Shedding Some Light on the Coming Genomic Revolution
Twenty-two hundred years ago, you needed to work 50 hours to buy an hour of light from a sesame oil lantern. Today, to purchase an hour of an even cleaner and brighter light, it takes the average person about half a second. Such is the nature of technological progress. Yet, I think we can all [...]
The State of the Future: 13 Years From Now
The think tank known as The Millenium Project has recently published a new report, "The State of the World 2011." One particular paragraph caught my attention because it reinforces a concept (accelerating change) I've been espousing for some time: "The coming biological revolution may change civilization more profoundly than did the industrial or information revolutions." [...]
Being in the “I Don’t Know.”
Everybody likes to be "in the know." The problem with this is that it's an impossible goal to achieve because knowledge is being created at an ever accelerating rate. This knowledge creation is a wonderful thing but it also implies that our ignorance is growing even faster (in the sense that it is impossible to [...]
Bestill My Beating Heart: The Future is Cheap
David Albert has created an ECG out of the iPhone 4. What is so amazing is that his device costs only $100--a fraction of what hospital-grade ECG's cost. Undoubtedly, traditional manufacturers of ECG's will argue Albert's device isn't good enough but, if you watch the video below, I think you'll disagree. For years, people have [...]