DEMATERIALIZATION, DEMONETIZATION and DEMOCRATIZATION These three things are changing the way we go about our lives and the way we do business, which is frequently disruptive to traditional social protocols and business models. Dematerialization: We are increasingly using less materials. With Technology, almost everything is moving onto our…
PENSION FUNDS ARE HISTORY – SAVE MORE OR SUFFER This is about the imminent demise of pension funds. Many pension funds are already actuarially insolvent, and the rest soon will be. That means your future pension income will be both less than promised, and insufficient to support your…
EDUCATION IN SOUTH AFRICA & SOME AFRICAN COUNTRIES Accelerating technology has resulted in rapid growth in information and knowledge, which is doubling every year, or less. Furthermore, many of these new technologies are just that “RADICALLY NEW”. Therefore, the old industrial era STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths) education…
SELF DRIVE CARS or DRONES Electric Vehicles (EV’s) are here to stay, as they last 5x longer and are 10x cheaper to run. “Fully automated” level 5 driverless cars will be the norm with 5-10 years. Due to the above, vehicle manufacturers like Mercedes, BMW, Volkswagen, are getting…
TECHNOLOGY IS OUTPACING EDUCATION Mid 2018, Singularity University’s Exponential Medicine department estimated that medical knowledge was doubling every 75 days, thanks to new technologies and tools, including sensors, data mining and artificial intelligence. This will get faster with time. So, let us look ten or 15 years ahead…
TECHNOLOGY is outpacing REGULATION We all know that new technologies are literally sprung on us daily, and most are both re-inventing the way we do things and manifesting in previously uncharted space. Another problem with such ground-breaking technologies, is that we cannot anticipate all their future uses and…
EXPONENTIAL CHANGE – WOW Few realise how fast our world is changing, but it is “critical” that you understand this. To put the “sheer power” of exponentially accelerating change in perspective, let us use an illustration. We can all imagine how far “30 steps” would take us. Now…
SENSORS IN HEALTHCARE – DISEASE A THINK OF THE PAST? In its broadest sense, a “sensor” includes the bouquet of “electronic devices” that measure, record, capture data and images, and send feedback. Using the internet, these sensors are being linked to our smart devices. This is known as…
SENSORS & INTERNET OF THINGS – OUR FUTURE SMART WORLD In its broadest sense, a “sensor” includes the bouquet of “electronic devices” that measure, record, capture data and images, and send feedback. Using the internet, these sensors are being linked to our smart devices. This is known as…
JOBS OF THE FUTURE?? Every technological revolution created “new” jobs. Just think how many the Industrial and IT revolutions created. We now face many technological revolutions that are unfolding simultaneously, and so we cannot even imagine many of the new careers that will pop up in the next…
