Earlier this week I was priviledged to hear Richard Seymour give a talk.
Richard is one of the world's most respected product designers. He lives in the future. I mean, he's not Doctor Who or anything like that - but his perspective is very different to your average man in the street. You see, his job is to make the future happen.
Make the future happen? Yes. The future is not something that happens to us, it's something that we bring about ourselves. Richard is working on some fantastic projects that might be 2 years, 6 years or 10 years away from being a reality. But they're being worked on right now.
Someone - or some people - creates change and future comes about.
The world wide web didn't just happen by itself.
Nor did Facebook, Google or Amazon.
Or IVF treatment, open heart surgery or antibiotics.
People are creating the future every day. The future might not quite be what we expect when we get there, but our current reality is the result of decisions made in the past, by ourselves and by others.
We can see the future coming if we look hard enough.
In 2012, The Olympics
In 2018, Crossrail
This decade - Space tourism
Or how about - an airship to cruise between The Serengeti and The North Pole?
Check it out.
Fancy a ride?
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