Technological Change Ten Areas of Accelerating Opportunity, Disruption, and Threat Envisioning Transhumanism TEDx Del UCSD Apr 2012 San Diego, CA John Smart, President, Acceleration Studies Foundation Web: Accelerating.org/slides
Los Angeles New York Palo Alto Acceleration Studies Foundation A 501 (c)(3) Nonprofit © 2011 Accelerating.org Foresight Education FERNweb.org GlobalForesight.org There are now 22 universities where you can get a grad degree in foresight, and roughly ten good certificate programs, including SU. FERN networks foresight grad students and helps them find good jobs. GlobalForesight is a wiki of foresight orgs, resources and people.
Los Angeles New York Palo Alto Acceleration Studies Foundation A 501 (c)(3) Nonprofit © 2011 Accelerating.org Foresight Research All good foresight relies on theories and hypotheses of change. I’m part of a small community of scholars who think the universe uses a combination of evolutionary variation, adaptive selection, and developmental optimization to create change. Find more on our perspective at: EvoDevoUniverse.com
Los Angeles New York Palo Alto Acceleration Studies Foundation A 501 (c)(3) Nonprofit © 2012 Accelerating.org Ten Areas of Technological Change 1. Nanoscience and Technologies 2. Information Technologies 3. Resource Technologies 4. Engineering Technologies 5. Security Technologies 6. Social Technologies 7. Economic Technologies 8. Health Technologies 9. Political Technologies 10. Cognitive Technologies Environment Humanity
Los Angeles New York Palo Alto Acceleration Studies Foundation A 501 (c)(3) Nonprofit © 2012 Accelerating.org Nanoscience and Nanotechnologies ▪Small-Scale Physics ▪Fission and Fusion ▪Nanochemistry ▪Nanocomputing ▪Nanodevices
Los Angeles New York Palo Alto Acceleration Studies Foundation A 501 (c)(3) Nonprofit Information Technologies © 2012 Accelerating.org ▪Computing (Super, Enterprise, Personal, Mobile, Web) ▪Communication and Networks ▪Big Data, Maps, and Algorithms ▪Conversational Interface ▪Agents and Cybertwins
Los Angeles New York Palo Alto Acceleration Studies Foundation A 501 (c)(3) Nonprofit Resource Technologies © 2012 Accelerating.org ▪Energy ▪Water ▪Food ▪Population ▪Ecosystem and Other Resources
Los Angeles New York Palo Alto Acceleration Studies Foundation A 501 (c)(3) Nonprofit Engineering Technologies © 2012 Accelerating.org ▪Smart Cities ▪Dematerialization and Efficiency ▪Greentech and Pollution ▪Transportation and Logistics ▪Manufacturing Automation and Robotics
Los Angeles New York Palo Alto Acceleration Studies Foundation A 501 (c)(3) Nonprofit Security Technologies © 2012 Accelerating.org ▪Intelligence and Reciprocal Transparency ▪Physical Security, Stability, and Openness ▪Cybersecurity and Decentralization ▪Machine Ethics and Autonomy ▪Immunity and Resilence
Los Angeles New York Palo Alto Acceleration Studies Foundation A 501 (c)(3) Nonprofit Social Technologies © 2012 Accelerating.org ▪Education and Individuation ▪Social Freedom and Creativity ▪Entertainment, Fun, and Positive-Sum Games ▪Social and Symbiont Networks ▪Values and Values-Mapped Web (Valuecosm)
Los Angeles New York Palo Alto Acceleration Studies Foundation A 501 (c)(3) Nonprofit Economic Technologies © 2012 Accelerating.org ▪The West vs. the Rest ▪Economic Equitability and Incentives ▪Productivity, Collaboration, and Employment ▪Finance, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation ▪Development, Economic Freedom, Tech Disruption
Los Angeles New York Palo Alto Acceleration Studies Foundation A 501 (c)(3) Nonprofit ©2012 Accelerating.org Health Technologies ▪Ambient Intelligence ▪Public Health and Disease Control ▪Medical Biotech, Implants, HMIs ▪Regenerative Medicine and Longevity ▪Big Pharma and Enhancement
Los Angeles New York Palo Alto Acceleration Studies Foundation A 501 (c)(3) Nonprofit Political Technologies © 2012 Accelerating.org ▪Political Representation and Incentives ▪Power Politics ▪Laws, Justice, Corruption ▪Political Freedom ▪Military Power
Los Angeles New York Palo Alto Acceleration Studies Foundation A 501 (c)(3) Nonprofit Cognitive Technologies © 2012 Accelerating.org ▪Personal Freedom and Creativity ▪Ethics, Religion, Higher Purpose ▪Privacy ▪Mental Health and Corrections ▪Human Performance and Extended Cognition