As we think about the future After Capitalism, one tempting approach is to pursue AI, Big Data, and the like to find the …
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Algorithms, Big Data, and the perfect sneaker
[insert rant] We have a perfect flow of information in a perfect market to make just the precise transactions whenever, …
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Artificial Intelligence: It Depends
Futurists pretty regularly get asked about artificial intelligence, often along with robots, and perhaps some …
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Good ideas on how good ideas spread
I had the good fortune to be following Alex “Sandy” Pentland at the APQC Knowledge Management Conference last May. I was …
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The Future of Knowledge Work Drivers: Tools
The research & scanning for the “Future of Knowledge led to the identification of more than 120 trends that were in …
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And the data rolls in: after the early opportunity has passed
In our work as futurists, it is routine to have our forecasts, findings, and recommendations questioned, particularly …
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A third characteristic of the economic future: “smartness”
I’m not exactly jumping out on a limb here! Let’s put a little description on smartness. In my talk, I suggested …
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Big Data, Cities, Simulations and the Future
I read an interesting piece in the Sunday NY Times a few weeks ago called “SimCity for Real” Measuring an Untidy …
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