Ross Dawson has just posted his Trend Blend 2008:

Trends mentioned in the map include:

• Simplicity
• Reality mining
• 3-D printers
• Virtual protest
• Female chauvinism
• Geospatial web
• Celebrity worship
• Karma capitalism
• Networked risk
• Data visualisation
• Same sex couples (with kids)
• Constant partial attention

Ross suggests checking out Richard Watson’s new book Future Files: A History of the Next 50 Years for more detail on these.

By Carruthers via Aide-mémoire

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