Arlan andrews

Dr. Arlan Andrews, Sr. PE Founder & Director, SIGMA [email protected]

GCF 2012 “The Entrepreneurship Imperative” 21-24 January 2012

SIGMA – The Science Fiction Think TankTM

www.SigmaForum.org

Entrepreneurs: Disruptive Technologies,

Disruptive Minds

Entrepreneurship Imperative:

• Entrepreneurs want to bring change • Entrepreneurs want to own change • New technologies provide the best

opportunities to do both • New tech often disrupts status quo • “First explorers make the rules”

“Disruptive” Technologies: • Major, unforeseen effects • Printing press, automobiles • Internet, World Wide Web • Cell phones, social media • What’s next? New tech, industries • Science Fictional thinking

Science Fictional Thinking • Thinking “Outside the box” = Without limits • Recognizing , associating and correlating

disparate trends, patterns and anomalies • Willingness to consider new paradigms

• Informed by science and history • History of science/discovery/technology

• Not bound by space, time, current limitations • “There will be a Science of the Year 3000” • It would seem like magic to us in Year 2012

Science Fictional Thinking • Back-pack or hand-held “3D printers” • Weapons, ammunition, drugs, sabotage • But – street-corner factories for useful goods;

every village/street a “New Hong Kong” • Ubiquitous “virtual worlds” – like websites today • Private “worlds” for crime, sex, terrorism • But – “universes” of learning, education

• Life extension technologies • Massive social changes – Who lives? Who dies? • But – Stephen Hawkings lives! (We do, too?)

Evolutionary Technologies: • Digital tattoos – décor, display, text, ads • Recording/display of dreams and thoughts • Neural interfaces with computers/Web • “Zero Point Energy” / “Room Temp. Fusion”

Disruptive Discoveries: • Direct evidence of alien life – there/here • Faster than light signal propagation • Directly viewing the past/future/alternatives • Evidence of survival after death

Technology

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