I am reminded of the famous quote by Michael Cibenko – “One problem with gazing too frequently into the past is that we may turn around to find the future has run out on us.”

If you are feeling left behind by all of the changes happening around us, you’re not alone. In this week’s Future Trend Report we are finding that there are currently nearly 90,000 local governmental entities that have sprung to life in the US. This includes counties, municipalities, and townships as well as single- purpose governments such as school districts and special districts.

We have also included articles on smart phone addiction, the Internet of the future, and how the Green Revolution is getting the “thumbs down” by investors.

The final article has to do with the “real-time web,” a term used to describe the exploding number of live social activities online, from tweets to status updates on Facebook to the sharing of news, web links, and videos on myriad other sites. It’s a whole new layer of innovation that’s opening up on the Web.

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