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Past views of the future
I’m researching a few ideas for one of my new books and just came across an old book called Looking Backward: 2000-1887. The book was written in 1888 about someone that falls asleep in 1887 and wakes up in the … Continue reading
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The Seven Sides of Cyber (Part 1)
This topic is a huge, and rapidly evolving, so I’d like to restrict myself to a small area. But before I do this I’d like to add a bit of context and discuss the area of forecasting and prediction. In … Continue reading
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Unrest in Europe
Here’s a semi-serious prediction. High levels of youth unemployment in Europe will trigger unusually high levels of social unrest and crime and we will see a coup in a Western-European country (generals running Spain or Greece?) by year end.
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Historical views of the future
Couple of good things today. The first is something I stumbled upon looking for a reference to the economist John Maynard Keynes. It’s an essay he wrote in 1930 about life in the year 2030. It’s a good read, especially … Continue reading
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Trends for 2011 still good for 2012
Now that it’s almost 2012, I think it’s about time we revisited my top 10 trends for 2011 that were written in late 2010 and posted in early January. How right have they proven to be? Judge for yourself. Personally … Continue reading
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TED talk (I won’t know what I think until I see what I say)
Here’s the text of my recent TEDx talk in Germany. Note that these are only my notes and not what actually came out of my mouth… If you gave an infinite number of futurists an infinite amount of time, would … Continue reading
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One Question about the Future
I’m doing a TEDex talk in Munich next month and originally intended to do something around The Architecture of Thinking (Alternative title: Can Buildings Have Brains?). However, one of the organisers has put me off. Instead I’m doing the Perils … Continue reading
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Predictions for the next 25 years
The Observer newspaper recently asked a group of experts for some predictions for what might happen over the next 25 years. Here’s some extracts from the predictions, together with my own comments. Thanks to Bradley who sent me the original … Continue reading
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Forensic phenotyping – part 2
Here we go. Further to my post on forensic phenotyping (Jan 6), here’s something from my book Future Files (2007). If you are charged with a criminal offence in the UK, a sample of your DNA is taken and added … Continue reading
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Forensic phenotyping
I’m trying to write something about prediction for Fast Company magazine. So far all I’ve got is this from Aston Webb, a Victorian architect, talking about London in the year 2014 from the perspective of 1914: “There are two great … Continue reading
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