December 19, 2008

Nice 2009 global trends map (via Richard Watson)

Richard is a fellow futurist from Australia.Nowandnext_trendmap_09   PDF Download trend_blend_2009_map.pdf




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Dec 19, 2008 9:06:21 AM | Trends

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Scott McIntosh
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Great Map!

The one that caught my attention was Peak Landfill. I think if you dug a hole 1 mile wide and 1 mile deep you could put all the trash of the world in it and bury it.

What ever happened to the buzz about the Plazma Converters? Can't they now ZAP all trash into its basic elements and reuse the materials?

Posted by: Scott McIntosh | December 19, 2008 at 07:24 PM

Wells Baum
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Can you enlarge the map, just printed it out at the office and I can't see it!!!

Posted by: Wells Baum | December 19, 2008 at 09:03 PM

deepikaur
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Nice map! I'm attempting to make sense of some of the ideas, but am liking the overall look of it. The three that particularly stood out to me were Fall of US Empire, Influenza Pandemic, and Major Internet Failure. While I don't doubt the occurrence of any of these events (particularly the last), they would all be rather devastating. To some extent, anyway.

Posted by: deepikaur | December 22, 2008 at 09:50 PM

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