Innovating Futures

From Space

Daniel Barre — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 16:24:50 +0000

Innovating Futures is a place of rest, not in the traditional definition of doing nothing.
But in the way of “being” the way an astronaut reclines in a space capsule floating
high above the world drifting peacefully in orbit, looking down on the planet and
Observing, assessing and offering distinctions as a scout, guide and futurist.

Working together

Daniel Barre — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 06:08:11 +0000

Life takes on a new meaning when you remove the illusions and barriers
that societal conditioning puts in our way.

This is a critical time in human evolution and that can’t be glossed over
by industrial, media and governmental forces pretending to do good when
in actuality they are complicit in orchestrating our demise through unsustainable practices.

As entrepreneurs we have the capacity to work together and create the future
if we are willing to put aside competition and accumulation and instead
work together to provide for each other, together.

The planet is running out of resources and this will only intensify in the years ahead
as the planet is depleted, and populations explode.

MIT Predicts That World Economy Will Collapse By 2030

Daniel Barre — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 04:51:57 +0000

The Limits to Growth project from the 1970′s has been recently updated and takes into consideration many issues.

Population, peak oil, economies, climate, etc. Full article here.

What Does 2 Billion Jobs Disappearing by 2030 Really Mean?

Daniel Barre — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:50:42 +0000

I was reading an article that came in from the Futurist by Thomas Frey about jobs going away. Which is a trend I have been following for over a decade ever since I read Jeremy Rikin’s book “The End of Work” where he for saw the decline of jobs in America happening for the variety of reasons that it has. I’d be curious to reread the original volume and see if the predictions were accurate.

The bottom line is many more jobs are going away then new jobs are being created. With more people out of work and resources dwindling on a finite planet this is “the pink elephant in the living room”, or “it not just a recession stupid!”

One of the really interesting points about Frey’s article is that he mentions “Micro Grids” where power isn’t spread over a massive central system it is in more regional hubs,

To begin with, these technologies will shift utilities around the world from national grids to micro grids that can be scaled from a single home to entire cities. The dirty power era will finally be over and the power lines that dangle menacingly over our neighborhoods, will begin to come down. All of them.

I think this is indicative of other future trends that are going to be happening, the era of globalization will begin to be able to turn back to small, grids of life, food, energy, politics and community. Further in the article he speaks about 3D printers that will be able to build goods on demand to spec, which will mean that everyday items can be made regionally and not have to be shipped across the globe.

I am going to continue to look for trends and technologies show the shift from mass produced global, to a renaissance of localized micro production, content and organization.

The Future

Daniel Barre — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:20:37 +0000

The world today is going through a transformation
this is the time to take a moment and pause from the
distractions of the day and begin to realize that
the future that we think we are creating isn’t something
the we really know.

This is the crux of the situation
Singularity the expression born out of the total
and incomprehensible speed of change and complexity
of life as we know it on earth.

Systems are breaking down and born simultaneously
out of the thin air we all share, at once fresh
and polluted from smokestacks across the world.

A few consistencies have remained apparent in the inquiry
of the past decade and they are non-duality, the expression
of creative human transformation, entrepreneurship and technology.

It has been a struggle to decide what tactic or strategy to use
in finding a niche and becoming a thought leader in “something”.
It seems a lot more appealing to me to be an expert on everything
and nothing at the same time. Non-Duality is the everything and nothing
at the same time and in this vastness and philosophical and spiritual inquiry
many people doze off in a sleepy haze of apathy, or perhaps playing
lord of the spiritual ghetto, claiming to “know” the answers of the ages.

The one thing I can say for certain is that the myths and legends of all
spiritual legends are simply myths to live by or die for, or kill for depending
on how the story goes. In this time the need for these stories is high for
those clinging to belief systems and more irrelevant than ever due to the
awareness of subsequent generations that these systems are overdue
for a permanent vacation so humanity can get on with the business
of creating a more humane and viable way of being.