futuramb: As the complexity of our environment increases, we need to step back and reassess this rationale. The cost and difficulty of coordinating activities across entities, on a global scale, is far lower now. The pace of change is accelerating and the degree of uncertainty increasing. Perhaps a new rationale will be required to drive …
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The web opens possibilities according to the measure of your fearlessness - Stowe Boyd @j_rehm— Stowe Boyd (@stoweboyd) July 14, 2013 Stowe Boyd (via stoweboyd)
swedbrand: McDonald´s Allows Consumers to Track the Ingredients in the Food just Purchased In an effort to change the negative perceptions Australians have about McDonald´s food - “Trackmymacca´s” was introduced. Using GPS partnered with augmented reality they changed 188 million pieces of packaging, making these the triggers of this interactive technology that made it possible …
sunlightcities: Does your state adhere to good transparency practices? Take a look at our new map and find out!Compare your state with the rest of the US and see if it adequately broadcasts and archives committee meetings, votesm and more: http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2013/07/10/the-legislation-will-not-be-televised/(A big thanks to the National Conference of State Legislatures and MapBox for great data and tools!)
This to me looks like a key element in understanding the sea change underway. Capsulizes the difference, not just between old and new business models, but how open data/open democracy differs profoundly from traditional government approach. stoweboyd: I really like this table from Neil Usher which contrasts ‘predominant’ (in my terms, slow-and-steady) value against ‘social’ …
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Gas prices are forcing a reverse migration, as suburbanites are reconsidering the car culture lifestyle: [from Gas Prices May Revive Cities - US News and World Reportby Bret Schulte] On one hand, the story of the car, and the far-flung communities of huge homes and cul-de-sacs they enabled,…Stowe Boyd: The End Of Edge City?
stoweboyd: I wish journalists would talk to futurists when waving their hands about the future. Here’s a piece about the future of cities via-a-vis driverless cars that does not even try to correlate this trend with other salient ones, like millenenials’ dislike of cars, the first ever decrease in driving, and the hollowing out of suburbia. …
Continue reading Disruptions: How Driverless Cars Could Reshape Cities – Nick Bilton
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The Local Economy Revolution Has Arrived 