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Here Come the Singul |
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| A central theme underlying all of the analysis we do here at Trends is the realization that the rate of change is constantly increasing ?and it뭩 been doing so in a measurable way for at least the past 500 years. |
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Companies Rethink Ho |
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| As the labor market tightens and skilled workers become scarce, companies are casting a wider net for employees. For the first time, they find themselves managing four generations of Americans in the workplace. The differences between these generations go beyond their age. Researchers have found that they also approach their jobs and supervisors differently, depending on their generation. |
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What"s Old Is N |
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| There"s no question that American consumers thirst for new products ?as the booming sales of camera phones and plasma TVs attest. But marketers are also noticing a growing demand for products from the past. This trend is affecting everything from cars to candy. |
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Membership in Virtua |
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| Enormous increases in processing power and bandwidth are blurring the lines between the real world and the virtual one. As work, education, government, and entertainment have moved on-line, the barriers of space and time that formerly marked different parts of people’s lives have disappeared. Virtual work teams, telecommuting, long-distance learning, and electronic shopping for many have resulted in an “anything, anywhere, anytime” lifestyle, in which formerly distinct areas of people’s lives are now intertwined in cyberspace. People’s lives and their relationships with others are increasingly taking place in this electronic reality. As a result, digital technology has transformed the personal and public lives of most Americans over the past 15 years. |
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세계를 격변시키는 인구의 힘 |
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| 미래는 인구, 기술, 인간의 행위에 있어 그 추세에 따라 결정된다. 이 3가지 요건 중 인구는 가장 예측 가능한 것, 그러나 변화에 있어서는 가장 어려운 것이다. 오늘날 국제무대는 미국이라는 현재로서는 유일한 수퍼 파워에 의해, 그리고 중국과 러시아라는 강대국에 의해 지배되고 있다. 그러나 최근 해외에서 활동하는 미국의 정책적 실패와 미국 내 정치적 혼돈으로 인해 미국의 힘이 약해진 것이라는 주장이 고개를 들고 있다. 이것이 사실일까? 중국과 러시아, 미국의 인구학적 예상이 이 세 국가가 가진 힘의 상대적 잠재력에 대해 이야기하는 것은 무엇일까? 21세기 거인들의 충돌이 가져올 기회와 위기는 무엇일까? |
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