New Trend Blend for 2008

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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