Thursday, May 10, 2012

What Happened? Disruptive Technology Tipping Point

Innovation brought us to a tipping point.  So we are here.  A sufficient quantity of disruptive technology swept through the world to create great advancements and wreckage as a wave of change crossed the Earth.  We see it in the social media triggered Arab Spring.

The internet shifted American jobs to India - we could connect instantly across the world.  Computerized shipping allowed things to arrive just in time - warehouses stopped being used.  A tsunami hit - that supply chain was just not right - and auto assembly lines and more had to stop.

An electronic reader called the Kindle swept America and Borders... bam - thousands of jobs gone because people don't quite use books like they used to.  Robots replaced Americans on factory floors - now - robots are learning to repair each other on factory floors and replacing robot repair men.

We could print mortgages and handle via computer so anyone could do it.  We lost the owner of the bank having a personal relationship with the borrower.  The owner knowing the finances of the borrower and that of his parents!  People could just enter it into forms on a computer.  Then it was data.  And people learned to sell that data - in bundles of homes - to Ireland and across the globe from the US.  

Many people don't even realize our technology is so powerful that we are actually capable of destroying the Earth.  Reaching... what biologists call, "carrying capacity." But, we are also capable of repairing it... sort of... we have almost gone too far - another tipping point.

At a medical conference with 200 doctors - they were very concerned.  One showed that 267 regulations to protect the environment were nixed by Republicans... watered down... and that every doctor in the room was already seeing spikes in breathing problems.  People of all ages coming to them... ill.  All those photos you saw from the show - at conferences I was



Massive shifts so fast across the entire economy.  The ones who learn how to benefit from the tools of innovation will be ahead.  People, businesses and countries.

During the great depression it was machines replacing women.  Washing machines... the ice delivery man was being replaced by refrigerators... and all these things... but, one major parallel existed.

Appliances were paid for in monthly payments like cell phones and internet connections are today.  Companies raised the prices to the limit of what the market could bear.  That sponged up all the money - like it does today with cell phones.  Look at how much you spend.  That is your extra.  The middle class gets tighter and tighter... and a house of cards falls.

The way forwards is to ride on top of the wave. Get ahead of the innovation curve.  Replace the old and master the new technology to your advantage.    

Why am I successful today?  Why do I now run three businesses?




Innovation brought us to a tipping point.  So we are here.  A sufficient quantity of disruptive technology swept through the world to create great advancements and wreckage as a wave of change crossed the Earth.  We see it in the social media triggered Arab Spring.  The internet shifted American jobs to India - we could connect instantly across the world.  Computerized shipping allowed things to arrive just in time - warehouses stopped being used.  A tsunami hit - that supply chain was Just not right - and auto assembly lines and more had to stop.  An electronic reader called the Kindle swept America and Borders... bam - thousands of jobs gone because people don't quite use books like they used to.  Robots replaced Americans on factory floors - now - robots are learning to repair each other on factory floors and replacing robot repair men.  I replaced my professional printer with a color laser printer in my office.  Dell and HP took over the computer world... then laptops hit... then netbooks... then everyone in that was screwed because tablets took over.  We could print mortgages and handle via computer so anyone could do it.  We lost the owner of the bank having a personal relationship with the borrower.  The owner knowing the finances of the borrower and that of his parents!  People could just enter it into forms on a computer.  Then it was data.  And people learned to sell that data - in bundles of homes - to Ireland and across the globe from the US.  Are you getting my point?

Massive shifts so fast across the entire economy.  The ones who learn how to benefit from the tools of innovation will be ahead.  People, businesses and countries.

Terrorists learned that they could create an explosion on a street corner and if a news camera was there it would horrify and disrupt the economy of the greatest nation on Earth and effect everyone across the globe.  That is how they used live TV - that disruptive technology.  To make bigger impacts they needed larger spectacle.  So we got 9/11.

Then - their real goal was to trigger massive wars that would drain our bank accounts.  When we trained the Taliban to drain Russia of it's resources - that is what we trained them to do.  Keep the Russians there and drain their resources until the Soviet Union fell.  Then they turned our own methods on us and Bush fell for it.  Obama... uses drones... cheap in comparison and thwarts their capacity to destroy America financially.

During the great depression it was machines replacing women.  Washing machines... the ice delivery man was being replaced by refrigerators... and all these things... but, one major parallel existed.

Appliances were paid for in monthly payments like cell phones and internet connections are today.  Companies raised the prices to the limit of what the market could bear.  That sponged up all the money - like it does today with cell phones.  Look at how much you spend.  That is your extra.  The middle class gets tighter and tighter... and a house of cards falls.

The way forwards is to ride on top of the wave. Get ahead of the innovation curve.  Replace the old and master the new technology to your advantage.      

Why am I successful today?  Why do I now run three businesses?
When I was 13 years old I was reading Michio Kaku and the visions of other futurists.  I was studying innovation... and the adoption curve.  I could name nearly all major innovators and what they created - how they got there.  When I was 21 I created a new method of genetic mapping while a theater major using some of those mental tools.

With all the disruption coming... I studied sociology - the science of human interaction - knowing that people would still be here.  And knowing that as technology became prevalent people would forget the human skills.  So, I studied nonverbal communications, writing, comedy, magic, and dance - so I could relate to people on all levels.
I studied stress management to deal with change as it occurred and now I help other people handle the change.

Knowing that business would still exist I studied entrepreneurial business to know how to take advantage of opportunity as it arose.
How to market.  How to reach people.  With all the wreckage the change created I knew there would be opportunity.

Studying theater - carpentry - acting - and singing and all forms of communication I turned myself into an instrument of communication and expression - human expression - at the same time others were losing the human touch.

Then - when thrown into the mix of crisis - having already expected it... I deployed my plans to springboard off the crisis.  While everyone else fell backwards - my goal became to run forwards.  Invest heavily - work tirelessly - build.

And today... here I am. The economy we have today is the real economy.  Before it was a massive credit driven sugar rush.  Today, it is real.  The technology we operate on - while changing fast every day - is beginning to stabilize in some realms.

Go look at the date of when facebook launched.  Now imagine the world without it.  That was the world just a few short years ago.

Ride the change.  Move forwards fast.  Stay on top of the wave of change like you are surfing.

America and the world will probably be ok.  We just need to learn how to function in the world we have created.

Innovation - to the level of mass disruption.  Consider that Obama beat the Clinton political machine - with his new political machine - over the internet.  He has been working to shape up America to take advantage of all this innovation because he gets it.  He sees where it is leading.  He is working to ride the wave and stay on top of the curve... surfing the change... and steering us in the directions to take advantage of opportunities and hedge against potential pitfalls.

That is the world we live in.  The reason why I am thriving in it.  And that is why I support Obama.

For all against him regarding jobs numbers.  I watched Republicans block 17 jobs bills to sabotage the President.  So they now run around in the midst of a crisis - having written he story the way they wanted to - and they now scream "Where are the jobs Mister President."  In their abundant character... they sought to sabotage the President of the United States during a crisis to assure their own power grab was successful.  I watched it unfold live.

This is a crisis that will end as wreckage passes through the system and as we grapple with and master the new age of technology that we are operating in.  Not a day before.  We are extraordinarily lucky to be growing at the rate we are.

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