Our Future of Perpetual Disruption
July 18, 2013
Ruminating upon disruptive technologies, Big Think posts “The Birth of the Metaspace Economy.”
Writer Edie Weiner begins with a quick rundown of human economic history:
“We were in the agricultural era for tens of thousands of years. We were in the industrial for two hundred. We were in the post-industrial for forty-five. In 1992, we moved into yet another phase, which we called the emotile. And we are now moving into another economy, which we call the metaspace economy. The real story here is that each time these fundamental transformations took place they were resolved in disruptive technologies that, not by themselves but in combination with other disruptive technologies, combined to change the way work was getting done, to create efficiencies, throw people out of work, but then went on to create whole other businesses.”
Given the acceleration pattern here, it would be wise for people in every industry to keep track of what’s on the horizon. Perpetually. From her perch as a futurist, Weiner gives a rundown of the technologies she sees flinging change into our paths. Brain imaging, nanotechnology, and 3D printing are just a few examples; see the article for more of her astute observations.
We wonder how such developments will affect sectors which are already struggling for revenue. Have search and content processing been left in the basement of metaspace?
Cynthia Murrell, July 18, 2013
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Augmentext
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