Thinking Hard About the Future
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Argues that exponential tech curves meet real limits and cultural change, cites Ray Kurzweil's claim about brain uploading by 2025, points to tens of thousands at Maker Faire and projects like netduino/Arduino sensor boards and 3D printing that actually work, notes phones as phones as sensor platforms feeding cloud algorithms, notes Apple has paid about $1 billion to app developers, describes Strata for data and algorithms, warns companies risk capturing rather than growing the ecosystem.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Trends and the future
- 2:32The reality bubble
- 3:51Inventing the future
- 7:00The innovation engine
- 10:00Ecosystems and control
- 13:39The maker movement
- 17:31Collaboration and creation
