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Richard Watson



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Richard Watson (born 1961) is an English author, lecturer and futurist known for his 2007 book Future Files: a Brief History of The Next 50 Years and for his infographics, especially his Trends & Technology Timeline 2010-2050 and the Timeline of Emerging Science and Technology 2015-2030.

He has written 5 books about the future and is the founder of What’s Next, a website that documents global trends. He has been a blogger on innovation for Fast Company Magazine and has written about creativity, innovation, and future thinking for a variety of publications including Future Orientation (Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies) and What Matters (McKinsey & Comp
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“Devices like iPhones and BlackBerries invite (demand!) constant use. They are like packets of cigarettes that ask us never to leave them alone or bottles of pills that seek to change our minds and punish us when we try to withdraw from them. We think cellphones are connecting us, but they are turning us into a society of rude, impatient, narrow-minded, stressed-out, aggressive, and isolated individuals. They invite reaction rather than reflection.”
Richard Watson, Future Minds: How the Digital Age Is Changing Our Minds, Why This Matters, and What We Can Do About It

“Music can trigger feelings, which in turn produce thoughts and images in our minds — it is these thoughts and images that can become novel solutions and innovative new ideas. Music is therefore directly related to the production of new ideas.”
Richard Watson, Future Minds: How the Digital Age Is Changing Our Minds, Why This Matters, and What We Can Do About It

“Οι βιβλιοθήκες είναι κάτι παραπάνω από νούμερα, πληροφορίες ή συλλογές. Οι βιβλιοθήκες είναι πιο πολύ χώροι που ενώνουν ανθρώπους και ιδέες στις τοπικές κοινωνίες. Είναι σημεία αναφοράς όπου οι άνθρωποι ανταλλάσουν γνώση, σοφία, σκέψεις και πάνω από όλα ανθρώπινη αξιοπρέπεια και αλληλεγγύη»”
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