Category Archives: Predictions

Predictions for 2018 (from 1968)

Posted on January 2, 2018 by Richard

Lovely article in The New Yorker (part above) about what a bunch of smart people in 1968 thought 2018 might look like. Lots of things way off the mark, but a few, especially around climate change and computing, that are … Continue reading →

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Why technology forecasting goes wrong

Posted on September 21, 2017 by Richard

Lovely set of pieces in Slate on the Future of the Future. One article in particular caught my eye, which is an analysis of 81 technology articles and press releases going back to the 1990s in which things are said … Continue reading →

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Prediction of the month

Posted on September 4, 2017 by Richard

In the future we will insure our memories

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The re-invention of public libraries

Posted on August 30, 2017 by Richard

It’s funny. The moment someone declares something as dead, chances are that whatever it is (vinyl records, fountain pens, paper books, watches, dumb-phones, bespoke tailoring, cinema, polaroid cameras, postcards, beer, butter, cider, cycling, Russia …) it reappears, often with renewed … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Week (quote of our times)

Posted on June 9, 2017 by Richard

“C’est la vie, say the old folks, it goes to show you never can tell.”

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Tory Landslide

Posted on June 8, 2017 by Richard

Just in case you were wondering what I think….

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Quote of the Week

Posted on May 25, 2017 by Richard

“Sooner or later you’ll have a computer attached to your face.” David J. Hill.

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Future Predictions for 2050 (or before, but who can say?)

Posted on May 11, 2017 by Richard

Here’s a list of some of the entries I removed from my final Mega trends & Technologies map for a variety of reasons. Gyroscopic inertial thrust engines (reactionless drive) Electrification of Africa Rise of Christianity in East Asia Cascades of … Continue reading →

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Map of Global Mega Trends

Posted on May 10, 2017 by Richard

Here you go then. Use this link to get to a high resolution version. A3, A1 and rather wonderful AO sized copies on paper are available upon request (no charge except for print, post and a cardbaord tube). See you … Continue reading →

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Map

Posted on May 8, 2017 by Richard

So here is a little background and commentary to my 2017 Mega Trends & Technologies map. This map began as an idea way back in 2015, but it wasn’t until early 2016 that I started to draw various outlines of … Continue reading →

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