BUSS1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sustainable Development Goals, Solar Fuel, Wechat
term’s founder = John Naisbitt
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are large, transformative processes with ‘global reach, broad scope, and a fundamental
and dramatic impact’.
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Large influence over the world we live in and the future of business
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Australian and global levels
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Direct linkages to the wicked problems (and some overlap)
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They cut both ways
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Megatrends:
Technological change driven by the acceleration, distribution and application of
computing power across industry via the internet, cloud and individual mobile
platforms
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has been called “the second machine age” and “the fourth industrial revolution”
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90% of the world’s data created in the last 4 years
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75% of stock trades today create by algorithm
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1 trillion objects connected by 2025
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Artificial intelligence 4:1 wins in GO (game) in 2016
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Artificial intelligence
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Machine learning
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Cloud
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Quantum computing
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Drones and autonomous vehicles
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Virtual reality
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3D/4D printing
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Robotics
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Connected devices
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Internet
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Based on
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building cars
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driving them
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writing articles
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managing funds
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diagnosing diseases
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delivering individually tailored learning
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Benefits (robots and algorithms are getting better at):
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Challenges in cyber security
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Limitations:
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impactful technology
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Six specific megatrends (identified) :
Megatrends
Sunday, 4 March 2018
1:57 PM
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Document Summary
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