Glen Hiemstra, Founder and CEO of Futurist.com, speaks to 2013 Seattle Interactive tech conference. Glen takes us over the horizon into the world of the future. Let’s imagine that the issues of transparency, privacy, data security, openness and information ownership have been solved more or less satisfactorily by 2020. Beyond that, what are the possibilities? How about a world of 3D hyperconnectivity, where the concept of online and offline have effectively disappeared. A world where the merging of information technology, nanotechnology, biotechnology, robotics and cognitive sciences can bring us to the edge of a new age. If, and it is a big if, we can leverage these technologies and the social and political landscape to solve the great challenges of energy, sustainability, and income disparity. Are we ready to build a preferred future?

1. what is your image
of the future?

2. transparency

3. the future creates the present…

5. technology
acceleration

6. •
technology acceleration
for what
• sustainability?
• energy?
• economic disparity?

7. connectivity | convergence | 3D
nano | bio | info | cogno | robo

8. full-on networked society

9. ...test
is
“168
+mes
faster,
26,000
+mes
less
expensive,
and
over
400
+mes
more
sensi+ve
than
the
current
standard.”
It
costs
$0.03
per
test
and
takes
five
minutes.
The
test
could
also
poten+ally
be
used
to
diagnose
ovarian
and
lung
cancer,
both
of
which
also
produce
abnormal
levels
of
mesothelin.
hIp://singularityhub.com/2013/02/25/16-­‐year-­‐old-­‐jack-­‐andraka-­‐invents-­‐innova+ve-­‐cancer-­‐test-­‐using-­‐google-­‐search/

10. really smart coming on fast

11. In the next 20 years PC’s will be
replaced by millions of tiny
intelligent systems embedded in
our clothes, jewelry, cars,
furniture, and walls. They will
recognize voice commands and
carry out simple wishes. They
will cost less than a penny, less
than scrap paper, so companies
which do not put chips
[intelligence] in all their products
will be at a severe disadvantage.
Michio Kaku

12. Game Changers

13. world’s first bitcoin atm in vancouver bc
Jackson Warren (left) and Mitchell Demeter examine the Robocoin. Photo: David Ryder/WIRED

14. every internet device is a
publishing tool
once on the internet,
information lasts forever
public access to information
includes the customers,
employees & the boss

15. brands are built
and can be destroyed
increasingly outside
our
control
Original
Source:
This
Fluid
World

16. digital natives
digital
immigrants
Marc Prensky originated
“digital native” term and this list
u
F TURIST•com

17. people of the screen do not
accept old limitations...
Based
on:
Gerd
Leonhard

19. bring your own brain
Original
Source:
Stowe
Boyd

20. gamification

21. the end of massvertising

23. median age of native-born
Latinos is 18
 median age all Latinos is 27
vs. 42 for non-Hispanic
whites in U.S.
 67,000 U.S. Latinos turn 18
each month, (93% are
citizens)
 40% of U.S. population
growth 2013-2030 will be
Hispanic (77% of growth will
be minorities)


24. sustainability: opportunity or demand?

25. the canary

26. sustainability | resilience

27. energy innovation to 2050

Sustainable electricity for
all by 2030


Shift 2 billion cars from 30
mpg to 120 mpg by 2050.

Decrease driving for 2
billion cars in half

Develop Zero-emission
vehicles



From Robert Socolow, Princeton, Amory Lovins, RMI

Increase efficiency of new
appliances and buildings to
achieve Zero-carbon
emissions, resulting in 25%
total reduction by 2050.
Add 3 million 1-megawatt
windmills globally, 75 times
current capacity.
Add 3000 gigawatts of peak
solar photovoltaic, 1000 times
current capacity.
No net new net coal power
plants
Success with CCUS?

28. 10 seconds of sun = 1 day of
all humanity’s energy use

29. There is one rule for the industrialist and
that is: Make the best quality of goods
possible at the lowest cost possible, paying
the highest wages possible.
Henry Ford

30. hIp://thecurrentmoment.wordpress.com/2011/08/18/produc+vity-­‐inequality-­‐poverty/

31. knowledge value economy
it’s what a
product or
service - or
person knows

32. what is your image
of the future?

34. the future is
something we do
the future is not
something that
just happens to us

35. thank you for your time
for more information
www.futurist.com
glen@futurist.com
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