Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Ian Goldin at TED - The decade ahead

A seven minute video that quickly, succinctly (and perhaps scarily) outlines the biggest challenges of the next decade.



Technology will drive development around Miniturization and Nanotech to regenerative medicine. Population growth and longer living populations will change social dynamics. "Systemic risks" of interwoven, complex systems (financial, weather, biological) will make managing that risk "the currency of the next decade."