My marketing professor showed us this video in class just now

[fuzzybabybunny]

http://www.scottmcleod.org/didyouknow.wmv

It's about the future of business competition and technology. Blew my mind.

 

[mundane]

The future of business

 

[Eeezee]

The professor blew something of yours?

 

[tfcmasta97]

that was interesting

 

[ultimatebob]

See? This is why we should nuke China and India while we still have the chance!

Just kidding! I welcome our new IndoChinese overlords

 

[johnjohn320]

The last part about $1,000 computers scared the crap out of me.

 

[xSkyDrAx]

interesting

EDIT: Imagine a computer that can figure out what kind of game you want to play, program it and have it ready to go with a click of a button :Q

 

[Punter]

What is the point of the presentation? Shift happens? Things change? We should be worried?

Personally don't see the birth-rate stats as being a problem at all. It just means China and India will face more squalor in the future and need to direct more resources into infastructure and social programs than we will. Also, many of their citizans will likely continue to migrate to North America in search of greater freedom, environment and opportunity.

 

[Aharami]

gotta watch it when i get home

 

[Aharami]

Originally posted by: mundane
The future of business

heh. found that interesting. excerpt from a novel?

 

[thescreensavers]

Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny
http://www.scottmcleod.org/didyouknow.wmv

It's about the future of business competition and technology. Blew my mind.

pretty interesting

 

[Kev]

yay

 

[erniec]

Originally posted by: Aharami
gotta watch it when i get home

 

[mundane]

Originally posted by: Aharami

Originally posted by: mundane
The future of business

heh. found that interesting. excerpt from a novel?

Yeah - interesting premise, highly fictional, of course. I have a weak spot for dystopian novels. Someone posted a link to that page, and a few minutes after I finished reading the chapter I had already ordered myself a copy.

One of the quirky aspects of that future society is government has had funding slashed - victims of crime have to literally pay for investigations, in the hopes that someone is prosecuted and those costs recouped. Crimes against the poor go unpunished.

 

[ryan256]

Originally posted by: johnjohn320
The last part about $1,000 computers scared the crap out of me.

Yeah... now all we need is for someone to name that computer Skynet.

 

[Fiat1]

He blew fuzzybabybunnys Mind ?

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: johnjohn320
The last part about $1,000 computers scared the crap out of me.

1. It's really hard to make predictions about the future. Just look at the predictions they made in the past...
2. A computer is only capable of doing what a human can program it to do.

 

[Aharami]

Originally posted by: mundane

Originally posted by: Aharami

Originally posted by: mundane
The future of business

heh. found that interesting. excerpt from a novel?

Yeah - interesting premise, highly fictional, of course. I have a weak spot for dystopian novels. Someone posted a link to that page, and a few minutes after I finished reading the chapter I had already ordered myself a copy.

One of the quirky aspects of that future society is government has had funding slashed - victims of crime have to literally pay for investigations, in the hopes that someone is prosecuted and those costs recouped. Crimes against the poor go unpunished.

yea im considering picking up an used copy of this book also. maybe i'll go check if my local library has it. sounds like an interesting novel.

 

[everman]

All readily available information that's fairly easy to come across.

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: Aharami
gotta watch it when i get home

same here

 

[SlipperyDog]

marked for later

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Epic

I've always liked that one. A bit far fetched, and just a prediction. But interesting...

 

[DrumminBoy]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: johnjohn320
The last part about $1,000 computers scared the crap out of me.

1. It's really hard to make predictions about the future. Just look at the predictions they made in the past...
2. A computer is only capable of doing what a human can program it to do.

O RLY?

 

[batchusa]

I liked the music.

 

[Phokus]

interesting