after several weeks of determining what it is we care about as a class, and then writing it down, and then voting several times and then choosing one to work on, I will be writng a scenario that tells the story of the world in 2015 when semi-industrial nations have leapfrogged or are leapfrogging established industrial nations and become new leaders in the world of (pick one or many) technology, bio-tech, economics, manufacturing etc. the premise hangs on the fact that many established industrial nations are locked in to certain infrastructures that do not allow or encourage innovation or advancement because of the upset such innovation can or does cause to the status quo and those with a vested interest in keeping things the same or at least under their control.
some quick links regarding hte leapfrog concept:
worldchanging.org
The Institute for Economic Democracy
Peter Knight
Ken Rogoff
the idea while not new seems to be well documented and should inspire some very interesting stories about the future.

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It was written on March 28th, 2005 at 12:37 pm
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