Emergent Futures Tumblelog

This is the Tumblelog of Paul Higgins and Sandy Teagle - Futurists from Melbourne and Brisbane in Australia. Go to Emergent Futures to see more or follow on Twitter at FuturistPaul . If you right click on the pictures, titles or links in these posts you will be able to go to the original story on the web. If you click on comments for each post you can either read what others have said or add your own comment via Disqus. If you click on the date of a post it will take you to a single post view where you can copy the web link if you want to send it to someone else. If you click on the tags it will take you to other stories from Emergent Futures with the same tag.

August 23rd 2011

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futuramb:

(via GDP recovery since the recession: Deep freeze | The Economist)

Posted at 8:23am and tagged with: Recession, economy, gdp, growth, economic, politics,.

futuramb: (via GDP recovery since the recession: Deep freeze | The Economist)

August 21st 2011

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Marc Andreessen on Why Software Is Eating the World - WSJ.com (via smarterplanet)

Posted at 7:52am and tagged with: Amazon, Netflix, Pandora, Zynga, banking, cloud, commerce, education, food, growth, healthcare, it infrastructure, marc andreesen, new intelligence, retail, services, software, disruption,.

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More and more major businesses and industries are being run on software and delivered as online services—from movies to agriculture to national defense. Many of the winners are Silicon Valley-style entrepreneurial technology companies that are invading and overturning established industry structures. Over the next 10 years, I expect many more industries to be disrupted by software, with new world-beating Silicon Valley companies doing the disruption in more cases than not.
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April 15th 2011

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Third dimension adds $360m to TV sales: it is still only 4pc of the market, but it is growing at 300pc

AUSTRALIANS have taken to three-dimensional technology, spending $361 million in the past year on 3D television sets, although market penetration remains modest at just over 4 per cent.

Full Story: The Australian

Paul Higgins: Not really Sure about this one. How much is take up of high end screens that have this in them any way and how much is the novelty and bragging to the neighbours factor is uncertain. If I had to make a definitive statement I would say that this will slow significantly unless it becomes a standard feature of all new screens and even then until the technology improves a fair bit the use will not be that high. Way early on the hype cycle

Posted at 4:09am and tagged with: technology, 3d, trends, growth,.

Third dimension adds $360m to TV sales: it is still only 4pc of the market, but it is growing at 300pc AUSTRALIANS have taken to three-dimensional technology, spending $361 million in the past year on 3D television sets, although market penetration remains modest at just over 4 per cent. Full Story: The Australian Paul Higgins: Not really Sure about this one. How much is take up of high end screens that have this in them any way and how much is the novelty and bragging to the neighbours factor is uncertain. If I had to make a definitive statement I would say that this will slow significantly unless it becomes a standard feature of all new screens and even then until the technology improves a fair bit the use will not be that high. Way early on the hype cycle

April 14th 2011

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The Odd Challenge for Detroit Planners


Now Ms. Winters, a native of Detroit and the deputy director of the city’s planning and development department, finds herself in an utterly unexpected role, one that no school would have thought to prepare her for: she is sorting out how to help her hometown shrink, by working through difficult decisions that will determine which neighborhoods can be saved and which cannot.

Full Story: New York Times


Posted at 4:43pm and tagged with: cities, economic, assumptions, growth,.

The Odd Challenge for Detroit Planners Now Ms. Winters, a native of Detroit and the deputy director of the city’s planning and development department, finds herself in an utterly unexpected role, one that no school would have thought to prepare her for: she is sorting out how to help her hometown shrink, by working through difficult decisions that will determine which neighborhoods can be saved and which cannot. Full Story: New York Times

February 21st 2011

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India won’t outpace China without a few miracles

Several recent economic reports glowingly predict that by 2013-15, India will start outpacing China’s stunning annual GDP growth rate of 8.5-9.5%. A number of trends in India lead to this conclusion, including a young, increasingly educated labor force, relatively few retired people to care for, India’s high savings rate, the massive structural reforms the Indian government continues to undertake, and increased infrastructure spending.

via @scottnewell

Full Story: CNN

Posted at 9:48am and tagged with: China, India, Growth, Economic,.

India won’t outpace China without a few miracles Several recent economic reports glowingly predict that by 2013-15, India will start outpacing China’s stunning annual GDP growth rate of 8.5-9.5%. A number of trends in India lead to this conclusion, including a young, increasingly educated labor force, relatively few retired people to care for, India’s high savings rate, the massive structural reforms the Indian government continues to undertake, and increased infrastructure spending. via @scottnewell Full Story: CNN

June 23rd 2010

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smartercities:

leart:

Shanghai Transformation. A difference of 20 years (1990-2010) between both pictures.

Looks like two different worlds.

Posted at 6:34pm and tagged with: china, growth,.

smartercities: leart: Shanghai Transformation. A difference of 20 years (1990-2010) between both pictures. Looks like two different worlds.

December 8th 2009

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Greenhouse Gas Carbon Dioxide Ramps Up Aspen Growth

The rising level of atmospheric carbon dioxide may be fueling more than climate change. It could also be making some trees grow like crazy.

Posted at 8:12am and tagged with: climate change, growth, trees, carbon,.

Greenhouse Gas Carbon Dioxide Ramps Up Aspen Growth The rising level of atmospheric carbon dioxide may be fueling more than climate change. It could also be making some trees grow like crazy.