2.
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3. How best to prepare for the future
The point is not so much to predict “the” future…
but to prepare for various contingencies
Based on the logical extension of established trends

4. Gartner Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends 2019 (6’)

5. Ergo: How best to think about the future?
Think of the drivers of change
Use the drivers to imagine different scenarios of the future
Imagine perhaps three; each should be plausible but different
Extrapolate back from those future scenarios to think about what to do now to prepare

6. What “Drivers” Have We Observed?

8. Ubiquitous- Imbedded Intelligence
TechnoSphere Drivers
Intelligent Tech
Convergent Media
Information technology will transform our day-to-day lives.
"The big trends - - availability of cheap sensors - cheap computing power & ubiquitous connectivity -
by 2020 everything large enough to carry a microchip probably will, & from there the possibilities are endless-
Ubiquitous- Imbedded Intelligence
2004

9. 2nite’s Line-up: Who-saw-what coming-when…
“Its” defining dimensions…& implications….
“Its” Ramifications:
New Rules & Roles re: Organization Structure & Management
New Business Models
Need for New Mind & Skill Sets…

10. Open Class Sujet du Jour
What the hell is it about these guys… that qualifies them as world renowned prognosticators
Open Class Sujet du Jour
Section (I) To Date
Sept.12 -  Meet the Futurists...
... Daniel Bell, Alvin Toffler, Ray Kurzweil, Peter Diamandis, Kevin Kelly, Tim O'Reilly & Gerd Leonhard
a16z (ie 10 Year Futures vs. What's Happening Now)
Singularity University
+ Andrew McAfee

11. What will future jobs look like? (14’)| Andrew McAfee

12. Better experts = foxes: thinkers who know many small things,
The least accurate = hedgehogs: “thinkers who ‘know one big thing,’ aggressively extend the explanatory reach … into new domains”
Beginning in the 1980s examined 27,451 forecasts by 284 academics, pundits and other prognosticators
---- the conclusion - the experts bombed. …worse than statistical models, & could barely eke out a tie w/ dart-throwing chimps.
Better experts = foxes: thinkers who know many small things,

13. ... Daniel Bell, Alvin Toffler, Ray Kurzweil, Peter Diamandis, Kevin Kelly, Tim O'Reilly & Gerd Leonhard
Daniel Bell

14. ... Daniel Bell, , Ray Kurzweil, Peter Diamandis, Kevin Kelly, Tim O'Reilly & Gerd Leonhard
Alvin Toffler

15. Ray Kurzweil PREDICTIONS
... Daniel Bell, Alvin Toffler, Ray Kurzweil, Peter Diamandis, Kevin Kelly, Tim O'Reilly & Gerd Leonhard
 PREDICTIONS
Ray Kurzweil

16. ... Daniel Bell, Alvin Toffler, Ray Kurzweil, Peter Diamandis, Kevin Kelly, Tim O'Reilly & Gerd Leonhard
The Future Is Faster Than You Think | Global Summit 2018 | Singularity University

17. Kevin Kelly ….. tells technology's epic story
... Daniel Bell, Alvin Toffler, Ray Kurzweil, Peter Diamandis, Kevin Kelly, Tim O'Reilly & Gerd Leonhard
Kevin Kelly
….. tells technology's epic story
12 Inevitable Tech Forces That Will Shape Our Future & THE FUTURE OF INTELLIGENCE

18. Kevin Kelly: How AI can bring on a second Industrial Revolution (13’)

19. ... Daniel Bell, Alvin Toffler, Ray Kurzweil, Peter Diamandis, Kevin Kelly, Tim O'Reilly   Gerd Leonhard

20. ... Daniel Bell, Alvin Toffler, Ray Kurzweil, Peter Diamandis, Kevin Kelly, Tim O'Reilly & Gerd Leonhard

21. The best way to predict the future is to invent it–
Alan Kay--‘Father’ of the PC and GUI interface

22. Future Predictions 4’