Seven Revolutions

great for future of technology. short, good for in-class

This is a report detailing job prosepects over the next ten years. It involves a lot of "seven revolutions" trends in the analysis, 2008-2018.

* Running Time: 4:45 * Aired: May 2007 * Description: John Stossel from ABC 20/20 discusses the myths and problems that come from using ethanol as fuel. * Rating: Good * 7-Revolutions: Technology, Resources.

* Aired: March 2008 * Running time: 58:58 * Description: This is a very entertaining and informative program on research in biotechnology and bioengineering. It talks about present research and makes some interesting predictions about the future. * Rating: Excellent * 7-Revolutions Section: Technology

This site has a wide assortment of documentaries on subjects relevant to the Seven Revolutions. All free and uncut!

* Running Time: 3:40 * Description: This is an animated short film about groundwater. It provides good information, but is also very humorous. * Rating: Very good * 7-Revolutioins: Resources, Technology

This article compares the uprisings of 1919 and 2011. From the telegraph to Twitter and Facebook, this article truly shows how history repeats itself.

This is the full interview I shot with Ian Bremmer in 2010.

What are the Differences Between a State Capitalism System and A Free Market System?

Summary: A new way of war is on the horizon. Already, robots and drones are replacing human pilots and foot soldiers in some roles, and in the future they will take over many more. The benefits of removing human soldiers from harm's way are obvious. But there's a price to pay when a society can wage war by remote control.

This is a really interesting series of projects that have a lot of overlap with seven revolutions. Lots of neat interactive presentations, images, and video.

The Pew Global Attitudes Project is a series of worldwide public opinion surveys that encompasses a broad array of subjects ranging from people's assessments of their own lives to their views about the current state of the world and important issues of the day. More than 200,000 interviews in 57 countries have been conducted as part of the project's work.

Article by Thomas Friedman about how the interconnected economies of today are going to handle the reconstruction of Asia, Europe, US and Arab economies. He explains how each of the economy models are breaking down, and how it may lead to a global crisis.

Prominent people around the world reflect on the communications revolution: What technology does for us, and to us, and what we can do about it.

In the wake of the financial crisis, the United States is no longer the leader of the global economy, and no other nation has the political and economic leverage to replace it. Rather than a forum for compromise, the G-20 is likely to be an arena of conflict.

This is a good article. Got a lot of play at Davos. We have been taking a deep look at the G20 for the New Seven Revs presentation, particularly looking at the top 150 words of G20 Communication. Here are some of the word clouds we generated, 1999-2007: http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/3036182/G20_Communiques_(1999-2007 and 2008-2010: http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/3036001/G20_Communiques_%282008-2010%29 You will notice that the tone has changed considerably. Globalization was not mentioned even once between 2008 and 2010.

Seems to me there are a couple of interrelated ways to approach the governance revolution: (1) challenges to individual states (including discussion of failed states) and to the state as the primary actor on the world stage, and (2) changes and challenges in global governance (e.g., rise of the BRICs, or maybe BICs now that Russia seems to be under-performing).

Interactive feature on BBC that shows how the internet has spread across the world.

Summary: The nation-state may be obsolete in an internetted world. Increasingly, the resources and threats that matter disregard governments and borders. States are sharing powers that defined their sovereignty with corporations, international bodies, and a proliferating universe of citizens groups. Comment: The article is somewhat dated, but something of a classic.

Victims of a warming world may be caught in a bureaucratic limbo unless things are done to ease-and better still, pre-empt-their travails

In proposing measures to curb erratic swings in food prices, global leaders have conflated high prices with unstable ones. That's a mistake. In fact, the real problem is expensive food, so policies aimed at curbing volatility -- such as export bans, price stabilization schemes, and subsidies for farmers -- won't help those who need it.