The internet bubble marked the end of the information revolution -- and the beginning of something much bigger, an age of personal media. It is a revolution we have been anticipating ever since McLuhan turned Media into a household word in the 1960s, but as typically happens, even this most anticipated of revolutions is arriving late, and in utterly unexpected ways. ^Media" is information that has gone deep into the structure of society, and the changes it is triggering go far beyond what we watch, create and pass around to friends. It also changes what we make, what we use and how we see the world and the challenges that surround us.
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The SITN broadcast material video stream will be playing an archival talk given April 29, 1998 by Jim Gray of Microsoft Research. Jim Gray disappeared while sailing in San Francisco Bay in late January of this year. The abstract for the archived talk, SuperComputers from CyberBricks? together with links to articles describing the search can be found at Jim Gray Talk.
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About the speaker:
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Paul is a forecaster and essayist with over two decades experience
exploring long-term technological change and its practical impact on
business and society. Paul currently teaches at Stanford University and is
on a research sabbatical from Institute for the Future where he has worked
since 1985. He was the founding Chairman of the Samsung Science Board,
and serves on a variety of other boards including the Long Now Foundation,
the Singapore National Research Foundation Science Advisory Board and is
an Advisor to Red Planet Capital, and 3i Venture Capital. Paul also has
served as an advisor and Forum Fellow to the World Economic Forum, and
is a Fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences. His
essays have appeared in numerous publications, including The Harvard
Business Review, Fortune, Wired, The Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, The
New York Times and the Washington Post. Paul holds degrees from Harvard
College, Cambridge University, and Stanford University.
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Paul Saffo
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