The Future of the Commercial Sex Industry in 2030 Below is the presentation I delivered at 2011 World Future Society Conference and at the Association of Professional Futurists V-Gathering. Thank you for the support and questions- I look forward to sharing more research! View more presentations from localrat
Monthly Archives: July 2011
Jul 07
From the Alleys of Melbourne: The Local Rat
My best friends and I decided to pursue a start-up idea junior year of college. The concept seemed simple: create an AI recommendation system to help jetsetters experience a city like a local. It ended up being more technologically challenging than we initially anticipated. After a year and a half, we cut our losses and moved [...]
Jul 07
The End of Crystal Balls
How do you prepare for changes in the future? Do you gauge possibilities through speaking with family and friends? Read self-help books? Maybe you have your goals scribbled on scrap paper and saved in a drawer? The future is a perplexing subject. On one hand you have a very good idea of where you aspire [...]