The Shift AgeThe Shift Age is about humanity's new ere. As the Information Age gives way to the Shift Age, we are entering a time of transformation and change that offers both great risk and incredible opportunity. Originally published in 2007, David Houle identifies and explains the dynamics and forces that already have reshaped and will continue to reshape our world for the next 20 years. He comments from the front lines of the Shift Age on issues and topics that affect our lives. We have entered the final, global stage of humanity's cultural, social and economic evolutionary journey: The Shift Age |
Common terms and phrases
accelerating Agricultural Age American asset automotive become blog breakthrough broadband carbon footprint carbon offsets cell phones century Chapter Chevrolet Volt China coffee column communications companies computers corporate countries created culture developed disintermediation economic electric cars electronic connectedness energy eTForecasts explosive growth faster flash drive flow to global fuel future futurist global economy global warming going High-touch media historical Houle human increase indexes Industrial Age Information Age innovation intellectual property Internet investment issue laptop launch live look magazine major Malackowski marketplace million Moore’s Law move networks newspaper Ocean Tomo Ocean Tomo 300 patents percent personal computer petroleum planet political real estate Shift Age speed of change Sputnik Starbucks television Threshold Decades transformation trend U.S. Census Bureau United vehicles video games wireless YouTube