Jamais Cascio
Jamais Cascio
Jamais Cascio is a San Francisco Bay Area-based author and futurist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
CountryUnited States of America
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I understand that most iPhone users want a phone that can do other nifty things, not a general purpose computer that happens to make phone calls. Strict control over apps minimizes the chances that someone will find their phone hacked or virus-laden.
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Thinking about the future is fundamentally important to dealing with the challenges of today.
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Entrepreneurs need to recognize that, especially in the digital domain, they are unlikely to come up with something that is going to be permanently on top, that impermanence and ephemerality is the nature of the beast.
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Technologists and futurists call the mashup of digital info and physical space 'blended reality.'
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You need to recognize that the copyright date on a book reflects when it came out, not when it was written - assume that the information in the book is at least a year older than the copyright date, and possibly two.
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In the U.S., we are free to speak our minds and to spend money without being forced to reveal our identities - except when using the Web. Browsing the Web leaves digital tracks everywhere in the form of log files, and anyone who hosts a Web site can be easily traced.
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In entertainment, zombies are so played out. I have a gut sense that people are getting tired of apocalyptic scenarios.
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Human beings are social animals; we devote a significant portion of our brain just to dealing with interactions with other humans.
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Geoengineering involves humans making intentional, large-scale modifications to the Earths geophysical systems in order to change the environment.
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Future forecasting is all about testing strategies - it's like a wind tunnel.
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In a Photoshopped world, only the skeptical eye prevails.
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Human civilization has been changing the Earths environment for millennia, often to our detriment. Dams, deforestation and urbanization can alter water cycles and wind patterns, occasionally triggering droughts or even creating deserts.
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Cloud computing offers individuals access to data and applications from nearly any point of access to the Internet, offers businesses a whole new way to cut costs for technical infrastructure, and offers big computer companies a potentially giant market for hardware and services.
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Foresight turns out to be a critical adaptive strategy for times of great stress.