Siemens commissioned TNS Infratest to produce a scenario document for the possible realities of 2020. The reports run the gamut from command and control government to the privatization of pension and education services. The site includes some interactive elements where you can predict where the greater trend is headed as well. Siemens is surely gathering data so as to help them develop products for either the flashy iconoclast brand driven future, or the subdues modest user created future.
The 300+ page document they commissioned is very through including environmental, economic, political, and social evolutions. Most interesting to me was the segment on work. The notion that the skill of the employee will be the backbone of a career and not the job itself is a positive change on the status-quo. You can find the future of work on page 47 of the document.
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