ProspecTIC. Le blog de JM Cornu. Jamais Cascio. Jamais Cascio is a San Francisco Bay Area-based writer and futurist specializing in design strategies and possible outcomes for future scenarios.
[citation needed] Biography[edit] Jamais Cascio resides in the San Francisco Bay Area[1] Cascio received his undergraduate degree from UC Santa Cruz and later attended UC Berkeley. In the 1990s, Cascio worked for the futurist and scenario planning firm Global Business Network.[2] In 2007 he was a lead author on the Metaverse Roadmap Overview.[3] Online projects[edit] Worldchanging[edit] From 2003 to 2006 Cascio helped in the formation of Worldchanging. On November 29, 2010, Worldchanging announced that due to fundraising difficulties it would shut down.[5] It has since merged with Architecture for Humanity, though detailed plans for the site's future have not been released.
Open the Future[edit] In early 2006, Cascio established Open The Future as his online home, a title based on his WorldChanging essay, The Open Future. Books[edit] Press[edit] Open the Future. La cellule: un ordinateur qui fait des ordinateur. De la biologie comme science historique. Skylar Tibbits: Can we make things that make themselves? The Future of Money: It’s Flexible, Frictionless and (Almost) Fr. Cash in the clouds—neither paper nor plastic.Illustration: Aegir Hallmundur; Benjamin Franklin: Corbis A simple typo gave Michael Ivey the idea for his company.
One day in the fall of 2008, Ivey’s wife, using her pink RAZR phone, sent him a note via Twitter. But instead of typing the letter d at the beginning of the tweet — which would have sent the note as a direct message, a private note just for Ivey — she hit p. It could have been an embarrassing snafu, but instead it sparked a brainstorm. That’s how you should pay people, Ivey publicly replied. Money Over Time A brief history of currency technology. —Bryan Gardiner 9000 BC: Cows The rise of agriculture made commodities like cattle and grain ideal proto-currencies: Since everyone knew what a heifer or a bushel was worth, the system was more efficient than barter. Just a decade ago, the idea of moving money that quickly and cheaply would have been ridiculous. Ivey got around that problem by using PayPal. Napster de la banque: prochain cauchemar des gouvernements ?
Selon le fondateur du parti pirate suédois, nous n'avons encore rien vu de la révolution internet.
Le pire reste à venir pour les États : les monnaies chiffrées et décentralisées. La vraie bataille pour l’internet et les énormes changements que le réseau apporte ne fait que commencer. Ce que nous voyons aujourd’hui ne sont que des signes avant-coureurs, de petites disputes où les amis de ceux qui ont le pouvoir (l’industrie du copyright) se plaignent et obtiennent de piètres bénéfices. Une des règles générales du progrès technique, c’est que ce n’est pas nécessairement la techno la plus riche en fonctionnalités, la moins chère, ou la plus accessible qui atteint la masse critique d’utilisateurs.
En fait, c’est plutôt la technologie la plus simple d’utilisation. Je cite fréquemment Youtube en exemple, car Youtube n’était pas le premier site à proposer de la vidéo sur le net. Il serait indélicat de ne pas mentionner Napster dans ce contexte. Photos flickr swanksalot ; jajacks62 bixentro.