The Concept of Place has Changed Forever – My TEDx Talk
January 17th, 2013
It was an honor to be part of Sarasota TEDx 12-12-12. The theme of the event was “Creativity Matters”. Throughout the day creativity was manifested by talks, performances and creative interactions. Held in the Ringling Museum and the historic Asolo Theater it was a wonderful event.
The talk I gave at the end of the day was entitled “The Concept of Place Has Changed Forever”. You can view it here on You Tube or go to my web site www.davidhoule.com and click on it under “Recent Highlights”.
The Concept of Place Has Changed Forever is one of the Five Contexts of the Shift Age. The Five Contexts of the Shift Age are:
-The Earth Century
-Retrofitting the 20th Century
-The Concept of Place Has Changed Forever
-Biology and Technology Merge
-An Evolutionary Shift in Consciousness
Any aspect of the future in the Shift Age –education, energy, communication, medicine and health care, technology, the arts, anything- will to some degree, be viewed through one of these contexts. I will write a column on each one in the weeks ahead.
All of them are fully introduced in my new book “Entering the Shift Age”. If you want to immediately read about these Five Contexts you can download the mini-eBook about them here.
Since the early days of this blog seven years ago, I have said that while the true cliché of the Information Age was “content is king”, the true cliché of the Shift Age is “context is king”. So understanding the contexts that will shape our lives, our thinking and our future will help us all to navigate the next 15-30 years.
I will write about this context here in the future. For now, I hope you enjoy the video and perhaps the mini-eBook.
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January 30th, 2013 at 11:14 pm
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February 7th, 2013 at 12:40 am
Hi David – a thought inspired by my own millenial!
Online Living – the end of humanity?
http://kindredstateblog.wordpress.com/2013/02/07/online-living-the-end-of-humanity/
According to Futurist David Houle, we are at the beginning of the first era in human history where humanity can now meet in one place and simultaneously remain in their armchairs. I added the armchair bit! As the father of an online gaming son for whom collaborating online has become second nature, my thoughts as a 40 year old Gen Xer, go to fear and the stories of the adults with evil intentions. I’m out of date and showing my age. I’m not alone – I have heard peers of mine decry this virtual existence of our offspring as possibly leading to the demise of civilization. However, if I listen to my son and his online activities, he is building, he is leading, he is imagining and he is self-actualizing. Of course, safety is paramount but as the precursor for our end? I don’t see that. I guess time will tell.