Sonhar com o futuro...

"Those in power tend to describe the world as us and not-us. White and non-white citizens. Apple products and non-Apple fans. Mass and non-mass (we even made a fancy French name for it: niche).
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This will get you only so far, and not very far at that. The revolution that we’re living through has many facets, and a profound and overlooked one is that mass is not the center any longer. Us and not-us is a dead end.
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Instead, consider a lens that sees Lisa, Ishita, and Rafit. There is no us. No mass. No center. (Moi ici: É o fim da miudagem, é o fim dos fantasmas estatísticos, é o olhar olhos nos olhos) Our culture is now is a collection of tribes, and each tribe is a community of interests, many of whom get along, some that don’t.
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We all share communication tools. Most of us share the same three or four languages. We all share the same planet. But we’re not the same. We’re people with choices, and we won’t alter those choices merely because we used to have no choice.
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No niches. No mass. Just tribes that care in search of those who would join them or amplify them or yes, sell to them.
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This is not utopia, but it is our future." (Moi ici: Quem mais fala sobre o futuro da vida em Mongo?)
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É com estas palavras que Seth Godin termina o livro "We Are All Weird"... um autêntico manifesto em prol de Mongo!!!
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Vejam mais este sintoma do mundo maravilhoso que aí vem (maravilhoso porque será um mundo de oportunidades para os pequenos...):
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"More than just digital quilting"
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Simplesmente, fascinou-me, deixou-me a sonhar... as aplicações escolhidas que tornaram o tablet de um diferente do tablet de outro, saltam do net e misturam-se com a realidade... uma planta que envia uma mensagem via twitter quando tem falta de água...
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"“The tools of factory production, from electronics assembly to 3D printing, are now available to individuals, in batches as small as a single unit,” writes Chris Anderson, the editor of Wired magazine.
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It is easy to laugh at the idea that hobbyists with 3D printers will change the world. But the original industrial revolution grew out of piecework done at home, and look what became of the clunky computers of the 1970s. The maker movement is worth watching."