Our world is moving from one of nation-states to one of city-states. Rather than the future being one of the US versus China, it is going to be Silicon Valley vs. Beijing or Chicago vs. Paris. Each dominant city will define its region. With the “flattening” of the world, Chicago is no longer vying with …
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Stowe Boyd: David Burney On New York and the 21st-Century City-State
stoweboyd: Burney channels Kenichi Ohmae’s The end of the nation state, and brings it up to the awful, sludge-filled poltical scene of the present day. INTERVIEW: DAVID BURNEY & NANCY LEVINSON An Interview with David Burney: On New York and the 21st-Century City-State Nancy Levinson: As an urban… Have not read yet but looks interesting…Stowe …
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stoweboyd: ajfaultlines: theatlantic: Europe’s Record Youth Unemployment: The Scariest Graph in the World Just Got Scarier [Image: James Plunket] So that’s happening. Greece is adding an additional 1% of unemployed youth per month, will reach 80% in 2014 at this rate. When will this precipitate civil disorder?
It is a sign of great inner insecurity to be hostile to the unfamiliar. Anaïs Nin (via stoweboyd)
It is empty to plead that the solution to the dilemmas of the present rests on the hands of the clock. The solution is in our hands. Lyndon Johnson (via stoweboyd)
Nanoflowers Grow in Tiny Garden : Discovery News
This is just plain old stunning…Nanoflowers Grow in Tiny Garden : Discovery News
nevver: Remembering Futurism Few people pack so much education and insight into a cartoon as @grantdraws…
futurescope: McKinsey: The $33 Trillion Technology Payoff From Bits Blog NYT: A new report from the McKinsey Global Institute, the research arm of the consulting firm, delivers a twist on the art form, and the difference is more than the timing. The 154-page report not only selects a dozen “disruptive” technologies from a candidate list …
The new mindset for risk managers requires rituals and approaches that are deeply embedded in the scenario thinking process: a capacity for learning, an appreciation of uncertainty and ambiguity, an understanding of the value of strategic conversation and a willingness to explore uncharted territory. Increasingly, executives are appreciating that the changing nature of risk requires …
The Local Economy Revolution Has Arrived 