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Five Trends That Will Transform Society |
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Wednesday, 03 October 2007 14:33 |
 " EAuthor Richard Watson examines emerging patterns and developments and society, politics, science and technology, media and entertainment, and other industries in his book Future Files: A History of the Next 50 Years -- and makes educated, and witty speculations as to where they might take us.
Globalization - Globalization used to mean Americanization, but these days it means exposure to people, products, and ideas from everywhere. Globalization impacts on the sourcing of products and services, and on market-expansion opportunities. It also means connectedness and mobility. Everything from countries and computers to gadgets and global banking will be hyper-linked together. In the future, this trend will accelerate even faster, thanks to devices such as GPS, RFIDs, sensor motes, and smart dust (all essentially tiny wireless transmitters and/or receivers of some kind). Hence privacy will all but disappear, but transparency and risk may increase. "
.... Read the rest of this article from "FastCompany.com" at: http://www.fastcompany.com/articles...
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 03 October 2007 14:41 )
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