On Wall Street, people who can peek around the corner are very valuable. They can see into the future. Here I have laid down a bunch of trends that could unfold. The deck is designed to stimulate thought about what could be.
4. Over almost a 80% fall since launch of
Seacom…
ESSAy landed
WACS next year
bandwidth pricing coming downbandwidth pricing coming down
justin spratt – WTF – 20th of Oct
10. Mobile will increasingly
replace the need for
printed tickets
QR Codes: Mobile TicketingQR Codes: Mobile Ticketing
justin spratt – WTF – 20th of Oct
12. Facebook and Twitter are paragon examples
Cloud ComputingCloud Computing
onsite applications = old school
justin spratt – WTF – 20th of Oct
13. The rise of behavioural financeThe rise of behavioural finance
justin spratt – WTF – 20th of Oct
WallStreetWallStreet
14. Stratfor: “South Africa is at high
risk of a cold war with Angola”
Logic is that Angola’s oil wealth is
now tapped and it is significant
Also, Angola increasingly appears
a Chinese proxy
Cold War with Angola?Cold War with Angola?
justin spratt – WTF – 20th of Oct
15. Reinventing FireReinventing FireReinventing Fire
We know how to save halfWe know how to save half
of our oil and gas andof our oil and gas and
three-quarters of ourthree-quarters of our
electricity at a cost that is aelectricity at a cost that is a
fraction of what we arefraction of what we are
paying now.paying now.
Amory LovinsAmory Lovins
Rocky Mountain Institute co-founderRocky Mountain Institute co-founderjustin spratt – WTF – 20th of Oct
16. Mass production of content
Reporting done by bots
Editorials will be the only paid for content
Media FarmsMedia Farms
justin spratt – WTF – 20th of Oct
18. Cheap food dependsCheap food depends
on:on:
1.1. cheap oilcheap oil
2.2. plentiful waterplentiful water
3.3. constant weatherconstant weather
patternpattern
global warming
aside, price of oil
is will increase &
big food chain
was built on $30 a
barrel of oil not
$130
FoodFood
justin spratt – WTF – 20th of Oct
Emerging EconomiesEmerging Economies
25. France’s “Joie de Vivre” Index
Intended to provide a better
measure of GDP (“well being”)
More countries looking at other measures of prosperity,
such as the Triple Bottom Line (people, profits &planet)
Better measure than GDP?Better measure than GDP?
justin spratt – WTF – 20th of Oct
26. Challenging “groupthink” on
copyright laws
Believe copyright impinges on
culture
Parties in 28 countries around
the world
The Pirate PartyThe Pirate Party
justin spratt – WTF – 20th of Oct
27. “Even if developed countries recover
completely in 2010, emerging economies will
account for 70 - 75% of the growth in global
output ‘for the foreseeable future”
New York Times
Emerging EconomiesEmerging Economies
justin spratt – WTF – 20th of Oct
28. “China’s growth as an
economic superpower is
increasingly correlated
with that of Africa, on
which it now relies for
25% of its oil imports,
reports the” Financial Mail
Emerging EconomiesEmerging Economies
justin spratt – WTF – 20th of Oct
32. justin spratt – heavy chef – 2nd
of Februaryjustin spratt – WTF – 20th of Oct
Notas del editor
Despite highly paid economists tell us, we really are not good at predicting the future
FOURTEEN cables landing on the African continent
New: WACS, ACE, Main One, Glo1, LION and EIG, SEACOM, TEAMS, EASSy, and the
R42bn in spending
Increase capacity from 250Gbps to 1.5Tbps (thanks Seacom) to 10Tbps
Over capacity?
COWs – cells on wheels - Was just at SxSW and they had loads of these around the city
COWs – cells on wheels - Was just at SxSW and they had loads of these around the city
COWs – cells on wheels - Was just at SxSW and they had loads of these around the city
Pranav Misty
Average user has 120 friends; over 5bn minutes spent on it each day and 30mn user update profile per day