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THINGS TO COME |
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FUTURISTIC NETWOKRING |
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ROUNDUP DISCUSSION |
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July 7, 2008 |
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WHY MY INTEREST? |
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Medicine, science |
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Edison, gadgets |
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Librarian overview |
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Software changes fast |
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Threatening talk: Spengler,
Armageddon, Gore |
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WWIII by 1980; Crash of 79 |
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Ron Pine: diversity fatalism |
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World Future Society for 30
years wanted |
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Information Before the Printing
Press |
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Personal Information Behavior |
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Metzgerism--zero pop growth |
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I HAVE A MILLION QUESTIONS ABOUT
WHAT IS HAPPENING AND WHAT WILL HAPPEN |
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WHY "US"? |
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Previous guy's attempt |
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Mental Adventure |
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Discussions |
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Outings, adventures |
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Network, grapevine |
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Anticipation makes life more fun |
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We can cross-meet with other
clubs |
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OUR TOPICS: |
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Why Guess the Future? |
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BEST RESOURCES: |
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1 Shows 2 Movies 3 Trade Shows 4 Websites |
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5 Networks 6 Gurus
7 Magazines 8 Ideas |
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9 Issues 10
Big Picture 11 Health 12 Worth it? |
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13 Info Trends 14 Social, Political 15 Power
16 Web |
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17 Recreation 18 Education 19
Lifestyle 20 Overrated? |
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GUESS AT ALL? |
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Investments |
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Fashions |
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Sports |
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Careers |
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Business planning |
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Cool Stuff -- consumerist also |
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Entertainment -- Ahead of times |
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SHOWS |
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Beyond 2000, CNET Central |
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Bits and Bytes |
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MOVIES |
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Sci-Fi Group's Lists |
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TRADE SHOWS |
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Chicago Transhumanist |
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Chicago Innovation Council |
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WEB SITES |
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R and D newsletter |
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World Science |
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TED Talks |
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TED Conference |
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World Futurists |
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Bildenberger meetings |
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Alcor |
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Cities: Silicon Valley, LaSalle
Corridor |
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Schools: Stanford, NU |
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Green Drinks |
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Chicago Sustainable Business
Alliance |
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Elites -- cognoscenti? |
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NY in 50s, Brockman, Brand in
60s |
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Where is the ferment today? |
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GURUS |
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See all on YouTube: |
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Ray Kurzweil |
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Faith Popcorn |
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Marvin Cetron -- cheating death |
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John Naisbitt |
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Buckminster Fuller |
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Private analysts: James Dale Davidson |
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Investments letters - many bogus
-- Bernie Weiss |
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MAGAZINES |
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Was: Mondo 2000, Wired. Zines |
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Quimby's |
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TIME magazine issue on gadgets |
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PopSci and Omni Best of Year |
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IDEAS |
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Marshall McLuhan's media
comments |
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Copenhagen Consensus |
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Probabilities |
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Systems View |
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80/20 rule |
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"Best is to create
it"--leadership |
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"Wild cards" |
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Info is getting cheap and
devalued |
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Spaceship Earth--Fuller |
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EMERGING ISSUES |
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Militant Islam |
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American apathy and corporate
expansion |
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Global view: to change climate
is to control many things |
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Greening |
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Nano |
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Genetic patents |
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Secret government, black
helicopters, Noam Chomsky |
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Extreme everything -- BASE
jumping, body soaring, etc. |
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THE BIG PICTURE |
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Google Sky |
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The World Telescope |
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Life.com |
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Universal web radio |
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The New Zoo -- Second Earth
Undersea |
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HEALTH, VITALITY, LONGEVITY, WELLNESS |
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Personal antioxidant scanner |
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Moving to genomics |
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Michael Crichton NEXT |
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More bionics -- Implanted
Miniature Telescope |
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ARE THEY WORTH IT? |
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Podcasts |
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RSS FEEDS |
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News bots |
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Personal info sensitivity --
drive for non-surveillance |
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MyPages |
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INFORMAITON TRENDS |
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Distance Learning |
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Web 2.0 |
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Twitter |
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Handhelds |
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Amazon full-text, kindle |
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Video -- killer app |
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Hulu movies and __ TV |
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cell phones to YouTube |
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Kurzweil acceleration |
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Transnationalism |
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Midori--recognizing patterns |
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Games still rule -- The MUST of
games in kids sites now |
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SOCIAL, POLITICAL |
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Military heat ray |
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Military robot BIG DOG |
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Audible.com |
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Anti-social and vandalism has
same status as anything else -- "knife culture in London" --
Criminal class teaching and recruiting
through web |
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POWER CONSOLIDATION -- DISTRIBUTION |
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Globalization |
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Going off the grid |
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Disappearing, off-shoring |
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WEB and New Media |
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Cams |
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Bars -- widgets |
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Web form spellchecker |
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Mashups |
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Midori |
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Graphic Extinction clocks |
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ENTERTAINMENT, RECREATION |
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Science vacations |
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Cult movies of today |
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Bioluminescence tours |
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Power Parachutes (where you fly
UP!) |
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EDUCATION, MORAL LEADERSHIP SOCIAL ENGINEERING |
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Great need of Anti-Globalism to
articulate and promote clear and incentive-addressing messages |
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SHOPPING, LIFESTYLE |
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Commercial space exploration |
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Spaceport Sheboygan |
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| 20 DISAPPOINTING |
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Social Audit, Moral
effects of large business decisions |
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Vista, new Office 2007 |
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Segue |
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Process Simulation Software -- VR |
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Smart drugs |
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TechTV |
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Urban Intentional Zones |
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Brights |
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Haptic games |
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Co-housing movement |
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The new 800-seat airplane |
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"Self-expression style choice"
-- Elective Amputation |
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Political and
educational use of media studies research about America -- just corporate
America seems to use |
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Daniel Quinn |
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Cultural creatives |
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Disney Quest |
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Aquarian Conspiracy |
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Transition Bookstore ilk |
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This Way Up!
Thinking -- population is still "schooled" |
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