Twenty trends for 2020 Twenty trends for 2020 the decades
defining forces
The inventor of the world wide web, Tim Berners-Lee was in
Sydney a few weeks ago and said I never make predictions on trends.
Thats for fools. I am that fool. Were in a time of great technology
change, and of social and economic change as well. These are
creating trends that will define our communities and businesses
over the rest of our decade. This is not just about technology,
although those changes are going to have great effects on society.
Where technology is made is the beginning of this. Tim
Berners-Leehttp://www.flickr.com/tanaka
Proudly designed in Dandong Japan lead the way over the 1950
and 60s where their products were seen as substandard. Eventually
they moved up the supply chain and today Japan leads the world in
many manufacturing and design sectors. Were now seeing that in
Korea with Samsung, LG and others leading their markets. Next is
china part of what is driving this is Chinas aging population,
theres a risk that will become old before it becomes rich. sex
imbalances as well Chinese governments are aware of this and
recognise the need to move up the value chain quickly.
http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2013/01/growth-and-china?fsrc=rss
Gangnam clip
aging workforces This is not just a Chinese problem, it is also
one for southern Europe, Russia, North America and, most of all
Japan
robotics and automation The Japanese response has been
increased automation, so now were seeing companies releasing new
equipment that works autonomously. We thought machines would look
like robots in Lost In Space. Better than human Kevin Kelly Will a
robot take your job? Gary Marcus Robots and robber barons Paul
Krugman Myth of the jobless recovery Matt Yglesias The end of labor
Timothy Noah
internet of machines computers, and robots talk. the social
media enabled jet engine Internet enabled fridge
the reinvention of entertainment kinetic, google goggles, AR
older technologies like Radio and movies morph around these new
technologies in a crowd while alone in our room movies and theatres
have always been a social experience Noah Zerkin
The role of cash Payment systems Sorting out payment platforms
Brad King speaking Africa ..
3D printer image
Robohand http://mashable.com/2013/02/13/robohand/
Noise of the internet Big Data, big brother -- Described as a
Buzzword tsunami we are going to have to deal with this.
the flat organization the cult of responsiblity responsibility
back in fashion the death of the corporation Im joking but were
going to see a major change http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/27/marc-
andreessen-on-the-future-of-the-enterprise/