers continuous AR on the back of the hand today. A slap bracelet design, with two flat screens, a third screen that folds out, and three flat batteries, would be excellent. These phones also need lithium titanate or lithium phospate nanobatteries , which charge 60% in 60 seconds, 5 to 10 times faster than regular batteries. A123 and Toshiba already make and sell these batteries for other uses. Vacaville CA has a Fast Charging Station that will charge a Nissan Leaf automobile up to 60% of battery capacity in just 10 minutes, coffee break time. We need fast chargers in Starbucks that will charge our cellphone and laptop nanobatteries 60% in 60 seconds, for three bucks. This is doable today. We also need to make it legal to use smart AR phones, with voice and steering wheel controls, when we take them off our wrists or belts and place them on our dashboards, in the Hood Occlusion Zone. That makes them just another display. When we are ready for second gen AR , we can go to audio with a bluetooth earpiece, and video with a half-silvered mirror on our sunglasses. Finally, when Microvision’s primary patents expire in 10 years, we can go to microlasers which paint virtual images on our retinas, which is the best video AR platform I’ve seen yet.
Once we have iTV and multiple tablets in the home, that platform will compete with our existing gaming consoles. They will evolve as a result. With multiple tablets, people can display private info and specialized hand controls and accelerometers on the tablets, allowing new generations of games in addition to speech and our existing console devices and sensors. How soon can our living rooms get Third-Cave , two screen, 120 degree, and Half-Cave , three screen, 180 degree, displays? Manufacturers need to deliver two- and three-screen projection systems for under $1,000, and LCDs for more. At the same time, we need to make two and three screen setups efficient and viral for leading VW communities, such as the 12 million WoW and 6 million The Sims players we have today. The left screen can be for personal info/stats, the right one for others/community info, and the center one for the game. Add a large, horizontal multitouch flatscreen that can be placed on a coffeetable or kitchen table, and you’ve got a Game Table . You can also place and register physical objects on the multitouch surface. This is the game and strategy board that all our table-centric games are waiting for. From Checkers to Civilization, you’ve totally changed the level of immersion with this platform. Now add Kinetc-grade motion sensors on the monitors and a 10 x 10 rollaway pressure mat for the floor, and you’ve created a Game Space , for everything from Kid’s Educational games to Exergames to whatever. This kind of Game Space is the most addictive and immersive gaming, learning, productivity, and entertainment platform I can foresee arriving in the near term. With the right partners and strategy, I think it could be built and made commercially successful as early as the next three to five years. Any takers?
When we think of the future of work and collaboration, having Valuecosm maps of all of us will lead to major new Positive Sum Collaborations . It will be easier than ever to find others who share our values, and form subcultures with them. There’s at least one more major collaborative development that we can imagine. The most important kind of immersion is being connected to other human beings, and there will be people, particularly kids, who will experiment with 24/7 immersion. Symbiont Networks are groups of people, who share each other’s lifestreams, and have the ability to unobtrusively communicate, via AR text, audio, and video, with others in their symbiont. If such groups don’t grow beyond our Dunbar Number, the 150 people we can deeply model as friends and associates, and if they stress cognitive diversity and collaboration management, and have reputation systems, so that everyone who asks services from the group has to contribute services in return, and gets these rated on their usefulness, then symbionts will very rapidly outperform unconnected individuals. I could say a lot more about how we will use these systems for productivity and self-improvement, as well as their hazards, but for more on this, I recommend my online article, Human Performance Enhancement in 2035 .
This leads us to our last slide, helping people become better decisionmakers and and self-actualizers. The book Streetlights and Shadows , by Gary Klein, studies how people make decisions under stress and uncertainty. Klein found that to be good decisionmakers people need to gain personal experience making tough decisions . Where they gained that experience didn’t matter. What mattered was the prior experience. People need to experience moral tests and moral dilemmas, and through such dilemmas, they learn for themselves when it is best to follow rules , and when it is best to break them. Good decisionmakers can confidently engage in both behaviors, and vibrant, innovative societies benefit from, and even encourage, occasional rule breakers. For me, global development of human Self-Actualization, Self-Control, and Self-Awareness are the final frontier for the human species. Here at the start of the 21 st century, we semi-technological human beings are slowly learning how to squirt our own dopamine, for all the things we care about. Consider how meditation measurably thickens our corpus callosum, integrating our brain . Cognitive behavioral therapy , social interaction , and other forms of learning , decisionmaking , and self-actualization also have measurable beneficial effects, including modulating our stress hormones, and increasing our resiliency and performance. Self-actualization in general , or being internally controlled as well as reactive to your environment, is where we are headed as individuals and as a species . We need immersive learning games that will measure and incentivize these things, and help us to maximize them.
Problem: Globalization, Tech Accel. Increasing Rich-Poor Divides (Zero or Negative Sum). Corporations are now larger than govts (1950 vs. today), less accountable. Solution: Trust busting, Redistribution, Tax Rate Rationalization. Corporate transparency. Global national cooperation. Purchase products from countries (Scandinavia, Germany) where this isn’t true. America had a 90% marginal income tax above $4 million a year in Eisenhower’s era. We’ll put it back. Scandinavian countries (Finland, Sweden, Norway, etc.) still have this kind of progressive tax structure.
Problem: Wired & Wireless Broadband. Lack of Competition in Telcomm Industry (Oligopoly, Monopoly (Telstra) Solution: Buy Google TV, Ditch your Cable. Go Satellite. Emulate broadband leader nation’s structures. S. Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Scandinavia. Urban broadband first, rural second. Urban dev will catalyze suburban & rural dev in this case.
Problem: Lack of Innovation in Auto Industry on Electric Cars Solution: Buy a Prius. Optional: Mod it, or Buy an Independent Electric. The 3-5% solution. 13 mile Plug in HEV – Totally underpowered, three years late. Not the engineers fault. Engineers can do anything (Apollo Shot). It’s the executives that are risk-averse, counterinnovative, and short-term oriented. Big Companies are Counterinnovative (Innovator’s Dilemma).
Problem: Lack of Individual Development in Education. No civics. Not enough personal experimentation. Montessori/Waldorf/Steiner style. Kids will change their jobs 8 times over their careers. Four will be forced changes due to tech disruption. Jobs of the Future: Tele-everything, incl. Telemassage (w/ massage chairs), Lifelog curator, iTV channel producer, cybertwin upgrader, transparency auditor, … Solution: The Finland Phenomenon. (Details)
Problem: Globalization, Tech Accel. Increasing Rich-Poor Divides (Zero or Negative Sum). Corporations are now larger than govts (1950 vs. today), less accountable. Solution: Trust busting, Redistribution, Tax Rate Rationalization. Corporate transparency. Global national cooperation. Purchase products from countries (Scandinavia, Germany) where this isn’t true. America had a 90% marginal income tax above $4 million a year in Eisenhower’s era. We’ll put it back. Scandinavian countries (Finland, Sweden, Norway, etc.) still have this kind of progressive tax structure.
Problem: How do we learn faster from catastrophe? GFC? 9/11? Global Warming? Philippine’s Mt. Pinatubo eruption (1991) cooled the planet about half a degree centigrade for three years afterward. Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull (2010) and Grímsvötn (2011) eruptions probably produced more cooling than all govt efforts combined in those years (David Evans, former Australian govt. climate scientist, 1999-2006). I Was On the Global Warming Gravy Train, David Evans, 2007. There are efficiency and tech solutions, vs. more govt. regulation and taxes. Surgeons love to cut. Govts love to grow.
Problem: Lack of Sufficient Individual Intelligence/Control/Self-Awareness vs. Global/Top-Down Control (Govts, Corporations). Learned Helplessness Solution: Learned Optimism, Digital Activism. Push for anything that maximizes Individual Intelligence, Incentivizes Self-Reliance Facebook, Smartphones, Wikis, Avaaz.org
Problem: Insufficient Localism (Local Cooperation) in aggressive globalization. Insufficient community development. Bowling Alone (loss of community). Solution: Dump your cable! Use Netflix, Amazon, YouTube, Google TV. Build local communities on Facebook, Wikis, Blogs, Meetups, Foursquare, Twitter, etc. Ex: Food Industry (Duopoly, Coles & Woolworths). Solution: Local Food Movement, Local Bartering, Local Currencies (Marin Community Foods Market). Australia has a fine for not voting every four years. Rational: Improves voter participation, but it is enforced (fake) participation. People go through the motions. You don’t get to see how disengaged people are. Force, and taxation, is the easy solution. How about donating $100 to your favorite nonprofit instead of a fine? That money shouldn’t go to govt. Much better would be convenient e-voting, combined with Germany’s voting system . Subsidized political media, no paid political ads. People’s conversations are more important than corporate dollars. US has lost this with Citizens United (protected corporate political speak). Make voting convenient, and online, and you’ll see much more of it.
Problem: Lack of Growth in Alternative (Sustainable) Energy, Energy Efficiency is 90% of the near term solutions (JS Tweets reference) but it isn’t being incentivized. Solution: German Solar Power (leasing community land). Australia too? Solution: Everyone gets incentives for planting and keeping alive two trees a year. UN’s Plant for the Planet program. Solution: Offshore Wind. 20% of Energy in Denmark. Australia too? Solution: Most sustainable energy advances over next decade will be efficiency advances. Govt, Corps and Consumers should seek out, adopt, recommend and incentivize these.
Problem: Not enough focus on STEM Education, Technical Capacity & Technical Productivity. Solution: Increase study, understanding, debate on Universal Values (Inglehart’s Values Map, Singularity).
Competition. Use competitive intelligence . Look to the whole world for solutions. Have a global perspective. Individuality. Choose its Own Way (Don’t Follow America) – Maximize uniqueness and diversity , wherever it makes sense. Intelligence. Be digital activists. Maximize both network and individual intelligence, over the pyramid/hierarchy (corps & govts) I’ll leave you to fill out the other values for yourself!