What does it say about society that we’d rather ask our phone directions than someone on the street?
The future is already here, I'm just trying to aggregate it.
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“In 2002 69% of people polled saw terms like free enterprise, entreprenuerism, free markets, and competition as favorable, 8 years later only 43%.”
His premise is that like Europe, today’s American people want security through the state, above personal freedoms.
You have to wonder how much of this is just reactionary vs. how much of this is a natural progression of societies? Do all societies progress (or regress depending on your POV) into more socialist-leaning societies?
And if that’s the case what does it say about societies that are even older than Europe, you know, like China?
We’re stuck thinking about change as the kind of change we’ve already experienced. But why? It could equally well continue to accelerate. Digital change may be slowing down, but synthetic biology and quantum computing could easily do this…
My fellow Americans! You need to read this book. Nick is a brilliant guy and you can only get this book in the US in digital format. But this is a really good book and I highly, highly recommend it.
Very cool conversation about the cultural aspects behind the steampunk trend.
(via Cultural Historian, James Carrott Part 1 – Steampunk | The Tomorrow Project)
