The Map of the Future
This is beautifully designed map of predictions for our future. It was made for WIRED by Density Design. The concept comes from research done by a non-profit organization, a sort of seer collective for science. Unsurprisingly, they are called The Institute for the Future.
I’m not sure exactly what some of the topmost labels mean (and they spelled amendment wrong), but I don’t wish to dig through the list of “over 7000 influencers” looking for clarification. I’m willing to take it at face value with a healthy dose of skepticism. Collaboration has come a long way. Interspecies Collaboration, however, gives me furrowed brows.
Their attitude is optimistic, a refreshing change from the doom and gloom media, and I like that in a chart. The Open-Source Development box raining knowledge on people also amuses me, and not just because the people below are so happy that it might be a question of substance abuse. It’s because it may also be true. Open-Source Development is the way of the future. The proof is in the Internet, in the changing world around us. Some people already know this. They are ahead of their time. Knowledge is meant to be free. That’s why the box is dumped out of the sky, like God is trying to drown us in happiness, for a change.
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