30 November 2011
New Science
I found this map of the future explorations of science fascinating. The Institute for the Future just had their conference and created a map from their discussions:
The map focuses on six big stories of science that will play out over the next decade: Decrypting the Brain, Hacking Space, Massively Multiplayer Data, Sea the Future, Strange Matter, and Engineered Evolution. Those stories are emerging from a new ecology of science shifting toward openness, collaboration, reuse, and increased citizen engagement in scientific research.
From this I envision all science turning into a giant wiki, even more than it is now. We can power and fund more study than ever before, harnessing the Internet and the Information Era. (Though I would argue we're entering a new era quickly: The Exchange Era.)
And of course for writers, the ideas based in these new scientific explorations are boundless. Have fun with them!
I'm gonna print that out and stick by my pc.
ReplyDeleteVery cool! Glad to see it.
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