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Goalposts: Property Investment over the Next Billion Seconds

GOALPOSTS: Property Investment over the Next Billion Seconds INTRODUCTION The seeds of the future are already in the present. William Gibson put this more poetically when he said, “The future is already here – it’s just not evenly…

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Touring 2050

TOURING 2050 A billion seconds is 31 years and 251 days. There’s exactly billion seconds between where we are today and the last day of January 2050. That’s a whole generation. I myself still plan to be here…

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Touring 2050 (audio / slides)

Keynote for the Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration – basically all the leading justices in Australia & NZ. And the slides: Touring 2050

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“The Road Ahead” (audio/slides)

Lecture (or, well, most of it) for the UTS Animal Logic Academy, 17 May 2018. All about the history of virtual reality, and the future of videogrammetry. The slides are available here. The Road Ahead

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Mentorplicity

MENTORPLICITY PART ONE: THE PASSION OF THE MENTOR The year is 2030. That’s less than a billion seconds from now. For most everyone in the workforce – and certainly everyone at the higher end of the workforce –…

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“Managing Multiplicity” (live audio)

Recorded 9 May 2018 at  OzWater 2018, Brisbane Convention Centre.  

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Managing Multiplicity

MANAGING MULTIPLICITY I’ve been asked to speak with you about what’s going on in the world – but let me start with what’s going on underwater.Every municipal water system has hundreds of kilometers of drains and channels and…

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How to Think like a Futurist

HOW TO THINK LIKE A FUTURIST Good evening — and welcome to the pub. It’s fitting that we’re here tonight, because it’s in a pub that we’ll begin our story. But before that, let’s start with some basics….

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Digital Marketing into Digital Community

DIGITAL MARKETING INTO DIGITAL COMMUNITY: PREPARING PEET’S FUTURES PART ONE: GO ASK ALEXA “Alexa where should I live?”That question, shouted at a little internet-connected microphone, seems more than a bit ridiculous. Why would anyone ever ask a device…

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Now, Next, Never-never

NOW, NEXT, NEVER-NEVER NOW: EVERYBODY KNOWS Fourteen and a half years ago, I landed at Sydney Airport with a few suitcases and a lot of hope. Even before I got to my accommodation, the friend who picked me…

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