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© Robert G Parker – UW-CISA 2010 Trends And Their Impact on Society and Technology Robert G. Parker July 21, 2011 S-1
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The Dichotomy Crisis 2 Part 1
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© Robert G Parker – UW-CISA 2010 Trends and Issues Societal Technology Trends – CICA Top 10 Survey S-3
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© Robert G Parker – UW-CISA 2010 Societal Trends and Issues Economy Global Economy Sovereign Debt Canada – Bucking the Trend …. Maybe …. For Now China Ageing and Pensions Public Sector Inflation Crowdsourcing S-4 Economic Dichotomy
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© Robert G Parker – UW-CISA 2010 Societal Trends and Issues Economy Global Economy S-5 Economic Dichotomy
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© Robert G Parker – UW-CISA 2010 Economy Impact of Financial Crisis/Collapse on Business, Security, Control, Governance, Due Diligence Impact of Financial Crisis/Collapse on Technology Innovation Impact of Financial Crisis/Collapse on Increased Threats Growing Gap Between Rich and Poor; the Shrinking of the Middle Class in Developed Countries Sovereign Debt; the PIGS vs. the United States; the Involvement of China and Germany Lack of Individual Understanding; Crisis in Greece S-6 Societal Trends and Issues Economic Dichotomy
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Societal Trends and Issues Economic Dichotomy 7 $$$$ ₵₵
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© Robert G Parker – UW-CISA 2010 Societal Trends and Issues Economic Dichotomy A growing Economic Divide in the Economy A growing Concern that as the economy recovers the jobs are not following S-8
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Societal Trends and Issues Economic Dichotomy 9 75% said they are currently the same or better off that before the 2008 recession
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Societal Trends and Issues Economic Dichotomy 10 They Are Not Better Off
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Societal Trends and Issues Economic Dichotomy 11 Corporate Profits are Up Housing Continues Downward in the USA Revenue is Increasing Output is Up Unemployment in the USA is Up
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12 Societal Trends and Issues Economic Dichotomy This is a Jobless Recovery! The Working get Richer!
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13 Societal Trends and Issues Economic Dichotomy The End of Jobs For those Who Become Technologically Unemployable
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14 What Gates is describing, of course, is an operating system for robots. Gates believes that robotics today is like the world of computers 30 years ago. Robots, like computers in the 1970s, have widespread applications in industry, but the models available for home users tend to be expensive and have appeal mainly for tinkerers and hobbyists. Gates foresees a world 30 years from now where home robots are as ubiquitous and indispensable as Windows computers and Microsoft Office. The World of Robots Original Source - Scientific American – December 2006
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15 Societal Trends and Issues Economic Dichotomy We Recognized This Looming Problem 50 years Ago …. And Did Nothing
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© Robert G Parker – UW-CISA 2010 Population In the 1960s the World Recognized the Risks of an Ever Expanding Population China Recognized the Potential Problems and the Mathematics of Exponential Growth and Introduced Family Limited The Recognition of the 1960s Has Been Abandoned Food and Water Crises are Starting to Occur Society has not Benefitted from the Promises of the 1950s and 1960s 18-25 Year Olds Have the Highest Unemployment Rate of any Cohort Approaching 50% in Some Countries S-16 Societal Trends and Issues
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