This presentation was made by Wendy McGuinness, Chief Executive of the Sustainable Future Institute at the NZ Risk Management Soceity Conference. 6 November 2008
2. Jerome C. Glenn – Director, The Millennium Project and co-author of the State of the Future, 2008 Joseph Coates, Professional Futurist, New York
3. An avatar is a computer user's representation of himself/herself or alter ego. Virtual reality (VR) is a technology which allows a user to interact with a computer-simulated environment, be it a real or imagined one.
9. 2008 10 billion years 0 4.45b 5.55b Be like the habilis - the archetypal jack-of-all-trades, inquisitive scavengers prepared to try almost anything to survive. Be tough, active, gregarious and noisy, always on the move and always alert to the possibility of a …meal. Don't be like the boisei – whose behaviour was specialised for survival in only one niche, they didn't make it. They live within a strict social structure and are led by a dominant male whose strength and power holds the group together. The boisei 's specialisation has locked them into one way of living, and when their niche no longer exists, neither can they. But the habilis can adapt to a changing world - their generalist trait lives on in us. Two million years ago, evolution tells us…
10. Neanderthals Homo sapiens In the South - have developed a mind capable of imagination - a creature capable of understanding and anticipating possibilities, with the gift of abstract thought. In the North - have physical power but did not survive 2008 10 billion years 0 4.45b 5.55b About 100,000 years ago … evolution tells us
12. 2008 10 billion years 2058 2008 - 2058 50 Years Project 2058 Big Bang
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14. Report 14 State of New Zealand’s Future Report 15 Scenarios: Exploring New Zealand’s long-term future NEW ZEALAND’S NATIONAL ASSETS Report 7 The State Sector: Reviewing the landscape (2009) Report 8 The State of Publicly Funded Science (2009) Report 9 The State of Infrastructure (2009) Report 10 The State of Natural Resources (2009) Report 11 The Essence of New Zealand’s Identity (2009) Report 12 Towards a Tikanga-Kaupapa Perspective on Sustainability (2009) Report 16 A National Sustainable Development Strategy for New Zealand Report 13 A SWOT Analysis: New Zealand’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (2009) Report 6 History of Past Future Thinkers (2009) Report 1 A National Sustainable Development Strategy: How New Zealand measures up against international commitments (August 2007) A NATIONAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY NEW ZEALAND’S GOVERNMENT Report 2 New Zealand Central Government Strategies: Reviewing the landscape 1990-2007 (August 2007) Report 3 Supporting Local Government: Existing initiatives for sustainable development (March 2008) Report 4 Institutions for Sustainable Development: Developing an optimal framework for New Zealand (October 2008) Report 5 The Common Elements of a National Sustainable Development Strategy: Learning from international experience (October 2008) Part 2: Scenarios Part 1: Research Part 3: Strategy
15. Fifty Years Into The Future 1 3 2030 2058 Scenarios Possible Probable Possible 2008 2 4
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18. 2008 2058 2008 In 2008, 3 billion make $2 or less per day. In 2058, it may be 6 billion. The developed countries and China grow old – while Africa remains young . 2008 2058
19. 80% of all scientists are alive today Things are looking up…
24. Man & Machine? Man is expected to create a machine with the equivalent of a human brain by 2029…
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26. Our generation is likely to have a life expectancy of 92 – 100 years of age. Our children, if we fail to manage their weight gain, will have 80 year old bodies in 50 year old skin.
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28. Te Rauparaha ( 1760s-1849 ) For fifty years he was the most feared fighting chief and at one stage controlled about ¼ of NZ. He was celebrated for his courage, cleverness, resourcefulness and skill in diplomacy – making him one of the greatest contemporary leaders in the traditional Maori style. He was also considered to be the creator of the famous haka: Ka mate! Ka mate! NZ
29. Julius Vogel ( 1835-1899) Immigration and Works Scheme 1870 A development plan designed to revive the economy and provide the pre-conditions of economic growth, included roads in the North, railways in the South …“do more to put an end to hostilities and to confirm peaceful relations, than an army of ten thousand men’… “ We considered it very desirable, in a young country, that wealth should not be in the hands of a few capitalists…[who]…would leave the country, and enjoy elsewhere the wealth so accumulated.” NZ
30. 2058 New Zealand Rural Urban Population Mix NZ
31. Is this a good deal in 1908?1958? 2008? 2058? NZ
33. Agriculture Air Soil NZ Impacts (Who pays for pollution, loss of diversity, loss of options) Quantity (Value Add) Quality (Assurance) Water
34. Our Findings Fail Fail Fail New Zealand does not manage its strengths and weaknesses and… New Zealand does manage its strengths and weaknesses and.. … the World does not manage its opportunities and threats … the World does manage its opportunities and threats Scenario Matrix
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36. Why do you think scientists and engineers were able to devise the atomic bomb in only four years and put a man on the moon in only eight years? What factors were necessary for these accomplishments?
37. New Zealand needs a ‘National Strategy’ to optimise our future, to align our industry, to reinforce our national brand and to be an example of what is possible - not because we have to, but because we want what it can deliver
Dennis M. Bushnell, Chief Scientist from NASA The Bill of Rights for 21st Century America
22 million Xbox 360s sold as at Sept 2009 – put on market in May 2005 Use as a phone 22 million members of Stardoll The Coming of Age in Second Life .
The strategic thinker finds strategic knowledge in the complex and chaotic data stream of everyday living
Bose I – Dr Robert Winston
But those like the earlier species of Paranthropus boisei , whose behaviour was specialised for survival in only one niche,didn't manage to make it. See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2862019.stm Homo heidelbergensis where fierce hunters with sophisticated tools who lived in close-knit family groups. They can only see the world as it is. The habilis have taken a different approach to survival. They don't have the specialisms of the boisei but instead have developed into the archetypal jack-of-all-trades, inquisitive scavengers prepared to try almost anything to survive. Tough, active, gregarious and noisy, they are always on the move and always alert to the possibility of a meal. But in the near drought of the dry season the habilis are struggling. It seems as if their way of life cannot help them when conditions are tough. This concentration of ingenuity could have resulted in fundamental changes in the minds of the human population. By a strange twist of fate, the harsh conditions that caused this near extinction may also have allowed the cultural explosion that gave rise to human behaviour as we know it today.
Massive increase in brain power generated by education and inter-connections 80 percent of all scientists that have ever lived are alive today
Latest UN-World Bank report estimates pandemic would cost $US3 trillion, says many poorer countries have defective contingency plans
About 1.5 billion in 1900 Implications for food and water – long term global sociol conflict seems inevitable without serious food and water policies To summarise the developed countries and China grow old – while Africa remains young.
50 Year from Today
Over 1 million industrial robots are working today
The total spent on the military world wide is about $1 trillion – page 4, State of the Future, 2008
State of the Future 2008: Change to Low mortality and low fertility – see pages 16 and 17- Over 25% of the world (excl Africa) will be over 60 years of age. In contrast, Africa will be more like 10% over 60 years of age 50 Years from today - One per person – page 5 So today, if you are 30 with a baby, in fifty years you may be 80 looking after the same baby. 92 in 2030 plus longer – World Futures Conference – Maddy Dychtwald and Fifty years from now – page 5 Fifty Years from Now – obesity – page 27
For fifty years he has been the feared fighting chief, the most successful arrioe…he had been celebrated for his courage, cleverness, resourcefulness and skill in diplomacy – one of the greatest contemporary leaders in the traditional Maori style - mana
First – page 104, Second – page 113, went to England to float two of the required loans - http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A060356b.htm He was responsible for the establishment of the Government Life Insurance Office and the Public Trust, thus launching a tradition of state involvement for which New Zealand is noted. http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-VogelSirJulius.html Also- NZ minister to make an official visit to the United States – in this case to establish a regular steamer between NZ and San Franscio – page 116
Manaporir – Aluminium smelter
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