SLAAK – Futures Research & Strategyquote: “Design is no longer the killer differentiator.” Art is. We’ve know this for more than 10 years. It’s in the DNA of Slaak, and our mother company was founded on this insight in 2001. But it’s not common to find an article arguing for this. And John Maeda has written a good and short […]
Its an essay that outlines one of the fundamental differences between the industrial era and the one just begun. Paul writes about what he knows about namely writing software, people who writes software and start up companies, but don’t let that fool you. For instance he writes: “If variation in productivity increases with technology, then the […]
Lev Manovich is an interesting contemporary thinker and experimental artist in the field of interactive media. This might not be obvious at first when one visits his website, but it’s worth to spend some time there reading his texts. A word of warning though, don’t try reading them unless you have lots of time and […]
This article can give us a lot more insights than is obvious at first. I seems to be about the silicon chips industry but its really a lot more about a whole bunch of interesting patterns for the ongoing economic development in the world. Some interesting quotes: “A little history is in order. The semiconductor industry […]
Marita Lindqvist har skrivit boken Kawaii. Baksidestexten säger “I Japan är 12-åriga pojkar megastjärnor och stommen i en miljardindustri som på ytan är en orgie i sockersött och rosa fluff” “Marita Lindqvist har följt idolernas fantastiska fanskara inifrån under snart tio år. Hon har själv skrikit och svimmat på konserter i Tokyo och Tapei…” Vi […]
En stor del av numret handlar om välfärdssystemet och en vänsterplan för att bevara och utveckla det. En hel del myter och så kallade sanningar avslöjas som inte alls så sanna. Tyvärr gör man inte upp med alla myter, som t ex myten om att det inte går att utveckla produktiviteten i den offentliga sektorn. […]
A new cheap biotech thing which together with other similar innovations will create an enormous change in healthcare. Big and fast productivity gains of an (in health care) unprecedented nature will spring from these things. Creating both much lower costs and higher quality at the same time. analysis: The next 30 years will be really […]