Future megatrends

Erik, visionary colleague, researcher and collector of future trends and ideas, has written a report on future megatrends.

Much of the information in the report is, according to the author himself, based on his own thoughts around the subject taking shape in various blog posts at Framtidstanken.

Emanuel Sidea at Ekonominyheterna has written an article about the report.

Please, money, please

"Shoppingresa i världens verkstad", Po Tidholm, DN Kultur:

"Barnen stirrar mig i ögonen, sträcker fram sina små slitna emaljkoppar och viskar "please, money, please". Som om vi behövde ytter­ligare en påminnelse om obalansen."

Po's article portrays western consumerism as it's right now showing it's face in China's backyard markets. Westerns going to Beijing on 72 hour shopping quests for cheap pirated goods. Bargaining over fake Gucci and Ralph Lauren shirts in trading districts becoming more and more organized and structured.

Culture?! No, not interested. I'm here to shop. Only got seventy-two hours. No, I don't have any money to spare. Have a nice day.

Read it.