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Fantastic article about being receptive to to media, and the culture of binge-watching.

We can learn from our past to move in to the future. I feel that many of these will continue to hold true for some time to come and others will change or morph into new and amazing things.

Scary but probably very accurate predictions of the future.

Some interesting thoughts on what we will see more of in the future of business and life.

A few trends we see everyday changing the way we see and do things

some important trends that will change the way many business operate.

I like what I'm seeing here. Workplaces of old are boring and somewhat terrifying (soul crushing). i hope to work in a future thinking office culture.

This idea piggybacks on a cultural need for convenience.

This takes a cultural fad (Mickey D's toys) and tries to tie it to an problem that's common in our society.

Encouraging people who still smoke to at least become environmentally friendly smokers. Trading one cultural norm for another.

Blood donations in exchange for pop culture paraphernalia. It's an awesome execution.

Current trend of young intelligent tech savvy women coming into the workforce, how will they affect the current work culture and economic status of their respective locations.

Current trend of young intelligent tech savvy women coming into the workforce, how will they affect the current work culture and economic status of their respective locations.

I hope a lot of these ideas stay true. We might actually live in an ok world in the future. Some of the trends I hope go away. we will see.

Points six and seven were the most unexpected, for me. As far as advertising, think "authenticity" is the most important of these trends to pay attention to. This is what separates effective and ineffective work.

In a way the onion has promoted receiving real answers to news story by reading their fake interpretations. It's witty and cringe worthy comedy and one of the top read medias by 20 somethings. They also come up with completely random stories that are often an opinion on our culture. The writers actually have to understand the true stories first to come up with the satire. I argue that the onion is great and if a story is just biting enough, I'll go look up the true story it was based off of.

Almost all news story are learned about through the internet, usually a social media account. It's has a quick response time. A tweet is short and to the point and kind of the way our culture likes to hear about things.

A few trends within the non-profit sector that are really interesting.

A few trends within the non-profit sector that are really interesting.

No question is worth $100.

"The tablet is the new pacifier."

Historical emoticon. (Historicon?)

This e-reading app, is now available for both iPhone and Android users. It is a very efficient way to get children to read, especially now that libraries are becoming an odd commodity. It is a paid app, with a wide road of expansion ahead, since user friendly learning/educational apps for children are few and far between.

This e-reading app, is now available for both iPhone and Android users. It is a very efficient way to get children to read, especially now that libraries are becoming an odd commodity. It is a paid app, with a wide road of expansion ahead, since user friendly learning/educational apps for children are few and far between.