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Trends. A nd Their Impact on Society and Technology . Robert G. Parker July 21, 2011. Part 1. The Dichotomy Crisis. Trends and Issues. Societal. Technology Trends – CICA Top 10 Survey. Societal Trends and Issues. Economy . Global Economy Sovereign Debt

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Trends

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  1. Trends And Their Impact on Society and Technology Robert G. Parker July 21, 2011

  2. Part 1 The Dichotomy Crisis

  3. Trends and Issues Societal Technology Trends – CICA Top 10 Survey

  4. Societal Trends and Issues Economy Global Economy Sovereign Debt Canada – Bucking the Trend …. Maybe …. For Now China Ageing and Pensions Public Sector Inflation Crowdsourcing Economic Dichotomy

  5. Societal Trends and Issues Economy Global Economy Economic Dichotomy

  6. Societal Trends and Issues Economic Dichotomy Economy • Impact of Financial Crisis/Collapse on Business, Security, Control, Governance, Due Diligence • Impact of Financial Crisis/Collapse on Technology Innovation • Impact of Financial Crisis/Collapse on Increased Threats • Growing Gap Between Rich and Poor; the Shrinking of the Middle Class in Developed Countries • Sovereign Debt; the PIGS vs. the United States; the Involvement of China and Germany • Lack of Individual Understanding; Crisis in Greece

  7. Economic Dichotomy Societal Trends and Issues Economic Dichotomy $$$$$$$$ ₵₵

  8. Societal Trends and Issues Economic Dichotomy A growing Economic Divide in the Economy A growing Concern that as the economy recovers the jobs are not following

  9. Societal Trends and Issues Economic Dichotomy 75% said they are currently the same or better off that before the 2008 recession

  10. Societal Trends and Issues Economic Dichotomy They Are Not Better Off

  11. Societal Trends and Issues Economic Dichotomy Corporate Profits are Up Revenue is Increasing Output is Up Unemployment in the USA is Up Housing Continues Downward in the USA

  12. Societal Trends and Issues Economic Dichotomy This is a Jobless Recovery! The Working get Richer!

  13. Societal Trends and Issues Economic Dichotomy The End of Jobs For those Who Become Technologically Unemployable

  14. The World of Robots What Gates is describing, of course, is an operating system for robots. Gates believes that robotics today is like the world of computers 30 years ago. Robots, like computers in the 1970s, have widespread applications in industry, but the models available for home users tend to be expensive and have appeal mainly for tinkerers and hobbyists. Gates foresees a world 30 years from now where home robots are as ubiquitous and indispensable as Windows computers and Microsoft Office. Original Source - Scientific American – December 2006

  15. Societal Trends and Issues Economic Dichotomy We Recognized This Looming Problem 50 years Ago …. And Did Nothing

  16. Societal Trends and Issues Population In the 1960s the World Recognized the Risks of an Ever Expanding Population China Recognized the Potential Problems and the Mathematics of Exponential Growth and Introduced Family Limited The Recognition of the 1960s Has Been Abandoned Food and Water Crises are Starting to Occur Society has not Benefitted from the Promises of the 1950s and 1960s 18-25 Year Olds Have the Highest Unemployment Rate of any Cohort Approaching 50% in Some Countries

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