O FUTURO (PRE)VISTO POR RICHARD WATSON

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Através de uma infografia (versão actualizada) Richard Watson mostra-nos as linhas de força da evolução da sociedade tecnológica (e não só...) nas próximas 4 décadas. Como o próprio escreve:

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

Em grandes dimensões (PDF) ou pequenas (num PP) pode ser um bom assunto de discussão colectiva...