Jacques Vallee - TedX Talks 2013 - Anticipating Discontinuous Futures

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCeoNdajsTM

Published on Oct 10, 2013

The acceleration of technology in an increasingly connected society producing "impossible futures" that range from rapid collapse of major banks to the emergence of complex new forms of political power. The Internet has become both a tool and a victim of this global mutation.

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Jacques Vallee: http://www.jacquesvallee.net/

Apart from his work with information technology and finance, Jacques has had a long-term private interest in astronomy, in writing fiction and in the frontiers of research, notably unidentified aerial phenomena. He also serves on the scientific advisory board of Bigelow Aerospace in Las Vegas, Nevada (www.bigelowaerospace.com). He was awarded the Jules Verne Prize in Paris for a science fiction novel in French.