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Reverse Your Thinking

Posted on Apr 16, 2008 - 08:59 AM

I am often accused of being overly optimistic about the future. I’ll admit that it is a fair accusation, but only time will tell whether it is me or my detractors who are wrong.

As evidence of my optimism, however, I would like to show you this short two-minute YouTube video clip:

What I took away from it is that there is a new generation of very clever people who are figuring out how to use technology to help people change—and, in this case, reverse—their thinking. And this, in short, is why I’m optimistic about the future.

As Albert Einstein once famously said, “We can’t solve today’s problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” Luckily, there is a world of bright, innovative individuals who are using technology to do everything from develop innovative new approaches to education; to creating new technologies to cure disease as well as produce affordable, clean sustainable energy.

Conventional wisdom and members of the existing political and corporate establishment (many of whom are more interested in protecting the status quo) will argue that these challenges can’t be met in a timely or affordable manner, but I disagree—I believe we need only reverse our thinking.

Jack Uldrich is a writer, futurist, public speaker and host of jumpthecurve.net. He is the author of seven books, including Jump the Curve and The Next Big Thing is Really Small: How Nanotechnology Will Change the Future of Your Business. He is also a frequent speaker on future technology and future trends, nanotechnology, innovation, change management and executive leadership to a variety of businesses, industries and non-profit organizations and trade associations.

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