We are living in EXPONENTIAL TIMES!

The Google post got me thinking on a grander scale about the "future."

We are living in confusing times, the entire world is moving faster and faster towards a future that is increasingly uncertain. From the very beginning, the human race, has multiplied, and strived to do things more efficiently, but today we are moving so fast that we are unable to see the future world we are moving towards. One of the most alarming aspects of our global dilemma is that the problems we face such as climate change, water shortages, natural resource depletion, food shortages and disease, are only going to get worse as the population continues to grow.

As I see it there are three options :
1. Ignore or deny.
2.Give up.
3. Get INSPIRED.

I am inspired by the problems we face in the future, and by the incredible possibilities that lie ahead. Never before have there been so many educated and knowledge hungry young brains on the planet, and even more exciting is that the IDEAS they create are connected, and will continue to become so interconnected, that one day soon it will be as if humanity has one BIG brain.

As Internet becomes more accessible, and the technology that incorporates it grows smarter and more efficient, one day the WWW will be humanities BRAIN.

I believe the problems we are and will continue to face will be one of the best opportunities humanity has ever been given. These future threats can only be solved through truly global cooperation. We find ourselves in the Age of Information, finally with the capabilities to work together and think as a global community.

I am confident that The Human Race, with a brain literally as big as all the world's brains combined, will come up with a plan to get us out of this mess... before its too late.



This video is a series of future statistics which will make you think of what future lies ahead.

October 1, 2009 Happy 60th Birthday Communist China

Images from Fast Company

I read an interesting article today about the state of art in China today entitled Artists Test Limits as China Lets (a Few) Flowers Bloom, it makes some interesting observations, and made me think about the incredible creative potential of the future. Typically when I begin thinking about China and its enormous population, economy, resource demands, army, and growth rate I become intimidated or threatened. However, once I begin to think of the Chinese as people who are trying to get ahead in life and essentially in the end make the place better for the future, I realize that they are and will continue to be one of our greatest partners. Although China is still hard at work stifling creativity aimed at the government and social issues, it is only stifling a creative revolution which will without a doubt emerge in the not to distant future. For as prosperity and education continues to grow in China I believe that its government will reform. In many ways China should be viewed as a role model. China's extremely rapid growth are forcing it to deal with climate and resource issues much sooner that the US, which is why although China is holding back on abiding by Kyoto protocol and other UN goals, as is the US, they are setting their own bold alternative energy, and sustainability goals which are much more comprehensive than any current US plans. However, that may simply be because the government has much more say in China than in the US, where people are still warming-up pun intended to environmental issues. In some ways it is a crime agains humanity, when creativity is stifled, and one of the best ways to stifle creativity, is by taking away ones freedom. I for one cannot wait for the day when the Chinese are free to live up to thier creative potential.