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Bold New World reveals...
New Rules and Insights
GOVERNMENT
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Nation-states as the primary pillars of world order will become
an anachronism.
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We will witness the devolution of power from the large
nation-state to local administrations, and conversely, a shifting of other
powers to supranational, even global, authorities.
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Global tribes comprised of individuals with common interests,
beliefs, and cultures, but in diverse lands, will arise.
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The arbitrary distinction between domestic and international affairs will dissolve. Both will be
considered human affairs.
JOBS
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Most routine, repetitive jobs will vanish over the next few
decades.
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To keep ahead of advancing technology, people entering the job
market will, on average, change careers (not
just jobs) three to four times during a lifetime.
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The growth jobs will be those that are difficult to automate,
where a human touch is needed, or where technology is a tool for the worker
rather than its replacement.
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The decentralization of the workplace will redefine the nature of
jobs. Individuals will be like a
private "company" providing services to other "companies."
WAR
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Over the next two decades, technology will favor the terrorist;
classical military defense will be outmoded.
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Wars won't be fought to control territory; the idea of a military
"front" will become pass¾.
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The size of a nation will no longer be a key to wealth, making
military strategies focused on conquering territory obsolete.
BUSINESS
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Multinational corporations will be replaced by globocorps,
which will seek to act as though borders don't exist.
It will be impossible to classify a corporation as to its national
allegiance.
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Paradoxically, globocorps will not be huge monoliths.
Bigness will now be a burden. The
highly adaptable Amoeba Form of
organization, which utilizes placeless technologies to bring together workers
throughout the world, will flourish.
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Manufacturers and service companies will sell directly to
consumers, making middlemen and some retailers obsolete.
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The declining importance of labor will fundamentally shift the
role of unions as their power and influence continues to weaken in most
industries.
ECONOMICS
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Global capital flows and transnational trade will accelerate to
such a frenetic pace that nations will no longer be able to control their
internal economies.
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A radical transformation will occur in how sellers find buyers;
"stock markets" as we have known them will become extinct.
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Our ability to substitute synthetic materials for natural
resources, combined with improved mining techniques, will mean that the price of
raw materials-including energy-will decline in the next century.
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The manufacturing companies that survive will increasingly view
themselves as service companies,
rather than the purveyors of things.
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With our landfills overflowing and global pollution rising, the
preservation of the environment will emerge as the highest cost in moving our
economy forward.
EDUCATION
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Students will be taught how to utilize the knowledge they have, rather than just memorizing
it; team problem solving will be key.
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As our body of knowledge expands, libraries will become archaic as
repositories of knowledge.
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School diplomas will diminish in importance, as employers will be
more interested in what practical knowledge a student has.
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Global citizens will be divided into worldwide camps: those who
can navigate their way into economic prosperity in the Fourth
Dimension and those still enslaved in the Second and Third. |
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