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Speed vs. Human Nature

In our technological rush to the future, take time to examine the past.

By Lisa H. Harrington CPCU, CAE | Updated on October 31, 2012
Have you read Daniel Burrus’ book “Flash Foresight”? It is a fantastic study of the concept of radical, world-changing ideas. Burrus doesn’t just list the ideas or new gadgets; he helps us understand the thought processes of these innovators and to think about life in a different way. His newsletter is equally motivating as his books.

There is a lot of gloom in the news, and when a new gadget promises to make our lives better, it’s a quick transition for some folks to feel that everything will be OK because of their new toys. No matter how bad we think the economy is, people still wait in line to buy new gadgets. There must be something to this.

The fact that the human mind continues to invent new possibilities is inspiring. For example, we don’t have an energy crisis at all, Burrus said, we just need to learn how to tap the many sources out there. And because of smartphones, whole generations of developing countries are coming into the 21st century having skipped right over the 20th: They never had cable TV, but TV broadcasts on those little phones because of satellites and wireless technology. Technology can take us to new heights of human understanding and create health and prosperity where bulldozers and roads can’t begin to reach.

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