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 in the future.
What's Next: Top Trends
Diary of an accidental futurist – observations on current & future trends
Please let me know how I can revived a copy? A AO would be great over our coffee maker!
Where would I be posting to?
Thx.
hi
i have a question: what’s the role of “stream of consciousness” in this map? and is this map don’t have time line?
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Hey Richard great Job! This is the best trend map i have ever seen! it would be interesting to understand the meaning of all the trends that you spotted into the map
Best Regards
If I get a chance I’ll post some context, but I can’t do all it’s just too much information!
There’s a video coming of me discussing he map…..
Great Map of Global MegaTrends.
It is funny that one of the trends is “too much information” – i.e. this map
This is better http://www.futuresplatform.com
Thank you for your wonderful work! Please send me a map file for A0 sized for print.
4th one down on this link (it says print not web).
https://nowandnext.com/thinking-tools/
Hi Richard,can you let me know that when the new “Mega Trends And Technologies” map will be updated?
Not sure…when there’s enough to say and make it different!
R.
Hey Richard,first of all I wanted to thank you for your great job and effort and making such a helpful map.
I’m from Iran and during translating this map I reached an impass at some points and I didn’t find any clue on the internet.
I would appreciate if you explain to me what do you mean in these cases:
Dark Euphoria
Triumph of rights over responsibilities
desire for nostalgic romance
Hunger for shared physical experiences
children in search for a childhood
peak gadget
open agriculture
people renting dreams
digital body doubles to run full physiological simulations
Dark Euphoria – I think it was a Bruce Sterling or perhaps William Gibson (sci-fi writer) phrase meaning people taking pleasure in things that go bad (dystopia).
Triumph of rights over responsibilities – extreme individualism where people take whatever is owed to them legally, but refuse to give back or contribute to civic society (all take no give)
Desire for nostalgic romance – old fashioned values, possibly quite conservative.
Hunger for shared experiences – what people have missed the most after physical contact during the pandemic – large groups of people at music festivals, theatre etc – when a groups acts in unison.
Children in search of a childhood – the loss of innocence, desire for simple pleasures, analog play, freedom from adult supervision…
Peak gadgets – when people own too many electronic devices (links with peak stuff/post materialism). Links with peak landfill, too much stuff…
Open agriculture – like open science, open anything….free access to everything, sharing IP, collaboration. The opposite of how a company like Monsanto controls its IP in areas like seeds..
People renting dreams – something I believe will be possible in the future (links with downloading or recording dreams). See BCI science (brain-computer-interfraces).
Digital body doubles… – digital copies of an individuals full physiology (genetics, medical history etc) whereby hospitals can run simulations to test drugs, treatments etc. See mirrors worlds I science-fi.
Hope that helps! Please email me again if anything is unclear.
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