Early Indications

Early Indications is the weblog version of a newsletter I've been publishing since 1997. It focuses on emerging technologies and their social implications.

Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Early Indications September 2017: Potpourri for $400, Alex

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As I’m reading 200+ newsletters in preparation for Early Indications’ 20th anniversary next month, a few ideas are floating around. In no...

Friday, September 01, 2017

Early Indications August 2017: Reflections on 20 years

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Twenty years ago, I went to work for a think tank run by Ernst & Young to lead research into online commerce. I had a robust travel b...

Monday, July 31, 2017

Early Indications July 2017 Review essay: Machine Platform Crowd by Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson

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Despite U.S. CEO pay being a bigger multiple of average wages than ever before, the job is also incredibly stressful, with intense sharehol...

Sunday, June 25, 2017

Early Indications June 2017 Review essay: Scale by Geoffrey West

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Review Essay: Scale: The Universal Laws of Growth, Innovation, Sustainability, and the Pace of Life in Organisms, Cities, Economies, and Co...

Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Early Indications May 2017: Education for a world of bits + atoms

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The physical world and the digital world are converging. 2-d bar codes and RFID tags serve as physical hyperlinks, connecting a physical ...

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John M. Jordan: John Jordan is a professor of practice at the Syracuse University School of Information Studies. He joins the iSchool from the Department of Supply Chain & Information Systems at Penn State, where he taught in the master's and undergraduate business programs. Formerly a principal with Ernst & Young/Capgemini, he directed research at the Center for Business Innovation and the Americas Office of the CTO. John holds a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan as well as a master’s from Yale University, and graduated from Duke University. Prior to entering consulting, he won teaching awards at the University of Michigan and Harvard University; in 2011, 2012, and 2013 he was honored among the best 2nd-year MBA professors at Penn State's business school. A new book on 3D Printing was published by MIT Press in 2019. His book on robotics was published by MIT Press in 2016 and is being translated into six languages. In 2012 he published Information, Technology, and Innovation with John Wiley.

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