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Ten-X Stimulus Projects
Separating the wheat from the chaff as we invest in our futureAs we begin the process of thinking through the places where we can insert the electrodes and shock new life into the global economy, I would propose a new way of reviewing proposals, allowing...
The Library of the Future Series: Part 3 – The Electronic Outpost
As a public entity, libraries have been evolving. No longer are they the book-centric institutions of the mid 1900s. But the changes we’ve seen to date are only a tiny fraction of the changes we will see in the coming decades. There are no road...
Fourteen Future Trends for Business in 2009 and Beyond
Global shifts will cause a new social order to emergeAs I started pulling my notes together for 2009 trends, I instantly became overwhelmed by the sheer volume of changes currently in the works. The number of moving parts seems to exceed the number of...
Owning Your Own Country
The world is in for some radical changes ahead. Hold on tight, we are in for a wild ride.Building islands, selling them as autonomous countriesOn a recent trip to Dubai, I spoke at the prestigious "Leaders in Dubai" forum along with the likes of Tom...
Libraries of the Future
Where great ideas happen, and people have the tools to act on themTen years ago, many in the tech elite were predicting the demise of the public library. Little did they understand that libraries are living, breathing organisms. Much like plants that...
A Description is Not an Explanation
A definition states what a word or concept means, while a description identifies properties or qualities of things. Both of these answer the question, "What?" However, to fully grasp a difficult concept, we need an explanation. An explanation...
Nanotech and the Precautionary Principal
The Precautionary Principal and the shifting onus of responsibilityThe future will be neither as good as some would lead us to believe, or as bad as other would have us think. But it is the onus of responsibility that becomes the...
Thinking in Eights
"Beyond the known, lies the future"Very often the work that I do is in groupings of eight, and you are probably wondering what the significance is of the number eight. Have I always been tormented with an "eight" fetish? Is this some sort of obsession...
Bringing the US Patent & Trademark Office to Colorado
Understanding the new realities of economic developmentThe USPTO is hiring. In fact they are doing a lot of hiring, over 1,200 new examiners every year, and they still can’t keep up with the deluge of new patent filings.But while the number of patent...
The Opposite of War is Not Peace
The weirdness of future of wars will make us wishwe were dealing with knives and swords againIn 1976, President Gerald Ford issued an executive order forbidding the assassination of any foreign head of state. This order was issued when word leaked out that...
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