Innovation has become a major buzzword of our time, often with almost mystical properties ascribed. This essay is my attempt to demystify that buzz - in 500 words.
Innovation – Our force for change
Tag: social development
Disrupting energy and production – Why
The Industrial Revolution essentially was an energy revolution: we learned to harness energy way beyond the natural sources we had used thus far. Instead of relying on renewables such as muscle (ox, horse, and man), wood, water, or wind, we increasingly utilised fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas to power the dizzying progress we have … Continue reading Disrupting energy and production – Why
Where from? Where to?
Looking for a good read for the upcoming festive season, I was actually stunned to find a small number of very recent publications that broadly cover the essential questions of humanity: Where do we come from? Where are we going to? The following presents something like my personal reading list that will keep my busy into the New Year: just four thought-provoking books … Continue reading Where from? Where to?
How to manage technology flow
As we increasingly view technology as a resource, we must, as a society, rethink our approach to exercising control over technology: from handling individual products and services to controlling a constant stream of technologies to managing technology flow. Here's why. Technology is a resource In the previous post, I shared my view that technology becomes less and less tangible, … Continue reading How to manage technology flow
Technology – A mystery, a tool – A resource?
A few months ago I shared my thoughts on how we use technology as a tool that serves many purposes. Those ideas present a reasonable depiction of society's relation to technology, but I've come to a point where I don't think that this could be a stable relation. Instead, I suggest that our relation to technology has evolved over time, … Continue reading Technology – A mystery, a tool – A resource?
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