Future Trendspots: From the Streets of India (Part 1) Futurist Anders Sorman-Nilsson – Video

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Future Trendspots: From the Streets of India (Part 1) Futurist Anders Sorman-Nilsson
In this video from Agri, India, futurist and trendspotter Anders Sorman-Nilsson observes the changing consumer technology landscape in India, and the reflect...

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Why does it seemthat American society is in decline, that fairness and decorum are receding, that socialism and tyranny are becoming malignant despite the majority of the public being averse to such philosophies, yet the true root cause seems elusive? What if everything from unsustainable health care and social security costs, to stagnant wages and rising crime, tocrumbling infrastructure and metastasizing socialism, to the economic decline of major US cities like Detroit, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and Baltimore, could all be traced to a common origin that is extremely pervasive yet is all but absent from the national dialog, indeed from the dialog of the entire Western world?

Today, on the first day of the new decade of '201x' years, I am going to tell you why that is. I am herebytriggering the national dialog on what the foremost challenge for the United States will be in this decade, which is the ultimate root cause of most of the other problems we appear to be struggling with. What you are about to read isthe equivalent of someonein 1997 describing theexpected forces governing the War on Terror from 2001-2009in profound detail.

This is a very long article, the longest ever written on The Futurist.As it is a guide to the next decade of social, political, and sexual strife, it is not meant to be read in one shot but rather digested slowly over an extended period, with all supporting links read as well. As the months and years of this decade progress, this article will seem all the more prophetic.

Executive Summary : The Western World has quietly become a civilization that undervalues men and overvalues women,where the stateforcibly transfers resources from men to women creating various perverse incentives for otherwise good women to conduct great evil against men and children, and where male nature is vilified but female nature is celebrated. This isunfair to both genders, and is a recipe for a rapid civilizational decline and displacement, the costs of which will ultimately be borne by a subsequent generation of innocent women, rather than men, as soon as 2020.

The Cultural Thesis

The Myth of Female Oppression : All of us have been taught how women have supposedly been oppressed throughout human existence, and that this was pervasive, systematic, and endorsed by ordinary men who presumably had it much better than women. In reality, this narrative is entirely fabricated. The average man was forced to risk death on the battlefield, at sea, or in mines, while most women stayed indoors tending to children and household duties. Male life expectancy was always significantly lower than that of females, and still is.

Warfare has been a near constant feature of human society before the modern era, and whenever two tribes or kingdoms went to war with each other, the losing side saw many of its fighting-age men exterminated, while the women were assimilated into the invading society. Now, becoming a concubine or a housekeeper is an unfortunate fate, but not nearly as bad as being slaughtered in battle as the men were. To anyone who disagrees, would you like for the men and women to trade outcomes?

Most of this narrative stems from 'feminists' comparing the plight of average women to the topmost men (the monarch and other aristocrats), rather than to the average man. This practice is known as apex fallacy, and whether accidental or deliberate, entirely misrepresents reality. To approximate the conditions of the average woman to the average man (the key word being 'average') in the Western world of a century ago, simply observe the lives of the poorest peasants in poor countries today. Both men and women have to perform tedious work, have insufficient food and clothing, and limited opportunities for upliftment.

As far as selective anecdotes like voting rights go, in the vast majority of cases, men could not vote either. In fact, if one compares every nation state from every century, virtually all of them extended exactly the same voting rights (or lack thereof) to men and women. Even today, out of 200 sovereign states, there are exactly zero that have a different class of voting rights to men and women. Any claim that women were being denied rights than men were given in even 0.1% of historical instances, falls flat.

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Money Matters: Global Futurist Jack Uldrich to Keynote the 2014 Catalyst Corporate Federal Credit Union "Accelerating …

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Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) April 15, 2014

Ready. Set. Catalyst! On April 17th global futurist Jack Uldrich will keynote the 2014 Catalyst Corporate Federal Credit Union Annual Meeting and Accelerating Success Conference. The conference will take place at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, Nevada. The purpose of the meeting is to "review Catalyst Corporates activities and financial performance in 2013 and to outline plans for 2014."

As the keynote speaker, Uldrich aims to help Catalyst understand how technological trends, business forces and social media are merging to create fresh and innovative opportunities in the credit union industry. His keynote for Catalyst, "Foresight 2020" will address the cutting edge trends in technology in the credit union industry, including advances in mobile payments, "Big Data," peer-to-peer lending, wearable technology, artificial intelligence and collaborative consumption.

Honing in on relevant trends, Uldrich is tremendously adept at custom designing his message to each individual audience. He also offers powerful, constructive guidance for leveraging rapid technology-driven change into a competitive advantage. His captivating style blended with humor and anecdotes, along with timely and provocative insights motivate audiences like Catalyst to embrace the challenges and opportunities that lay ahead.

The following is an excerpt from Uldrich's most recent book, "20/20 Foresight: A Futurist Explores the Transformational Trends of Tomorrow," upon which his keynote is based. This chapter covers how unexpected events and unknown unknowns might adversely affect the future in the world of finance.

Other of Uldrichs bestselling and award-winning books include, Green Investing: A Guide to Making Money through Environment-Friendly Stocks; Unlearning 101: 101 Lessons in Thinking Inside-Out the Box, Higher Unlearning: 39 Post-Requisite Lessons for Achieving a Successful Future; The Next Big Thing is Really Small: How Nanotechnology Will Change the Future of Your Business; and Jump the Curve: 50 Essential Strategies to Help Your Company Stay Ahead of Emerging Technologies.

Celebrated as a national and international speaker and scholar, Uldrichs most recent keynotes have been delivered to the Fiatech, the 2014 ATEA Conference, the American Medical Association, TEXPERS, the Idaho Technology Council, Wells Fargo, the Allan P. Kirby Lecture Series at Wilkes University and The Million Dollar Round Table in Kuala Lumpur.

Some of Uldrichs other clients include General Electric, IBM, Cisco, United Healthcare, PepsiCo, Verizon Wireless, General Mills, the Young Presidents Organization (YPO), Pfizer, Healthcare Association of New York, Southern Company, St. Jude Medical, Dressbarn, AG Schering, Imation, Lockheed Martin, Fairview Hospitals, Touchstone Energy, The Insurance Service Organization.

Parties interested in learning more about Jack Uldrich, his books, his daily blog or his speaking availability are encouraged to visit his School of Unlearning website. Media wishing to know more about either the event or interviewing Jack can contact Amy Tomczyk at (651) 343.0660.

Uldrich is a renowned global futurist, best-selling author, editor of the monthly newsletter, The Exponential Executive, and host of the award-winning website, http://www.jumpthecurve.net.

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Freedom From Religion Foundation complains about Clemson football program

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The nonprofit alleges that coach Dabo Swinney crosses the line by using his position to promote Christianity.

The Freedom From Religion Foundation sent a letter of complaint to Clemson University, citing concerns about how much religious influence coaches have on football players,according to The Greenville News.

According to the foundation, Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney has promoted a culture in the program that violates constitutional stipulations of the separation of church and state.

A spokesman for the athletic department declined to comment on the letter. Cathy Sams, the university's chief public affairs officer, said her department has not completed its review of the letter but said Swinney hasn't forced his religion onto his players.

The foundation does not plan to bring this to litigation, and according to the article, it does not want to infringe on Swinney's rights of religious freedom. However, it wants to ensure that the Clemson players are protected for instance, it wants to make sure that some players aren't given preferential treatment on the basis of religion. It also wants to make sure Swinney's position as head coach doesn't pressure athletes into becoming more religious.

"What we have observed in the records is that the football coaching staff is doing a number of things to promote Christianity to their student-athletes," foundation staff attorney Patrick Elliott said.

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"What we'd like to see is the end of this chaplaincy position and end to Bible distributions by coaches, an end to devotionals scheduled and put on by coaches and staff. The coaches need to step back and just coach (football) and not coach in religious matters."

Under Swinney, Clemson has had an outwardly religious program,which was discussed in a Chronicle of Higher Education feature last year. According to the piece, there are Bible studies for coaches twice a week, three other devotionals each week and a voluntary chapel for players the night before each game. Star receiver DeAndre Hopkins was baptized in a livestock trough on the 50-yard line after a practice in 2012. Swinney says he is up front about his faith.

Before they ever joined the team, some of them prayed with coaches on the phone during recruiting calls. On recruiting visits, they heard from Mr. Swinney: "I'm a Christian. If you have a problem with that, you don't have to be here."

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Sterilization victims asked to come forward

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Surprise proposal marks ECU spring football game Surprise proposal marks ECU spring football game

Updated: Tuesday, April 15 2014 9:57 AM EDT2014-04-15 13:57:36 GMT

The Pirate's spring football game featured a little bit of everything, big plays, big hits and one big proposal.

The Pirate's spring football game featured a little bit of everything, big plays, big hits and one big proposal.

Updated: Tuesday, April 15 2014 1:45 PM EDT2014-04-15 17:45:25 GMT

Rain showers moving through this afternoon with maybe an embedded thunderstorm. Cold air moves in overnight tonight.

Rain showers moving through this afternoon with maybe an embedded thunderstorm. Cold air moves in overnight tonight.

Updated: Monday, April 14 2014 10:59 AM EDT2014-04-14 14:59:48 GMT

One man is behind bars and another wanted in a fast food armed robbery.

One man is behind bars and another wanted in a fast food armed robbery.

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