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Архиви на бъдещето: История на следващите 50 години

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Ако приемем, че на 21 декември 2012 година няма да настъпи свършекът на света, ще станем свидетели на няколко масови преселения. Това отчасти ще се дължи на политически и екологични събития, но масовата имиграция ще произтича и от нуждата да се намери решение на най-различни видове недостиг на таланти и умения. Китай ще направи нещо абсолютно неочаквано (като например да се срине или, по-вероятно, да обърне икономиката си навътре), Русия ще стане по-националистично настроена (и ще тръгне навън с военни цели) и ще създадем още няколко нови държави. Иначе животът ще си остане що-годе същият. Прогнозите не са шега работа – бъдещето никога не е просто екстраполация на настоящето. Неочакваните новооткрития и събития винаги дебнат зад ъгъла, за да спънат и най-добре обмислените ни планове – но все пак по-добре да имаме планове, отколкото въобще да не мислим за бъдещето. Но прогнозите всъщност не са главната тема на “Архиви на бъдещето”. Целта на книгата е да разкрепости колективното и индивидуалното ни мислене, за да видим познатото в нова светлина, а непознатото – с по-голяма яснота; целта ѝ е да накара всички ни – отделните хора, както и организациите, – да се замислим накъде сме се запътили и дали, когато стигнем там, ще си струва да останем.

359 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

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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 & Company). He is a proponent of scenario planning and an advocate of preferred futures, believing it is incumbent upon organisations to create compelling visions of the future and work towards their realisation.

In addition to writing, Watson works with the Technology Foresight Practice at Imperial College London and Lectures at London Business School and the King's Fund. He is also a network member of Stratforma and has worked with the Strategic Trends Unit at the UK Ministry of Defence, the RAND Corporation, CSIRO, the Cabinet Office and the Departments of Education in the UK and Australia.

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Profile Image for Al waleed Kerdie.
496 reviews284 followers
May 23, 2014
كتاب مشوق و مهم في مواضيعه, يضعنا فيه المؤلف في سيناريوهات لا ترقى للدرجة الفانتازية, و لكن يدعنا على أرض الواقع في رؤيته للمستقبل, ليس كتاب تنبؤي بقدر ما هو كتاب رؤيوي للمستقبل, نجد عدة إتجاهات ستتحكم في.واقعنا مستقبلا و يفصل المؤلف هذه الإتجاهات تبعا لنوعها إما العلمي, أو الإقتصادي, أو السياسي, أو الصحي إلخ, كتاب ممتع في المجمل, لن أفصل كثيرا في تلخيصه, و لكن أنصح بقرائته بشدة.
Profile Image for عمر الحمادي.
Author 7 books702 followers
June 6, 2018
قبل نحو قرن من الزمن، كان قليل من الناس يتجاوزون عمر الـ 56 سنة، أما اليوم فصار كثير من الناس يصلون إلى سن الثمانين، ومن المتوقع أن تدفع الابتكارات الطبية هذا الرقم إلى 110 ومن ثم إلى 130 كما يقول "ريتشارد واتسون" في كتابه (ملفات المستقبل: موجز في تاريخ السنوات الخمسين المقبلة)، علينا أن نكون مستعدين لتلك التغيرات التي تحمل في طياتها الصحة والعافية والرفاه، وفي نفس الوقت علينا وضع خطوط أخلاقية تجري بالتوازي مع القفزات الهائلة للتكنولوجيا، ففي النهاية هذه التقنيات خادمة للوجود الإنساني وليست مُسيرة له.
620 reviews48 followers
July 26, 2010
Accessible manual of near-future trends

In this bold, entertaining book, futurist Richard Watson reports the results of decades of thought about the future. He identifies more than 200 separate trends, which he helpfully winnows down into five overarching themes illustrated with real-world and hypothetical examples. His breezy style weaves these themes into the major areas of life: work, finances, politics, science, health care and entertainment, among others. Watson’s vision of the future covers all aspects – literally everything from taking baths to artificial intelligence – and the sweep of his ambition is impressive. He augments his text with good graphics, some perhaps tongue-in-cheek (his “Extinction Timeline” has Belgium biting the bullet around 2049). The book’s one weakness is that, while Watson tells readers what will happen in the future, he doesn’t always explain why. This caveat aside, getAbstract recommends this engaging book to leaders, innovators and all those interested in the future.
Profile Image for Doa'a Ali.
143 reviews88 followers
December 6, 2021
اتبنى فكرة ان أهمية التنبؤات لا تكمن بمدى تحققها اكثر من خطئها، فالخطأ هو الذي ينبهنا إلى رسم نمط اكثر صحة للبحث عن حلول لمشاكل قبل وقوعها، أو تجنب سلوك طريق ما او تغيير اسلوبنا في التعامل مع احد المجالات...
يستعرض الكتاب تصورات عن مستقبل قريب تتغير فيه ثقافة المجتمع والتكنولوجيا والسياسة وعالم الاقتصاد والمال ووسائل النقل والطعام والطب وغيرها من المجالات...
المتعة الفكرية الكامنة خلف القراءة عن المستقبل لا تقدر بثمن، فكما يقول الكاتب "ليس هناك حقائق عن المستقبل لانه لم يتحقق بالفعل" وهذا يجعلنا أمام حقل واسع من التفكير يليها اختبار صلاحية الأفكار، ويبدو هذا اكثر متعة من التعارك على تفاصيل التاريخ الماضي...
Profile Image for Abdullah.
348 reviews12 followers
August 15, 2020
يتحدث عن التوقعات المستقبلية في مجالات مختلفة من الاقتصاد السياسة الطب...وغيرها
Profile Image for FAISAL ALMULLA.
187 reviews42 followers
December 22, 2014
ملفات المستقبل موجز في تاريخ السنوات الخمسين المقبلة، لمؤلفه رتشارد واتسون وترجمة عمر الأيوبي، حصلت على الكتاب من الناشر هيئة أبوظبي للسياحة والثقافة مشروع (كلمة).

كتاب ملفات المستقبل هو استشرافه وتوقع ما سيكون في السنوات الخمسين المقبلة، قال المؤلف "سترون أشياء مألوفة من منظور جديد وأشياء غير مألوفة بوضوح أشد".

والعجيب في الموضوع أن أغلب ما توقعه هو متحقق حاليا وتكنولوجيا، فقد قام بتأليف الكتاب سنة ٢٠٠٧ م وتم نشره في طبعته الأولى ٢٠١٢ م وأتممت قراءته في نهاية العام المنصرم ٢٠١٤ م لذا الأمر جدا مهم قبل قراءة أي كتاب معرفة تاريخ النشر.

مما يزيد شغف القارئ هو تعدد الإتجاهات المستقبلية فمثلا يتطرق الكاتب إلى اتجاهات ستحول المجتمع وأخرى ستحول وسائط الإعلام، والخدمات المالية، والمركبات الآلية والمواصلات، والطعام والشراب، والتسوق، والحكومة والسياسة، والرعاية الصحية واتجاهات أخرى كالسفر والسياحة فقد يقال لك عند سفرك "نأسف .. البلد كامل العدد!!".

الكاتب تناول الموضوع من اتجاهات وسلوك المجتمعات والناس قائلا: حكمة الجماهير أعظم دائما من ذكاء الفرد، وقد برر المؤلف سبب اختياره الخمسين سنة القادمة حيث قال "أنها بعيدة بالقدر الكافي لتجنب الإتهامات بالخطأ" فالبعيد أسهل من توقع القريب كالسنة القادمة أو الثلاث فعندها تنتهي صلاحية الكتاب بانقضاء مدتها لذا الخمسين سنة فترة كافية وستكون العلاقة بين التكنولوجيا والناس ذات ارتباط وثيق فالأولى تتغير سريعا والناس ببطء وعلى الرغم من التغيرات والتحولات التي طرأت في وقتنا الحاضر إلا أن هناك حنين للماضي وهروب من الحاضر فحب الناس للجديد والسريع سيكون مجاورا لشغفهم للماضي.

كتاب مفيد واسلوب الترجمة والمؤلف سهل وبسيط مبتعدا عن التعقيد والتفصيل الممل فتنتقل في قراءتك من موضوع إلى آخر مدركا العالم من حولك ومقارنا لما هو موجود وما سيأتي لاحقا.

المستقبل يؤثر في الحاضر بقدر ما يؤثر فيه الماضي - فريدريك نيتشه
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April 11, 2009
This title intrigued me: "The 5 trends that will shape the next 50 years". If you can get past the wiz-bang style of writing, it is actually a fun read. Not deep, but fun. Drawing from a number of predictive sources, as well as his own feverish brain, the author takes on every aspect of modern culture with often surpising and sometimes hilarious future forcasts. My only complaint is that his section on the future of business and work is, to me, so so wrong. I do not see the workplace or companies becoming kinder and gentler. If you want to read a non-stop brainstroming rant by a creative (but kinda out-there) guy, you would enjoy this book.
4 reviews3 followers
April 17, 2011
The 5 most important trends for the next 50 years:
(1) Ageing, (2) Power shift eastwards, (3) Global connectivity, GRIN (Genetics, Robotics, Internet and Nanotechnology) technologies, and (5) The environment.

5 trends that will transform society:
(1) Globalization, (2) Locatization, (3) Polarization, (4) Anxiety, and (5) Search for Meaning.

5 things that won’t change over the next 50 years:
(1) An interest in the future and a yearning for the past, (2) A desire for recognition and respect, (3) The need for physical objects, actual encounters and live experiences, (4) Anxiety and fear, and (5) A search for meaning.
Profile Image for Yates Buckley.
705 reviews33 followers
March 21, 2017
The book covers the usual suspects, trends you see today extended out to the next 50 years but with little critical analysis about how the trends interact with each other and even whether these trends might not collapse and transform. I find this book as an essential reference for how not to write futurology because it does not worry about internal contradictions or balance between the dystopic potential of existing trends. I see futurology as world creation of possibilities that are internally consistent and balanced, not one sided, fragile projections of what we see today, especially at a fifty year timescale.
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Author 1 book201 followers
April 23, 2020
Няма да се отличи с нещо революционно в прогнозите за бъдещите тенденции, а и времевият хоризонт не го предполага. Приятно четиво като повод да се замислим за теми като прекалената персонализация, отчуждаване, комерсиализация, международни отношения. Съдържа и някои идеи как да не губим връзка със земята под краката си. Да не се отдаваме докрай на тенденциите.

Задължителна за професионалисти в сферата на маркетинга.

Накрая - мийте си сами чиниите. Не прехвърляйте всичко в ежедневието на съдомиялната. Един съвет, който запомних и взех за себе си от тази книга.
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11 reviews
February 17, 2016
"إذا توقع عدد كاف من الأشخاص حدوث شيء، فإنه لن يقع"
#جيمس_غراهام_بالارد
هذه المقولة تلخص رأيي بالكتاب، وبشكل عام الكتاب لا بأس به واعتمد على قراءة الماضي للتنبؤ بالمستقبل، إلا أنه كان ن يعوزه منهج لترتيب الأفكار وعرضها بشكل أسلس بالإضافة الى أن الكتاب قديم نوعا".
الكتاب للكاتب "#ريتشارد_واطسون "، ولا بأس بتصفحه لغرض التسلية كبديل لأبراج نجلاء قباني.
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163 reviews117 followers
June 15, 2013
من الكتب القليلة التي لا تتحدث عن المستقبل علي طريقة "الفانتازيا" او حتي الخيال العلمي
كتاب مفيد .. ممتع .. الترجمة جيدة
Profile Image for Razan Alghriafi.
62 reviews64 followers
May 13, 2015
It'll unleash your thinking about what gonna happen in this fast developing world, till 2050
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843 reviews5 followers
September 17, 2017
This book is like Future shock 2.0 version, except Future shock is more stunning since it was written almost 50 years ago, and many things are happening. This book is not that much predicting actually, because the trends are actually pretty much obvious to see. Still, it will be a very entertaining book for those who never read any book about futurism. I think one big missing part is still about space program. We humans are doomed to stay on earth, we need to explore to beyond earth, even if just live as vacation on earth orbit. I think the space program is actually on the go thanks to someone like Elon Musk, we get to dare to dream big!!
I would like to see this happen in my life time....As for how human beings live on earth, it seems not so much excitement for me at least!
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133 reviews35 followers
August 26, 2019
الترجمة سيئة ..
و لكن بشكل عام الكتاب عبارة عن عمل صحفي حقيقي real journalism و تقصي حقائق بشكل محترف ..
الكتاب من ٢٠٠٥ .. و لذلك قد يعتبره البعض منتهي الصلاحية في عالمنا المتسارع ..
المؤلف لديه نظرة ثاقبة اتجاه مسارات تطور الحياة و الكثير من توقعاته اشاهدها قد تحققت بعد ١٥ سنة من تاريخ الكتاب ..

للكاتب بعض الندوات التي يعرض فيها أفكاره على شكل خريطة عمل و خريطة ذهنية للاتجاهات السبع .. انصح بها ..
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61 reviews12 followers
September 7, 2018
کتابی به شدت چرت و بیخود. الان میفهم که حسن عباسی نظریات چه ادم بهم ریخته و بیخودی رو توضیح میداده
Profile Image for Jennifer Darci.
56 reviews1 follower
December 29, 2020
Written 2008. Read 2020. Fun to see what's matched so far. More interesting is what's coming.
Profile Image for Abu Hasan محمد عبيد.
532 reviews182 followers
February 12, 2017
رغم أن الكتاب فيه حشو زائد بعض الشيء إلا أن ما أعجبني فيه:
طريقة ترتيب الفصول وتقسيمها
اختتام كل فصل بمراسلة مستقبلية توجز أهم نقاط الفصل
تغليب الجانب الإنساني على الجانب التقني، وهي لفتة مهمة جدا
مع التنبيه إلى أن الكتاب صدر عام ٢٠٠٨، وبالتالي فإن بعضا مما ذكر فيه سبق وأن تحقق أو أنه على وشك التحقق
Profile Image for Tamara Rodriguez.
100 reviews1 follower
December 2, 2012
Impresionante!! Una gran cantidad de información e hipótesis sobre como será el mundo en 50 años. Estamos en medio de una época de grandes cambios, necesidades masivas, buscamos la comodidad e inmediatez.. Estamos plenty en deudas y dentro de algunos años los chismes del pueblo serán si tal o cual planea tener un bebe con un robot. Los jóvenes de ahora difícilmente podremos dar a nuestros hijos la vida y status que nos dieron nuestros padres.
Las compañías aseguradoras se verán en problemas si se concretan eventos que hoy son solo amenazas (guerra, desastres naturales). sentiremos nostalgia por los old days y las relaciones giraran en torno a redes sociales. Necesitaremos más a Dios para sobrevivir en el estilo de vida o, en el "peor/mejor de los casos, la tecnología misma será Dios" Perderemos intimidad, todos seremos famosos, estaremos llenos de información y repetiremos los mismos miedos. El futuro llegará antes a sociedades urbanas y grandes ciudades y algunas otras comunidades aún tardarán en ver..." La llegada del futuro" .....
Profile Image for Sarah.
1,083 reviews101 followers
February 2, 2011
As the title would indicate, this is a book about predictions for the next 50 years.

Normally I love to read prediction books. I am always intrigued about what people think will happen. But this book couldn't hold my attention. There was just too much crammed in the book.

The book starts with a description of the 5 most important trends. I think that if the book had taken those 5 and simply expanded on them, it would have been easier to read, and more interesting. Instead, the book goes into 11 different areas with 5 top trends each, and many more details.

The book ends with a list of 5 things that wouldn't change over the next 50 years. This list was also interesting, however very little time was spent on it.

Overall, I found the book had too great a range. There was just too much information to able to absorb much of anything.
34 reviews4 followers
August 9, 2012
This is a fast paced book written by a futurologist, who looks at the social trends that are shaping the future emails covered ageing, work, leisure, technology, lifestyles, and much more. Most interesting for me were the data he presented on trends over the last few years. I had noticed them but had not realised that they were global rather than local. Some of his predictions, given that the book was written 4 years ago, seem not to have happened, such as the global shortage of workers, but there is time. I note also that he mentions myspace but not Facebook. My complaint is that there were not enough figures and data supporting his comments. Also he started by singing the praise of maps but then had none in the book. I note he has written a further book -maybe that will have more visual aids to understanding.
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Author 1 book67 followers
April 20, 2013
Не люблю сиквелы. Редко когда хорошая книга, ставшая хитом и будучи "проапдейченной", поражает и во второй раз. Не читал первое издание, но во втором много "воды".

Действительно, чего люди будут бояться в 2050 году? По мнению Р. Уотсона, прежде всего реальности. «Мы будем бояться незнания, будем бояться вещей, которые не сможем контролировать, будем бояться неуверенности. #60;…> Мы будем стремиться получить «научные» данные относительно статистической вероятности практически всего…» – считает он.
Profile Image for Jari Pirhonen.
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February 7, 2016
Interesting and thought-provoking book. Despite it's name, it's not only about 5 most significant trends (ageing, power shift eastwards, global connectivity, GRIN technologies and the environment). Book describes also top 5 trends of society, technology, politics, media, financial services, food, shopping, etc.

If you want to know your past, look at your present conditions. If you want to know your future, look into your present actions. (Buddhist saying).
3 reviews
October 6, 2016
The book is very informative but overall too much details provide no excitement which bore me especially during the middle section of the book. Most of its perceptual ideas are backed up with evidence so if anyone is interested reading books that think of theories of the current world we live in should check it out!
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4 reviews19 followers
November 6, 2009
This is a great insight into what the future COULD look like. Plenty of real examples, fictional ones and slightly oriented more towards pessimism.
But you don't get depressed by reading this book, nor paranoid, but you sure want to make the world a better place.
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13 reviews1 follower
July 18, 2012
Lots of interesting ideas about what the future's going to hold. Perhaps not as profound as Alvin Toffler's books but a bit more entertaining.
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18 reviews
June 28, 2012
I think this is a good book about shape of the future. It is inevitable that global warming, increase on traveling, and increase on tax is change our lives. So I recommend this book for people who like to know what trend that can be happen in near future (10-50 years ahead).
Author 5 books4 followers
November 16, 2015
Some very interesting individual ideas but my goodness this book dragged. Each chapter would make for a reasonable article on its own, although I'm not a fan of the school of future gazing where the author just throws up everything they've heard about rather than selecting the most likely.
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194 reviews1 follower
September 9, 2016
This book does a really wide ranging look at the trends for the future. However I don't think the analysis of the trends is that good. In some cases what is reported as a trend is in fact somethjng the data suggests the opposite is occurring.
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