Evolution Shift
A Future Look at Today
The Shift Age

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March 22nd, 2006

You (Might Have) Read it Here First

The writings here are about the future. I take a look at the Present through a futuristic filter. This means that of course to some degree, I am predicting what might happen in the future. Even knowing that, it was thrilling to find that already, in the very short life of this new blog, something […]

 

 

March 11th, 2006

It is 24/7/52 not 24/7/365

Every Era has its’ own form of toughness and performance. The Agricultural Age had farmers bragging about being up before dawn, taking care of all the animals and tilling acres of land in a day. The Industrial Age had workers talking about how many overtime hours they worked at the factory. The Information Age is […]

 

 

February 25th, 2006

The MIT Media Lab and the $100 Laptop

This week it was announced tha the MIT Media Lab has a new leader, Frank Moss. He will be replacing the visionary founder, Nicholas Negroponte. NN is relinquishing leadership of the Media Lab to focus full-time on his global initiative of the $100 laptop. This news story, as much as anything else this week, provokes […]

 

 

February 18th, 2006

Cheney the Shooter

This was one of those news stories that prompted an initial “What! Are you kidding?”. Hey, over the weekend the VP shot someone. We all have pop songs that rattle around in our brain only to pop up at odd times. The late 90s’ OMC song “How Bizarre How Bizarre” popped up in my brain […]

 

 

February 11th, 2006

Praise the Lord, not Petroleum

As a futurist, as a spotter of trends, the most interesting news item this week to me was the fact that 85 of the most influential Evangelical Christian leaders in American rose up to state that it was god’s will to fight global warming. Hallellujah! Hallelujah! Seriously folks, this is a really big deal, a […]

 

 

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