Radical Transparency
Posted by admin on May 15th, 2008
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The Whole Earth Genealogy Project - Where will it lead?
Starting with a concept for creating the genealogy for the entire earth, here is a fascinating journey into the topic of radical transparency.
Why Do We Fear the Future?
Posted by admin on April 4th, 2008
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Artwork by Patrick Turner
By Thomas Frey, Executive Director and Senior Futurist at the DaVinci Institute
Few of the science fiction buffs watching reruns of Matt Groening’s now-defunct cartoon classic Futurama have any idea the name of the show was coined half a century earlier for a wildly-popular ride at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York.
That Futurama - the original Futurama which is viewable on YouTube - was an unforgettable trip into the brave new world of 1960. Yes, the fabulous 1960s. Who can forget the thrill of exiting off a highway at 50 miles per hour Read the rest of this entry »
Reinventing Property Rights on the Nano Scale
Posted by admin on April 3rd, 2008
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Will people in the future sell real estate “information rights” as a separate property right?
“Science never solves a problem without
creating ten more.” - George Bernard Shaw
The concept of smart dust has been around for several years now. Smartdust is a hypothetical network of tiny wireless microelectromechanical systems including sensors, robots, or other devices, installed with wireless communications, that can detect anything from light, to temperature, to vibrations, to chemical composition, etc.
The smartdust concept was introduced by Kristofer S. J. Pister at the University of California in 2001, although similar ideas existed in science fiction before then.
As an extension of this idea, I’ve become very intrigued with the concept of floating particles that emit signals, and some of the legal implications of who actually owns the particles and the information that
flows out of them Read the rest of this entry »
The Future of Education
Posted by admin on April 3rd, 2008
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The pace of change is mandating that we produce a faster, smarter, better grade of human being. Current systems are preventing that from happening. Future education system will be unleashed with the advent of a standardized rapid courseware-builder and a single point global distribution system.
March 2007
By Thomas Frey, Executive Director and Senior Futurist at the DaVinci Institute
Death to the Gatekeepers
Posted by admin on April 3rd, 2008
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Recently a decision was made to allow people in 12 South American nations to travel from country to country without visas. Much like the efficiencies gained from a similar decision in the European Union, these countries are beginning to realize that life can exist without all the gatekeepers.
In the not-too-distant past, every creative work, whether it was a song, a movie, artwork, poetry, or an article for publication, had to be approved by at least one other person before the public could see it. Often times the work had to be screened by layer upon layer of reviewers so only the very best accomplishments would rise to the top.
