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Informationen zum Autor Christopher Barnatt is a futurist, videographer and Associate Professor of Strategy & Future Studies in Nottingham University Business School. He is widely known in the 3D printing industry, and has written nine previous books. Klappentext How may we recapture the passion of past human wonders? What will be the implications of new, "free agent" working patterns? Why will emerging "metamedia" replace the multimedia of the Present Age? Can nation states survive in the face of increasing globalization? And what will be the characteristics of successful Future Organizations? Douglas Adams: "Everything is changing. The most fundamental assumptions we have about how people communicate and work together are dropping away. We have to reinvent ourselves. These are exactly the issues that I and my colleagues at The Digital Village are having to grapple with every day. Challenging Reality has certainly sparked a lively d## Zusammenfassung Offering a probing look into how modern technologies will affect the future of organizations, this book compares recent technology advances with growth spurts from the past and charts how organizations will be redefined in light of todaya s advances and other changes on the horizon. Inhaltsverzeichnis Aus dem Inhalt: An Archaeology of Wonder; The Age of Invention; Creativity and Decay; Servants and Slaves; Willing Cogs in the Machine?; Totally Free to Fly and Totally Free to Fall; Signs and Symbols; Cyberia: First Steps; Electronic Nightmares, Electronic Dreams..; Within these Walls; The Rise and Demise of Nations; Our Island Earth; Dominance and Jurisdiction; Figureheads and Leaders; Wither Humanity? Tools of the Overlord; The Industrial Reengineering; Of Networks and Cocoons; Epilogue: Moonfall in the Dust.
