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The Perils Of Smashing The Past
“balkanization and the loss of shared experiences and values may be harmful to the structure of democratic societies.”
Nicholas Carr • The Big Switch
What kind of society will we have in 20 years? Let's reflect on some of the biggest topics of conversation in 2004…
Election controversy
Climate change
Debates over governments role in healthcare and the health insurance system
Geopolitical crises and unrest
Concerns over the ballooning debt of large western countries (hahaha)
Social and political polari
... See moreAs the individual experiences an ever-growing sense of acceleration provided by technological developments (new media and the “speeding up” of the infosphere) alongside a general decrease in security of past provisions and expectations (read: precarity, freelance positions, housing shortages, and increasing wealth disparities coexisting with rhetor... See more
Jess Henderson • Dude, where’s my 22nd century? – On the Burnout of Future Images
Ten years ago, the industry’s identity was largely defined by thousands of young millennials who wanted to “change the world,” and the handful of large technology companies attempting to attract that talent. Discussions of material abundance, of connecting humanity, and of every sci-fi moonshot on our path to Star Trekkian utopia were not only comm... See more
Goonpocalypse
