It’s finally done. My new trends and technology timeline for 2010 is now up. Please post any comments, criticisms or suggestions and I will incorporate these in the very final printed version. Please also note that it’s really a waste of time looking at this on a small screen or printing it out at less than A3 size because it’s hugely complicated. If you want giant printed colour copies just contact me.
The map has 16 lines representing everything from society & culture to news & media. There are also 5 time zones representing 2010-2050, so everything that falls outside the central zone (zone 1) is obviously a prediction.The map is published under a Creative Commons Share-A-Like Licence so you can do anything you like with it, including selling it, just so long as you say where it came from.
I have a feeling this map with get forwarded around cyberspace at great speed:.
The key mega trends on the map are:
– Ageing
– Power shift Eastwards
– Globalisation
– Localisation
– Digitalisation
– Personalisation
– Volatility
– Individualism
– Environmental change
– Sustainability
– Debt
– Urbanisation
Some of the predictions include:
– All televised sport becomes short-format
– Epidemic of new disorders caused by uncensored use of digital devices
– Turkey, Iran and Mexico become key powers
– Online communities gather offline to start physical communities
– The robot population surpasses the human population
– Brain holidays
– Communications free resorts
– People attending online funerals
– The appearance of laboratory grown meat in supermarkets
Some of the partial ruins (things that are partly destroyed) include:
– Intimacy
– Privacy
– Modesty
– Paper statements and bills
– Humility
– Optimism about the future
The link…see comments below for a click-thru version.
http://nowandnext.com/PDF/trends_and_technology_timeline_2010.pdf
