Techonomy Detroit 2014: The Next Big Thing?

What’s the Next Big Thing?

Techonomy Detroit, September 16, 2014 @albertwenger

“The future is already here ̶ it is just not yet evenly

distributed.” ‒ William Gibson

Sell Your Labor

Buy Stuff

Sell Your Labor Buy Stuff

Automation

Globalization

Winner Take All

Sell Your Labor Buy Stuff

Environment

Free Information

Meaning

Sell Your Labor Buy Stuff

Create

Share

Discover

Enjoy

Create Share

DiscoverEnjoy

What should we build?

Crowdfunding

Decentralized Identity

How should we regulate?

Helpful

Information Transition

Information Transition

Basic Income

Right to an API Key

The End

We are here@albertwenger

Image Credits

1. http://www.flickr.com/photos/drachmann 2. http://www.retro-futurismus.de 3. http://www.curiousread.com 4. http://www.flickr.com/photos/romanboed/ 5. http://ibm.com 6. http://www.rferl.org 7. https://www.flickr.com/photos/duchamp/ 8. http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelsullivan/ 9. http://www.123rf.com 10. combination of #8 and #9 11. http://npr.org 12. https://www.flickr.com/photos/toasty 13. https://www.flickr.com/photos/rtdphotography 14. same as #10 15. https://www.flickr.com/photos/otodo 16. https://www.flickr.com/photos/55463487@N07 17. https://www.flickr.com/photos/tillwe 18. same as #10 19. https://www.flickr.com/photos/viviannguyen 20. https://www.flickr.com/photos/hmclin 21. https://www.flickr.com/photos/compujeramey 22. https://www.flickr.com/photos/kmu 23. combination of #19, #20, #21 and #22

24. http://www.flickr.com/photos/zscheyge 25. http://www.huffingtonpost.com 26. http://simonandschuster.com 27. https://www.flickr.com/photos/59949757@N06/ 28. https://www.flickr.com/photos/hjl 29. https://www.flickr.com/photos/purecaffeine 30. http://www.flickr.com/photos/78428166@N00/ 31. http://www.flickr.com/photos/azriadnan/ 32. https://www.flickr.com/photos/grendelkhan/ 33. http://www.wikipedia.org 34. http://www.zfein.com/ 35. http://www.greatmichiganhouses.com/ 36. https://www.flickr.com/photos/silverseason 37. https://www.flickr.com/photos/richard-g 38. http://www.jpl.nasa.gov