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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