Comments on: Trends of the 21st Century http://redcatco.com/blog/communication/trends-of-the-21st-century/ Connecting People With Technology Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:00:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Taylor Davidson http://redcatco.com/blog/communication/trends-of-the-21st-century/comment-page-1/#comment-18351 Taylor Davidson Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:28:31 +0000 http://redcatco.com/?p=1756#comment-18351 Psychology matters, but let's not forget that economics are the reasons why groups and communities are more important, why the physical is increasingly virtual, why broadcast is broken, why C2C is important, etc. Fundamental changes in transaction costs drive a lot of these trends, and figuring out how to identify and leverage the new economic realities underlying these trends will take a blend of psychology and economics. Psychology matters, but let’s not forget that economics are the reasons why groups and communities are more important, why the physical is increasingly virtual, why broadcast is broken, why C2C is important, etc.

Fundamental changes in transaction costs drive a lot of these trends, and figuring out how to identify and leverage the new economic realities underlying these trends will take a blend of psychology and economics.

]]> By: Darren Moore http://redcatco.com/blog/communication/trends-of-the-21st-century/comment-page-1/#comment-18205 Darren Moore Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:54:07 +0000 http://redcatco.com/?p=1756#comment-18205 Nice article Ben, it has hints of what Adam Greenfield was saying at D Construct (you can listen to his talk here http://2009.dconstruct.org/podcast/) only he started looking ahead with the concept of a totally networked future. Personally I get really interested if we use the new paradigms to really reduce consumption (think Spotify and Car Share) and then if we're really lucky we might be able to invent our way out of the ecological mess we're in. Fingers crossed. Nice article Ben, it has hints of what Adam Greenfield was saying at D Construct (you can listen to his talk here http://2009.dconstruct.org/podcast/) only he started looking ahead with the concept of a totally networked future.

Personally I get really interested if we use the new paradigms to really reduce consumption (think Spotify and Car Share) and then if we’re really lucky we might be able to invent our way out of the ecological mess we’re in. Fingers crossed.

]]> By: jMac http://redcatco.com/blog/communication/trends-of-the-21st-century/comment-page-1/#comment-18026 jMac Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:09:25 +0000 http://redcatco.com/?p=1756#comment-18026 Thanks for the post Ben. I appreciate it. jMac :) Thanks for the post Ben.

I appreciate it.

jMac :)

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