Overview

The Shift Age is about humanity's new ere. As the Information Age gives way to the Shift Age, we are entering a time of transformation and change that offers both great risk and incredible opportunity. Originally published in 2007, David Houle identifies and explains the dynamics and forces that already have reshaped and will continue to reshape our world for the next 20 years. He comments from the front lines of the Shift Age on issues and topics that affect our lives. We have entered the final, global stage of humanity's cultural, social and economic evolutionary journey- The Shift Age

Full Product Details

Author:   David Houle
Publisher:   Sourcebooks, Inc
Imprint:   Sourcebooks, Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.336kg
ISBN:  

9781402273902

ISBN 10:   1402273908
Pages:   244
Publication Date:   01 December 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order  
Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS Preface Introduction Part I: The Shift Age Chapter 1: The Shift Age in Context Chapter 2: The Threshold Decades Chapter 3: The Shift Age Part II: Commentary on the Shift Age Introduction Chapter 4: Going Global Exit Greenspan, the Economist's Rock Star The World Cup Points the Way Made in China It Is All Global Debt, Credit, Obligations, and Trust Damaged Brands Chapter 5: Technology and Transformation Sometimes It Is Easy to See the Future: A Futuristic Pocketful Happy Birthday, PC! Sometimes It Is Easy to See the Future: Head to the Beach for a Day at Work Always Faster Sometimes It Is Easy to See the Future: Is It Real? Cell Phones Are Transformative The Future of Video Games Technology Advances, Privacy Declines Berkeley and Nanotechnology A Cell Phone Milestone Moore's Law Lives On The iPhone Starts It Up Again A New Cell Phone Milestone Chapter 6: Energy and Global Warming Solving the Energy Problem and Saving Ourselves Europe All the Time, New York When It Needs To A Walk on the Beach Once Again It Starts in California National Defense Becomes Green Make Global Warming an Economic Issue Three Cheers for Titanium Dioxide A Man Who Is Working to Save the Planet We Have Only Just Begun Change the Language, Change the Thinking Sputnik: 50 Years Later Chapter 7: Our Automotive Future An Electric Car A Man Who Wants to Change the World The Quest for the Perfect Battery: Part One The Quest for the Perfect Battery: Part Two The Compressed Air Car Chapter 8: A Time of Disintermediation Disintermediation: A Buzzword to Bring Back Disintermediation: A Deeper Look Watching Video, Selling a Home, Buying Insurance The Political Party in the United States: A Candidate for Disintermediation? Guilty Pleasures Disintermediation Is Rarely Partial Say Good-bye to the 6-percent Commission Rule Chapter 9: Intellectual Property, the Wealth of the Shift Age Intellectual Property Is the New Valuation A Historic Day for Intellectual Property The Financial Exchange for the 21st Century The Merchant Banker of Intellectual Capital Chapter 10: The Morphing of Media Broadband...Finally! High-touch Media A Media Milestone Three Deaths of a Media Icon A Book Convention: In the Year 2025 Chapter 11: Culture at the Beginning of the Shift Age In the Future, Let's All Get Caught Napping Coffee and Caffeine The New Coffee Culture and Why It Reflects Our Changing World New and Threatening Becomes Acceptable and Mainstream Water Water Redux A 20th-century Habit Time Capsule for 2057 Expanding the Definition of Life A Happiness Index 2007: Looking Back and Looking Forward Notes Acknowledgments About the Author

Reviews

The Shift Age lifts us out of the rapids of techno-change and helps us see the course of the river we've been rafting in. <br>-Howard Bloom, Author of The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History and Global Brain: The Evolution of Mass Mind from the Big Bang to the 21st Century<br><br>

Every aspect of our lives is being impacted by the rapid and radical acceleration of technological change. David Houle's important book The Shift Age is a fascinating navigational tool that will help guide you as you speed into a future that even our imaginations cannot adequately prepare us to steer through. <br>-Jack Myers, Editor and Publisher of www.JackMyers.com<br><br>

The Shift Age is a treasure for those of us who decide what to do on the basis of compelling visions of the future. <br>-Leo J. Shapiro, Founder and Chairman Emeritus, Leo J. Shapiro & Associates

Author Information

"David Houle is a futurist, strategist and keynote speaker. Houle is consistently ranked as one of the top futurists and futurist keynote speakers on the major search engines. Houle won a Speaker of the Year award from Vistage International, the leading organization of CEOs in the world. He is often called the ""CEOs' futurist"" having spoken to or advised 2,000+ CEOs and business owners in the past four years."

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions