Future Focus:
Sergey Brin, the co-founder of Google, has a new start-up. The company is called LTA Research and it has built an airship (i.e. blimp). This is the first airship built in decades and the company hopes to use future versions to move cargo. It could also be used for disaster-relief missions in remote areas. Late last month, it conducted a short fly over San Francisco.
I don’t know if the technology is either affordable or scalable, but the future can often be found on the fringe and it is worth thinking about how “crazy” technologies may unfold and go on to transform certain industries. To this end, nine years ago, Amazon filed a patent for an “airborne distribution” system. In essence, the idea was to create a floating warehouse and then use drones to deliver products from above. Will this future come to fruition? Unlikely. Is it impossible? No.
Keep an open mind and keep thinking about the future.
Farm Focus:
While reading the book “Biodynamics for Beginners,” I learned there is another book about farming practices entitled “40 Centuries of Farming.” I have not yet read it, but the title did bring to my attention my own “future bias.” I have a tendency to focus almost exclusively on how new technologies will transform agriculture.
In my line of work, perhaps this is natural but it is neither sufficient nor wise. I need to stay open to alternative scenarios. One possibility I am giving increased thought and attention to is the idea that innovators may soon retrieve lost ancient wisdom and put this wisdom to work on behalf of creating a better and more regenerative future. From my perspective, there is no reason why ancient wisdom may not be as transformative as the new and emerging technologies.
Faith Focus
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