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What if “life in prison” could mean 100 or 200 or 400 years? Does that change the way that sentences are doled out? What happens when a person gets out of prison?

For all of you who’ve written in asking me to do an episode about longevity, this episode is for you. But instead of looking at the usual living forever stuff, we’re specifically going to talk about what happens when it gets applied to the prison system.

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“The evidence is incontrovertible that recent extinction rates are unprecedented in human history and highly unusual in Earth’s history. Our analysis emphasizes that our global society has started to destroy species of other organisms at an accelerating rate, initiating a mass extinction episode unparalleled for 65 million years. If the currently elevated extinction pace is allowed to continue, humans will soon (in as little as three human lifetimes) be deprived of many biodiversity benefits.”

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Quoted: “Tony Williams, the founder of the British-based legal consulting firm, said that law firms will see nearly all their process work handled by artificial intelligence robots. The robotic undertaking will revolutionize the industry, “completely upending the traditional associate leverage model.” And: “The report predicts that the artificial intelligence technology will replace all the work involving processing information, along with a wide variety of overturned policies.”

Read the article here > https://hacked.com/legal-consulting-firm-believes-artificial-intelligence-replace-lawyers-2030/

Via @ClubOfINFO.
Julian Assange’s 2014 book When Google Met WikiLeaks consists of essays authored by Assange and, more significantly, the transcript of a discussion between Assange and Google’s Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen.
As should be of greatest interest to technology enthusiasts, we revisit some of the uplifting ideas from Assange’s philosophy that I picked out from among the otherwise dystopian high-tech future predicted in Cypherpunks (2012). Assange sees the Internet as “transitioning from an apathetic communications medium into a demos – a people” defined by shared culture, values and aspirations (p. 10). This idea, in particular, I can identify with.
Assange’s description of how digital communication is “non-linear” and compromises traditional power relations is excellent. He notes that relations defined by physical resources and technology (unlike information), however, continue to be static (p. 67). I highlight this as important for the following reason. It profoundly strengthens the hypothesis that state power will also eventually recede and collapse in the physical world, with the spread of personal factories and personal enhancement technologies (analogous to personal computers) like 3-d printers and synthetic life-forms, as explained in my own techno-liberation thesis and in the work of theorists like Yannick Rumpala.
When Google Met Wikileaks tells, better than any other text, the story of the clash of philosophies between Google and WikiLeaks – despite Google’s Eric Schmidt assuring Assange that he is “sympathetic to you, obviously”. Specifically, Assange draws our attention to the worryingly close relationship between Google and the militarized US police state in the post-9/11 era. Fittingly, large portions of the book (p. 10–16, 205–220) are devoted to giving Assange’s account of the now exposed world-molesting US regime’s war on WikiLeaks and its cowardly attempts to stifle transparency and accountability.
The publication of When Google Met WikiLeaks is really a reaction to Google chairman Eric Schmidt’s 2013 book The New Digital Age (2013), co-authored with Google Ideas director Jared Cohen. Unfortunately, I have not studied that book, although I intend to pen a fitting enough review for it in due course to follow on from this review. It is safe to say that Assange’s own review in the New York Times in 2013 was quite crushing enough. However, nothing could be more devastating to its pro-US thesis than the revelations of widespread illegal domestic spying exposed by Edward Snowden, which shook the US and the entire world shortly after The New Digital Age’s very release.
Assange’s review of The New Digital Age is reprinted in his book (p. 53–60). In it, he describes how Schmidt and Cohen are in fact little better than State Department cronies (p. 22–25, 32, 37–42), who first met in Iraq and were “excited that consumer technology was transforming a society flattened by United States military occupation”. In turn, Assange’s review flattens both of these apologists and their feeble pretense to be liberating the world, tearing their book apart as a “love song” to a regime, which deliberately ignores the regime’s own disgraceful record of human rights abuses and tries to conflate US aggression with free market forces (p. 201–203).
Cohen and Schmidt, Assange tells us, are hypocrites, feigning concerns about authoritarian abuses that they secretly knew to be happening in their own country with Google’s full knowledge and collaboration, yet did nothing about (p. 58, 203). Assange describes the book, authored by Google’s best, as a shoddily researched, sycophantic dance of affection for US foreign policy, mocking the parade of praise it received from some of the greatest villains and war criminals still at large today, from Madeleine Albright to Tony Blair. The authors, Assange claims, are hardly sympathetic to the democratic internet, as they “insinuate that politically motivated direct action on the internet lies on the terrorist spectrum” (p. 200).
As with Cypherpunks, most of Assange’s book consists of a transcript based on a recording that can be found at WikiLeaks, and in drafting this review I listened to the recording rather than reading the transcript in the book. The conversation moves in what I thought to be three stages, the first addressing how WikiLeaks operates and the kind of politically beneficial journalism promoted by WikiLeaks. The second stage of the conversation addresses the good that WikiLeaks believes it has achieved politically, with Assange claiming credit for a series of events that led to the Arab Spring and key government resignations.
When we get to the third stage of the conversation, something of a clash becomes evident between the Google chairman and WikiLeaks editor-in-chief, as Schmidt and Cohen begin to posit hypothetical scenarios in which WikiLeaks could potentially cause harm. The disagreement evident in this part of the discussion is apparently shown in Schmidt and Cohen’s book: they alleged that “Assange, specifically” (or any other editor) lacks sufficient moral authority to decide what to publish. Instead, we find special pleading from Schmidt and Cohen for the state: while regime control over information in other countries is bad, US regime control over information is good (p. 196).
According to the special pleading of Google’s top executives, only one regime – the US government and its secret military courts – has sufficient moral authority to make decisions about whether a disclosure is harmful or not. Assange points out that Google’s brightest seem eager to avoid explaining why this one regime should have such privilege, and others should not. He writes that Schmidt and Cohen “will tell you that open-mindedness is a virtue, but all perspectives that challenge the exceptionalist drive at the heart of American foreign policy will remain invisible to them” (p. 35).
Assange makes a compelling argument that Google is not immune to the coercive power of the state in which it operates. We need to stop mindlessly chanting “Google is different. Google is visionary. Google is the future. Google is more than just a company. Google gives back to the community. Google is a force for good” (p. 36). It’s time to tell it how it is, and Assange knows just how to say it.
Google is becoming a force for bad, and is little different from any other massive corporation led by ageing cronies of the narrow-minded state that has perpetrated the worst outrages against the open and democratic internet. Google “Ideas” are myopic, close-minded, and nationalist (p. 26), and the corporate-state cronies who think them up have no intention to reduce the number of murdered journalists, torture chambers and rape rooms in the world or criticize the regime under which they live. Google’s politics are about keeping things exactly as they are, and there is nothing progressive about that vision.
To conclude with what was perhaps the strongest point in the book, Assange quotes NYT columnist Tom Friedman. We are warned by Friedman as early as 1999 that Silicon Valley is led less now by the mercurial “hidden hand” of the market than the “hidden fist” of the US state. Assange argues, further, that the close relations between Silicon Valley and the regime in Washington indicate Silicon Valley is now like a “velvet glove” on the “hidden fist” of the regime (p. 43). Similarly, Assange warns those of us of a libertarian persuasion that the danger posed by the state has two horns – one government, the other corporate – and that limiting our attacks to one of them means getting gored on the other. Despite its positive public image, Google’s (and possibly also Facebook’s) ties with the US state for the purpose of monitoring the US pubic deserve a strong public backlash.
By Harry J. Bentham – More articles by Harry J. Bentham
Originally published at h+ Magazine on 18 September 2014
#Exclusive: @HJBentham @ClubOfINFO responds to @Hetero_Sapien @IEET
After the reprint at the ClubOfINFO webzine of Franco Cortese’s excellent IEET (Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies) article about how advanced technology clashes with the Second Amendment of the US Constitution, I am interested enough that I have decided to put together this response. Changes in technology do eventually force changes in the law, and some laws ultimately have to be scrapped. However there is an argument to be made that the Second Amendment’s deterrent against tyranny should not be dismissed too easily.
Franco points out that the Second Amendment’s “most prominent justification” is that citizens require a form of self-defense against a potentially corrupt government. In such a case, they may need to take back the state by force through a “citizen militia”.

Technology and “stateness”

The argument given by Franco against the idea of citizens engaging their government in battle leads to a conclusion that “technological growth has made the Second Amendment redundant”. Arms in the Eighteenth Century were “roughly equal” for the citizenry and the military. According to Franco’s article, “in 1791, the only thing that distinguished the defensive or offensive capability of military from citizenry was quantity. Now it’s quality.”
I believe the above point about the state monopoly on force going from being based on quantity to quality can be disputed. The analysis from Franco seems to be that the norms of warfare and the internal effectiveness of state power are set by the level technology available to the state. Although there is of course a strong technological element involved in these manifestations of state power, it is more accurate to say “stateness” – which military power is only the international reflection of – is due to a combination of having more legitimacy, resources and organization. The effectiveness of this kind of “stateness”, including the ability of the most powerful states to overcome challenges of internecine warfare, has not changed very decisively since the Nineteenth Century.
In fact, stateness is said by many analysts to have declined worldwide since the fall of the Berlin Wall. Since that event and the subsequent dissolution of the USSR, the number of states facing internal crisis seems to have only risen, which suggests stateness is being weakened globally due to many complex pressures. Advanced technology is itself even credited with eroding stateness, as transport and the Internet only give citizens ever more abilities to get around, provoke, rebel and ultimately erode the strength and legitimacy of the state. In most arenas of social change, states face unprecedented challenges from their own citizens because of the unexpected changes in advanced technology that have taken place over the last few decades. Concerning the future of this trend, Franco aptly anticipates in his article that “post-scarcity” technologies would make things even more uncomfortable for the state, pushing it to rely on secrecy and suppression of knowledge to avoid proliferation of devastating weapons.
Much of this commentary on the loss of stateness may seem irrelevant to the right to bear arms in the United States, but it is relevant for reasons that will become clear in this article. We cannot say that the US government has a true monopoly on force due to its technology, and that the potential of a citizen uprising is gone. We have seen too many other “modern” states such as Yugoslavia, Somalia, Lebanon, Libya, Syria and Mali quickly deteriorate into full scale civil war just because groups of determined citizens took up light weapons (many of those rebels have far less skill and technology at their disposal than the average US gun owner).

Internecine warfare in the United States

From what we have seen of civil war in other countries, we cannot know that simple rifles and handguns really are a useless path of resistance against a modern state tyranny, just because the tyrants will have more lethal options such as cluster bombs and nerve gas. Even the most crudely armed insurrectionists are capable of overthrowing their governments, if they are determined and numerous enough. Having a lightly armed population from the outset, like the US population, only makes it more likely that such a war against tyranny would be ubiquitous and likely to succeed swiftly from the outset.
If we do take the unlikely position of supposing that the United States will degenerate into a true tyranny in the Aristotelian definition, then US citizens certainly need their right to bear arms. More than that, their path of armed resistance using those light weapons could still realistically win. If their cause was just, we can suppose that they would be battling in self-defense against a tyrannical regime that has plummeting legitimacy, or is buying time for contingents of the military to break off and join the rebellion. In such a situation, the sheer number of citizens taking up arms would do more than just demoralize government troops and lead to indecision among them.
The fact of a generally well-armed population would, if they took up arms against their regime, guarantee the existence of a widespread insurgency to such an extent that the rulers would face many years of internecine resistance and live under the constant specter of assassination. Add the internal economic devastation caused by citizens committing acts of sabotage and civil disobedience, foreign sanctions by other states, and even international aid to the insurgents by external actors, and the tyrants could be ousted even by the most lightly armed militia units.
Explaining the imbalance that has prevailed between the military might of states and the internal ability of citizens to resist their ruling regimes with arms, Franco notes that the “overwhelming majority of new technological advances are able to be leveraged by the military before they trickle down to the average citizen through industry.” This is certainly true. However, the summation that resistance is futile would not take into account the treacherous opportunities that exist in every internecine war.
When the state projects force internally, it prefers to call that “law enforcement” for as long as it remains in control of the situation. Even if the violence gets more widespread and becomes civil war, the state denies such a fact until the very last moment. Even then, it prefers to minimize the damage on its own territory, because the damage would ultimately have to be repaired and paid for by the state itself. Even in a civil war situation, the technology brought to bear against citizens by the government would never be as heavy or destructive as the kind of equipment brought to bear against foreign states or non-state actors. This is for the simple reason that the state, in a civil war, has to try to avoid obliterating its own constituents and infrastructure for political reasons. If it is caught committing such a desperate and disproportionate act, it will only undermine itself and give a propaganda coup to its lightly equipped opponents by committing a heavy-handed atrocity.
The imbalance of the superior technology of the United States government in contrast to the basic handguns and rifles of its citizenry is real, but it would have zero significance if a real internecine war took place in the United States. The deadliest weapons in the arsenal of the United States, such as nuclear or biological weapons, would never be used to confront internecine threats, so they are not relevant enough to enter the debate on the Second Amendment.
The concept of taking back government via a citizen militia is not about defeating a whole nation in the conventional sense through raw military strength, but rather about a multifaceted political struggle in which the nation is able to confront and defeat the ruling regime via some form of internecine combat. The US would tend to prefer handling militant and “terrorist” adversaries on its own territory with the bare minimum of heavy equipment and ordnance at all times. Given this, the real technological contest would only be between opposing marksmen and their rifles (any advanced firearms would soon be seized by guerrillas and used back against the state). No ridiculously unbalanced battle with tanks, nukes and generals on one side and “simple folks” with shotguns on the other side would take place. In most civil wars, the use of tanks and warplanes (never mind nukes) only tends to make matters worse for the ruling government by hitting bystanders and further alienating the people on the ground. The US military leadership should know this better than anyone else, having condemned regime after regime for making that same mistake of heavy-handed escalation.
Anti-tyranny insurgency using only light (and easily hidden) armaments is as viable in 2014 as it was in the Eighteenth Century, and has proven sufficient to delegitimize and ultimately remove brutal regimes from power. Any sufficiently unpopular regime can be delegitimized and removed from power by the armed resistance of lightly-equipped militia forces.
Franco’s conclusion that the US should neither extend the Second Amendment to cover giving everyone access to ridiculously devastating weapons, nor scrap the Second Amendment altogether, is wise and relevant to helping US society make some difficult decisions. Law (and by extension stateness) is “uncertain in the face of technologies’ upward growth.” States that want to remain popular should try to be as adaptive as possible to new (and old) technologies and ideas, and not be swayed by any single narrow-minded idea or program for society. If the American people distrust their system of government enough to keep their right to bear arms, for fear of tyranny, then the Second Amendment ought to remain.

By Harry J. Bentham — More articles by Harry J. Bentham

This article originally appeared at the techno-politics magazine, ClubOfINFO

Oil and Gas Tankers (maritime vessels) that has continuously benefited from Mr. Andres Agostini’s White Swan Transformative and Integrative Risk Management. The White Swan Idea is at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2014/04/white-swan

Through five and half years, the White Swan Book Author Andres Agostini concurrently managed the risks of ten (10) oil and gas tankers (maritime vessels). There is a sample of five (5) vessels here.

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The White Swan Idea is at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2014/04/white-swan

The Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador Mr. Andres Agostini’s own White Swan Dictionary, Countermeassuring Every Unthinkable Black Swan, at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2014/04/white-swan

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WHITE SWAN — UNABRIDGED DICTIONARY

Altogetherness.— Altogetherness is the quality of conforming to the ability to investigate with all or everything included.

A Posteriori.— “ … A Posteriori indicates the demonstration that entails the ascendance of the effect to the cause, or the properties of the essence of something [….] After examining the matter that is dealt with [….] Derived by or designating the process of reasoning from facts or particulars to general principles or from effects to causes; inductive; empirical [….] Knowable from experience [….] relating to or involving inductive reasoning from particular facts or effects to a general principle [….] derived from or requiring evidence for its validation or support; empirical; open to revision [….] from particular instances to a general principle or law; based on observation or experiment [….] not existing in the mind prior to or apart from experience [….] the process of reasoning from effect to cause, based upon observation …”

A Priori.— “ … A Priori comprises that proceeds from a known or assumed cause to a necessarily related effect; deductive [….] Derived by or designating the process of reasoning without reference to particular facts or experience [….] Knowable without appeal to particular experience [….] Made before or without examination; not supported by factual study [….] relating to or involving deductive reasoning from a general principle to the expected facts or effects [….] to be true independently of or in advance of experience of the subject matter; requiring no evidence for its validation or support [….] existing in the mind independent of experience [….] conceived beforehand …”

Blitzkrieg.— “ … Blitzkrieg is a German MEME for war-waging White Swan Corporate Strategy conducted against competitors and with great speed and force; specifically: a violent techno-surprise offensive by massed brick-and-mortar forces and through digitized ground and World-Wide Web forces in close beyond-perfection coordination …”

Change .— “… Change is to transfer from (one conveyance) to another and/or to undergo transformation or transition and/or to go from one phase to another and/or the act, process, or result of altering or modifying and/or the replacing of one thing for another; substitution and/or a transformation or transition from one state, condition, or phase to another and/or to make or become different and/or a variation, deviation, or modification and/or anything that is or may be substituted for something else and/or to transform and/or to transfer from one (conveyance) to another and/or to pass gradually into and/or to pass from one phase to another and/or the act of changing or the result of being changed and/or a transformation or modification and/or the substitution of one thing for another and/or the process of becoming different and/or impermanence and/or biological metamorphosis …”

Closenessfulness.— (Closenessfulness is the quality of conforming to the ability to see immediate and near-term foreseeable futures and likely prospects).

Complexity Science .— “ … Complexity Science is the systematic study of the nature and behavior of the material and physical universe, based on observation, experiment, and measurement, and the formulation of laws to describe these facts in general terms with the utter purpose of instituting the perusal of the phenomena which emerge from a collection of interacting objects [….] Complexity expresses a condition of numerous elements in a system and numerous forms of relationships among the elements [….] The use of the term complex is often confused with the term complicated. In today’s systems, this is the difference between myriad connecting ‘stovepipes’ and effective ‘integrated’ solutions. This means that complex is the opposite of independent, while complicated is the opposite of simple [….] While this has led some fields to come up with specific definitions of complexity, there is a more recent movement to regroup observations from different fields to study complexity in itself, whether it appears in anthills, human brains, or stock markets. One such interdisciplinary group of fields is relational order theories …”

Counter-closenessfulness.— (Counter-closenessfulness is the quality of conforming to the ability to see alternate immediate and near-term foreseeable futures and likely prospects).

Counter-DoctorStangelovesness.— (Counter-DoctorStangelovesness is the quality of conforming to the ability to investigate, through alternate military strategy and practical systems theory as they are instituted in corporate theater of operations, as claims of management phenomena with potential corporate for-lucre application, such as ‘remote viewing’ through scenario-planning methodology ‘unthinkables’, the purported ability to physically ‘see’ unknown events, sites, or information from a great temporal distance, including those of the environment, industries and specially those of direct and indirect competitors to said corporations. Taken by Applied Thinkers and Savvy Corporation by and beyond the prescription of the RAND Corporation and the Hudson Institute).

Counter-farsightfulness.— (Counter-farsightfulness is the quality of conforming to the ability to see alternate foreseeable futures and likely prospects).

Counter-foresightfulness.— (Counter-foresightfulness is the quality of conforming to the alternate perception of the significance and nature of events before they have occurred).

Counter-hindsightfulness.— (Counter-hindsightfulness is the quality of conforming to an alternate perception of the significance and nature of events after they have occurred).

Counter-insightfulness.— (Counter-insightfulness is the quality of conforming to the ability to engage the alternate acute observation and deduction, penetration, discernment, perception and understanding of a specific cause and effect in a specific context).

Counter-intuitvenessfulness.— (Counter-intuitvenessfulness is the quality of conforming to the ability to perceiving alternate intuitive knowledge).

Counter-Stargatenessfulness.— (Counter-Stargatenessfulness is the quality of conforming to the ability to investigate alternate claims of psychic phenomena with potential corporate for-lucre application, such as ‘remote viewing’, the purported ability to psychically ‘see’ events, sites, or information from a great distance, including those of the environment, industries and specially those of direct and indirect competitors. Taken by Applied Thinkers and Visionary Corporation by the U.S. Federal Government’ and the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency’s Stargate Project).

DoctorStangelovesness.— (DoctorStangelovesness is the quality of conforming to the ability to investigate, through military strategy and practical systems theory as they are instituted in corporate theater of operations, as claims of management phenomena with potential corporate for-lucre application, such as ‘remote viewing’ through scenario-planning methodology ‘unthinkables’, the purported ability to physically ‘see’ unknown events, sites, or information from a great temporal distance, including those of the environment, industries and specially those of direct and indirect competitors to said corporations. Taken by Applied Thinkers and Savvy Corporation by and beyond the prescription of the RAND Corporation and the Hudson Institute).

Dynamic Driving Forces .— “…Dynamic Driving Forces are forces outside the firm (external factors) that trigger the change of strategy in an organization. Industry conditions change because important forces (the most dominant ones that have the biggest influence on what kinds of changes will take place in the industry’s structure and competitive environment) are driving industry participants (competitors, customers, or suppliers) to alter their actions, and thus the driving forces in an industry are the major underlying causes of changing industry and competitive conditions. Driving forces analysis has two steps: identifying what the driving forces are and assessing the impact they will have on the industry .… The Most Common Dynamic Driving Forces include: 1. The Internet and new e-commerce opportunities and threats it breeds in the industry; 2. Increasing globalization of the industry; 3. Changes in the long-run industry growth rate; 4. Changes in who buys the products and how they use it. 5. Product innovation; 6. Technological change; 7. Market innovation; 8. Entry or exit of major firms; 9. Diffusion of technical know-how across more companies and more countries; 10. Changes in cost and efficiency. 11. Growing buyer for preferences for differentiated products instead of a commodity product (or for a more standardized product instead of strongly differentiated products); 12. Regulatory influences and government policy changes; 13. Changing societal concerns, attitudes, and lifestyles; 14. Reductions in uncertainty and business risk … Other dynamic driving forces include geologic, climatological, political, geopolitical, demographic, social, ethical, economic, technological, financial, legal and environmental forces, among others …”

Dynamics.— “…Dynamics is a branch of mechanics that deals with forces and their relation primarily to the motion but sometimes also to the equilibrium of bodies …. an underlying cause of change or growth …. a pattern or process of change, growth, or activity *population dynamics* …”

Far-fetched.— “ … Far-fetched is improbable in nature; unlikely. But given the emergent as-of-now nature of the Omniverse, far-fetched is omniverseral nature’s most probable and so probable to tectonically reform our cosmovisions, in front and beyond our smartest observations, and other constellations believed indisputable by our folly human assumptions …”

Farsightfulness.— (Farsightfulness is the quality of conforming to the ability to see the foreseeable futures and likely prospects).

Flawness.— (Flawness is the quality of conforming to maximum error and failure).

Foresightfulness.— (Foresightfulness is the quality of conforming to perception of the significance and nature of events before they have occurred).

Fortuitousness.— (Unexpected and casually happening[s], as a result of corporate manager’s perpetual MOST-RECURSIVE search for lucrative intangibles in omniverseral: (a) hidden quadrants and (b) ignored flanks and © forgotten angles, and (d) recondite spheres and (e) hermetic theater of operations and (e) unrealized orbits.

Futilitifulness Thinking.— (Futilitifulness is the quality of conforming to maximum futility).

Future (the ‚) .— “ … The Future is 1) What is yet to come, 2) What can happen or not, 3) The future is a tranquil country, 4) The indefinite time yet to come, 5) Something that will happen in time to come, 6) A prospective or expected condition, 7) Undetermined events that will occur in that time, 8) time that is to be or come hereafter, 9) Something that will exist or happen in time to come, 9) The period of time following the present moment and continuing on indefinitely, 10) The situation or condition of someone or something in the future, 11) One of a plurality of possible future conditions or situations, 12) The time or a period of time following the moment of speaking or writing; time regarded as still to come, 13) The future is what will happen in the time period after the present. Its arrival is considered inevitable due to the existence of time and the laws of physics. Due to the apparent nature of reality and the inevitability of the future, everything that currently exists and will exist can be categorized as either permanent, meaning that it will exist for the whole of the future, or temporary, meaning that it won’t and thus will come to an end. The future and the concept of eternity have been major subjects of philosophy, religion, and science, and defining them non-controversially has consistently eluded the greatest of minds. In the Occidental view, which uses a linear conception of time, the future is the portion of the projected time line that is anticipated to occur. In special relativity, the future is considered absolute future, or the future light cone. 14) The only way you can see the future is if you’re ahead of your own time, 15) Learning how to be ahead of your time, today!, 16) The future is that the future is something that happens to us, not something we create, 17) Our future is determined by the actions of all of us alive today. our choices determine our destiny, 18) The future is a phenomenon that will be completely real someday even though it does not exist today, 19) Future is too important to be lost under the burden of juvenile folly and ignorant superstition, 20) Our intuition about the future is linear, which is hard-wired in our brains, 21) The future is being colonized all the time by people who have the resources, who do spend time thinking about it, planning for it and trying to shape it in their direction, 22) The future is already here; it’s just not evenly distributed, 23) the future is called ‘perhaps,’ which is the only possible thing to call the future. and the important thing is not to allow that to scare you, 24) The future is unsure. that’s the way it should be, 25) The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power, 26) The future is the past of to-morrow, 27) The best way to predict the future is to invent it, 28) To be masters of the future is to change the past, 29) The future is extremely important to high morale, to dynamism, to consensus, and in general to help the wheels of society turn smoothly, 30) The past is gone, the future is not to come, and the present becomes the past even while we attempt to define it, 31) The future is not for the fainthearted, 32) The future is not an echo of the past, 33) The future is not a privilege but a perpetual conquest, 34) The future is not what will happen; the future is what is happening, 35) The future is more challenging than playing catch up, 36) The future is not an extrapolation of the past, 37) The future is not something we enter. The future is something we create, 38) The future is an unknown country which requires tough visas for anyone to enter. not all of us will get the chance to visit it, 39) The future is not what is coming at us, but what we are headed for, 40) The future is where I expect to spend the rest of my life, 41) The danger of the future is that men may become robots, 42) The future is the creation of millions of independent economic actors, 43) The future is independent of the past, 44) The future is alive. Like the present, the future is not a single, uniform state but an ongoing process that reflects the plenitude of human life, 45) The future is natural, out of anyone’s control, 46) The future is continually stalking on the present, 47) The future is technocracy in perpetuity, 48) The future is eternally clashing the present, 49) The future is absolute hard science dominance, 50) The future is going to get invented, with you or without you, 51) The future is S-H-A-Z-A-M (“…The wisdom of Solomon, the stamina of Atlas, the power of Zeus, the courage of Achilles, and the speed of Mercury.…” and 52) The future is not something that happens to us, but something we create.

Fuzzy Logic.— (A form of algebra employing a range of values from “true” to “false” that is used in decision-making with imprecise data, as in artificial intelligence systems, as a result of corporate manager’s perpetual MOST-RECURSIVE search for lucrative intangibles in omniverseral: (a) hidden quadrants and (b) ignored flanks and © forgotten angles, and (d) recondite spheres and (e) hermetic theater of operations and (e) unrealized orbits.

Haphazardness.— (the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan, as a result of corporate manager’s perpetual MOST-RECURSIVE search for lucrative intangibles in omniverseral: (a) hidden quadrants and (b) ignored flanks and © forgotten angles, and (d) recondite spheres and (e) hermetic theater of operations and (e) unrealized orbits.

Hindsightfulness.— (Hindsightfulness is the quality of conforming to perception of the significance and nature of events after they have occurred).

Inflection point .— “…Inflection point is a moment of dramatic change, especially in the development of a company, industry, or market … And/or a time of significant change in a situation; a turning point … A moment of dramatic change, especially in the development of a company, industry, or market … A point on a chart that marks the beginning of a significant move, either up or down … An event that results in a significant change in the progress of a company, industry, sector, economy or geopolitical situation. An inflection point can be considered a turning point after which a dramatic change, with either positive or negative results, is expected to result. Companies, industries, sectors and economies are dynamic and constantly evolving. Inflection points are more significant than the small day-to-day progress that is made and the effects of the change are often well-known and widespread … Andy Grove, Intel’s co-founder, described a strategic inflection point as ‘…an event that changes the way we think and act …’ … What Intel’s Grove calls ‘…strategic inflection point …, Andres terms « … Sputnik Moment inflection point … » … Inflection points can be a result of action taken by a company, or through actions taken by another entity, that has a direct impact on the company. Regulatory changes, for instance, could lead to an inflection point for a corporation that was previously held back by regulatory compliance issues. Inflection points in technology include the advent of the Internet and smart phones. Politically, an inflection point can be illustrated by the fall of the Berlin Wall or the fall of Communism in Poland and other Eastern Bloc countries …”

Insightfulness.— (Insightfulness is the quality of conforming to the ability to engage the acute observation and deduction, penetration, discernment, perception and understanding of a specific cause and effect in a specific context).

Intuitvenessfulness.— (Intuitvenessfulness is the quality of conforming to the ability to perceiving intuitive knowledge).

Litmus Test.— “… Litmus Test is a critical indication of future success or failure …”

Minimax.— “… Minimax is a decision rule used in decision theory, game theory, statistics and philosophy for minimizing the possible loss for a worst case (maximum loss) scenario. Alternatively, it can be thought of as maximizing the minimum gain (maximin or MaxMin). Originally formulated for two-player zero-sum game theory, covering both the cases where players take alternate moves and those where they make simultaneous moves, it has also been extended to more complex games and to general decision making in the presence of uncertainty …. In the theory of simultaneous games, a minimax strategy is a mixed strategy which is part of the solution to a zero-sum game. In zero-sum games, the minimax solution is the same as the Nash equilibrium …”

Mishaps.— (an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another, as a result of corporate manager’s perpetual MOST-RECURSIVE search for lucrative intangibles in omniverseral: (a) hidden quadrants and (b) ignored flanks and © forgotten angles, and (d) recondite spheres and (e) hermetic theater of operations and (e) unrealized orbits.

Mistakenness .— (Mistakenness is the quality of conforming to maximum mistake and an unintentional act, omission).

Narrow-mindedness.— (Narrow-mindedness is the quality of conforming to unresponsive to new ideas).

Normalness.— (Normalness is the quality of conforming to maximum normal quality or normal condition).

Omniscience .— “… Applied non-theological omniscience consists of having total knowledge; knowing everything, having infinite knowledge, the current state of knowledge, the ability to know anything that one chooses to know and can be known and actually knowing everything that can be known. Synonyms to omniscience include panshopy, polyhistory and all-knowingness.…”

Open-mindedness.— (Open-mindedness is the quality of conforming to receptiveness to new ideas).

Prospective.— “ … Prospective comprises something that is likely or expected to happen [….] that looks forward to the future [….] that it is anticipated or likely to happen [….] of or in the future [….] potential, likely, or expected [….] yet to be or coming [….] of or concerned with or related to the future Set of analyzes and studies developed with the utter end of exploring or foretelling the future, regarding a determined subject matter …”.

Pseudo-fortuitousness.— (quasi-unexpected and quasi-casually happening[s], as a result of corporate manager’s perpetual MOST-RECURSIVE search for lucrative intangibles in omniverseral: (a) hidden quadrants and (b) ignored flanks and © forgotten angles, and (d) recondite spheres and (e) hermetic theater of operations and (e) unrealized orbits.

Pseudo-Fuzzy Logic.— (A form of algebra employing a range of values from quasi-“true” to quasi-“false” that is used in decision-making with quasi-imprecise data, as in artificial intelligence systems, as a result of corporate manager’s perpetual MOST-RECURSIVE search for lucrative intangibles in omniverseral: (a) hidden quadrants and (b) ignored flanks and © forgotten angles, and (d) recondite spheres and (e) hermetic theater of operations and (e) unrealized orbits.

Pseudo-Haphazardness.— (the quality of quasi-lacking any predictable order or plan, as a result of corporate manager’s perpetual MOST-RECURSIVE search for lucrative intangibles in omniverseral: (a) hidden quadrants and (b) ignored flanks and © forgotten angles, and (d) recondite spheres and (e) hermetic theater of operations and (e) unrealized orbits.

Pseudo-Mishaps.— (a quasi-unknown and quasi-unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another, as a result of corporate manager’s perpetual MOST-RECURSIVE search for lucrative intangibles in omniverseral: (a) hidden quadrants and (b) ignored flanks and © forgotten angles, and (d) recondite spheres and (e) hermetic theater of operations and (e) unrealized orbits.

Pseudoserendipity.— Pseudoserendipity means PURPOSEFULLY CREATING the constant preconditions and conditions to seize “fortuitous happenstance” and/or “pleasant surprise” and/or “always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things which they were not in quest of”. And also entails unexpected positive and beneficial accident(s) [….] the art of finding something unintended [….] the common experience of observing unexpected, anomalous and strategic data and events, which are transformed into the instance and context to develop a new theory or to complement an existing theory [….] And the faculty of making fortunate Technological Breakthroughs and Scientific Discoveries And Innovation Developments by accident, as a result of corporate manager’s perpetual MOST-RECURSIVE search for lucrative intangibles and tangibles in omniverseral: (a) hidden quadrants and (b) ignored flanks and © forgotten angles, and (d) recondite spheres and (e) hermetic theater of operations and (e) unrealized orbits and planes [….] Somewhat Expected Accidental Beneficial Discoveries in Science, Technology, Strategy, Business and Management …”

Pseudo-Randomness.— (Pseudo-Randomness means quasi-lacking of pattern or quasi-predictability in events. Pseudo-Randomness suggests a quasi-non-order or quasi-non-coherence in a sequence of symbols or steps, such that there is no intelligible pattern or combination, as a result of corporate manager’s perpetual MOST-RECURSIVE search for lucrative intangibles in omniverseral: (a) hidden quadrants and (b) ignored flanks and © forgotten angles, and (d) recondite spheres and (e) hermetic theater of operations and (e) unrealized orbits.

Pseudo-recusriveness.— (quasi-pertaining to or using a rule or procedure that can be applied repeatedly, as a result of corporate manager’s perpetual MOST-RECURSIVE search for lucrative intangibles in omniverseral: (a) hidden quadrants and (b) ignored flanks and © forgotten angles, and (d) recondite spheres and (e) hermetic theater of operations and (e) unrealized orbits.

Qualitative Analysis.— “…Qualitative Analysis refers to the skills, technologies, applications and practices for continuous iterative exploration and investigation of past business performance to gain insight and drive business, risk and futures planning. Qualitative Analysis focuses on developing new insights and understanding of sustainable business performance based on narrative data …”

Qualt.— “…A qualt is brand of systems engineering who applies mathematical and ESPECIALLY non-mathematical models of uncertainty to financial and ESPECIALLY non-financial data and complex industrial operations. And a person who also studies the errors, the flaws and the limits of these qualitative models, understanding that there is a point of (i) inflection and (ii) Event horizon, in anything pursued by the for-lucre corporations …. A qualt has a combined background of advanced management, extreme project management (Agile) and systems engineering. A qualt spreads the usage of most-advanced business analytics and transformative and integrative risk management …. Whether he or she acknowledges it or not, the qualt is extremely AWARE of the many critical short-comings of many quantitative strategies and works hard at it advance to eliminate every form of downside through qualitative strategies …. For instance, qualts know that “…systemic risks …” are direct brainchildren of (a) Ignorance, (b) Manipulation, © Greed and (d) Corruption [….] Systems engineering, hugely embraced by Qualts, is an interdisciplinary field of engineering that focuses on how to design and manage complex engineering projects over their life cycles. Issues such as reliability, logistics, coordination of different teams (requirements management), evaluation measurements, and other disciplines become more difficult when dealing with large or complex projects. Systems engineering deals with work-processes, optimization methods, and risk management tools in such projects. It overlaps technical and human-centered disciplines such as control engineering, industrial engineering, organizational studies, and project management. Systems Engineering ensures that all likely aspects of a project or system are considered, and integrated into a whole. White Swans are the brainchildren of Qualts …”

Quantitative Analysis.— “ … Quantitative Analysis refers to the skills, technologies, applications and practices for continuous iterative exploration and investigation of past business performance to gain insight and drive business, risk and futures planning. Quantitative Analysis focuses on developing new insights and understanding of sustainable business performance based on numerical data, narrative data, alphanumerical data and statistical methods …”

Quant.— “ … A quant is brand of industrial scientist and engineers who applies mathematical model of uncertainty to financial and/or socioeconomic data and complex financial instruments. And a person who also studies the flaws and the limits of these models, understanding that there is a point of breakdown …. A quant has a combined background of applied mathematics, engineering and statistics. A quant spreads the usage of artificial intelligence in today’s markets …. Whether he or she acknowledges it or not, the quant is extremely AWARE of the many critical short-comings of many quantitative strategies (as he is never interested in qualitative analytics), such as their tendency to lead to crowded trades and their underestimation of the likelihood of chaotic, volatile moves in the markets …. Along with Central Bank chairpersons and world’s finance ministers, quants are the first ones to “…elicit…” that the global economy is being “ …affected…” by “ …systemic risks…”, that systemic risk turbo-charged by several corrupted politicians, manipulative economists and beautiful quants that never understand what the tangible corporate theater of operations is [….] Industrial engineering, partly used by so-called Quants, is a branch of engineering dealing with the optimization of complex processes or systems. It is concerned with the development, improvement, implementation and evaluation of integrated systems of people, money, knowledge, information, equipment, energy, materials, analysis and synthesis, as well as the mathematical, physical and social sciences together with the principles and methods of engineering design to specify, predict, and evaluate the results to be obtained from such systems or processes. Its underlying concepts overlap considerably with certain business-oriented disciplines such as operations management. Black Swans are the brainchildren of quants …”

Randomness.— (Randomness means lack of pattern or predictability in events. Randomness suggests a non-order or non-coherence in a sequence of symbols or steps, such that there is no intelligible pattern or combination, as a result of corporate manager’s perpetual MOST-RECURSIVE search for lucrative intangibles in omniverseral: (a) hidden quadrants and (b) ignored flanks and © forgotten angles, and (d) recondite spheres and (e) hermetic theater of operations and (e) unrealized orbits.

Recursiveness.— (pertaining to or using a rule or procedure that can be applied repeatedly, as a result of corporate manager’s perpetual MOST-RECURSIVE search for lucrative intangibles in omniverseral: (a) hidden quadrants and (b) ignored flanks and © forgotten angles, and (d) recondite spheres and (e) hermetic theater of operations and (e) unrealized orbits.

Retrospective.— “ … Retrospective comprises something that is looking back on, contemplating, or directed to the past [….] looking or directed backward [….] Applying to or influencing the past; retroactive [….] looking or directed backwards, esp in time; characterized by retrospection …. applying to the past; retroactive [….] directed to the past; contemplative of past situations, events, etc. [….] looking or directed backward [….] review, revision, another look, reassessment, fresh look, second look, reconsideration, re-evaluation, re-examination [….] Considering a past event or development [….] Something that is chronologically presented pertaining to business tasks, with the utter object to show the trajectory of said business tasks …”

Risk .— “… The quantitative or qualitative expression of possible loss that considers both the probability that an event will occur and the consequences of that event … and/or the likeliness of injury, harm, damage, disruption or loss multiplied by its potential magnitude …”

Serendipity.— Serendipity means a “fortuitous happenstance” and/or “pleasant surprise” and/or “always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things which they were not in quest of”. And also entails unexpected positive and beneficial accident(s) [….] And the art of finding something unintended [….] the common experience of observing unexpected, anomalous and strategic data and events, which are transformed into the instance and context to develop a new theory or to complement an existing theory [….] And the faculty of making fortunate Technological Breakthroughs and Scientific Discoveries And Innovation Developments by accident, as a result of corporate manager’s perpetual MOST-RECURSIVE search for lucrative intangibles and tangibles in omniverseral: (a) hidden quadrants and (b) ignored flanks and © forgotten angles, and (d) recondite spheres and (e) hermetic theater of operations and (e) unrealized orbits and planes [….] Unexpected Accidental Beneficial Discoveries in Science, Technology, Strategy, Business and Management …”

Scientific Futuring.— “…Scientific Futuring is in place to develop a scientific method for studying the future. Scientific Futuring comprises: 1) an inductive process consisting of a number of accurate observations which have been consolidated, or generalized, into empirical laws or statements of underlying relationships between key variables and 2) A deductive, intuitive process by which the scientific “investigator” places his observations into a larger system of thought, or theory based on fundamental axioms. Scientific Futuring is instituted with the purpose of seizing knowledge of effects through causes. This method of Scientific Futuring, made up of a process employing the classical scientific steps of induction and deduction, and reinforced by additional steps of contextualization and evolutionization, is a battle-plan for study of tomorrow’s evolving world…”

Stargatenessfulness.— (Stargatenessfulness is the quality of conforming to the ability to investigate claims of psychic phenomena with potential corporate for-lucre application, such as ‘remote viewing’, the purported ability to psychically ‘see’ events, sites, or information from a great distance, including those of the environment, industries and specially those of direct and indirect competitors. Taken by Applied Thinkers and Visionary Corporation by the U.S. Federal Government’ and the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency’s Stargate Project).

System .— “…System comprises the whole compounded of several parts, members elements, components and subsystems, a group of interacting, interrelated, or interdependent elements forming a complex whole, an organized set of interrelated ideas or principles, a naturally occurring group of objects or phenomena, a condition of harmonious and orderly interaction, and an organized and coordinated method; a procedure. System is a set of interacting or interdependent components forming an integrated whole or a set of elements (often called ‘components’) and dynamic relationships which are different from relationships of the set or its elements to other elements or sets. Systems unite and put together elements, components and subsystems toward the entire whole…”

Technology.— “… Technology is instituted in order to solve practical problems (both mild and complex ones) ─ especially in industry, commerce, economy, science, technology, society, and politics (including geopolitics) ─, the methodical practical application of the scientific method, mathematical principles, practical sciences and material used to achieve a commercial or industrial objective and beyond, as well as to achieve practical ends such as the design, manufacture, and operation of efficient and economical structures, machines, processes, and systems …. The profession of and/or the work performed by any engineer …” If you want a briefer definition, please see this: ” … the methodical and systematic application of science in order to solve practical problems …”

Theater of Operation.— “… Theater of Operation is hereby included to mean the four-dimensional coordinate system and beyond it, in which organization’s physical (tangible) and non-physical (intangible) events are located …”

The Eureka Moment.— “ … The Eureka Moment, also known as the ‘…Aha! Moment …’, refers to the common human experience of suddenly understanding a previously incomprehensible problem or concept. The Eureka effect is named after the myth that the Greek polymath Archimedes, having discovered how to measure the volume of an irregular object, leaped out of a public bath, and ran home naked shouting ‘eureka’ (I found it) …”

The Sputnik Moment.— “ … The Sputnik Moment is a point in time in which a country or a society or even a corporation, realizes that it needs to catch up with the apparent technological and scientific gap that exists between it and some other superpower and/or global competitors, increasing its investment efforts into education and innovative R&D&I …”

Transformative and Integrative Risk Management.— “…Transformative and Integrative Risk Management comprises of all activities and initiatives required to seize the optimum degree of risk elimination, mitigation, modulation or control within the constraints of operational effectiveness, time, and cost, attained through the specific application of management, scientific, engineering and mathematical principles throughout all phases of system operation.”

Transformative and Integrative Risk Management.— “Transformative and Integrative Risk Management comprises of all activities and initiatives required to seize the optimum degree of risk elimination, mitigation, modulation or control within the constraints of operational effectiveness, time, and cost, attained through the specific application of management, scientific, engineering and mathematical principles throughout all phases of system operation.”

Troublesomeness.— Troublesomeness is the quality of conforming to the ability to cause trouble, annoyance, or difficulty; vexation.

Un-reconnoiterable Cues.— (Un-reconnoiterable cues refers to un-explorable cues).

Wild Card.— “ … A wild card is a future development or event with a relatively low probability of occurrence but a likely high impact on the conduct of business …”

White Swan Graphics, Countermeassuring Every Unthinkable Black Swan, By Mr. Andres Agostini — Question: In Corporate Settings, Is There An Outright Countermeassuring White Swan To The Black Swan? Read at http://lifeboat.com/blog/2014/04/White-Swan

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WHITE SWAN GRAPHICS BY MR. ANDRES AGOSTINI. — QUESTION: IN CORPORATE SETTINGS, IS THERE AN OUTRIGHT COUNTERMEASSURING WHITE SWAN TO THE BLACK SWAN? READ at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2014/04/White-Swan

Mr. Andres Agostini

Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador: https://lifeboat.com/ex/bios.andres.agostini

The White Swan Treatise at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2014/04/white-swan

The « … The Human Race to the Future … » Worldwide Ambassador at http://amzn.to/19H3qf0 POINT OF CONTACT AND QUERY: www.linkedin.com/in/andresagostini PROFESSIONAL SERVICE: http://ThisSuccess.wordpress.com

new-5LINES OF PRACTICE THROUGH HIS EXECUTION AS ADVISER, ANALYST, PROFESSIONAL FUTUROLOGIST, FORESIGHT STRATEGIST, PUBLISHED AUTHOR, MENTOR, CEO AND C-LEVEL COACH, MANAGER, & RESEARCHER:

Mr. Andres Agostini is the Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador’s Professional at https://lifeboat.com/ex/bios.andres.agostini and

CORS Risk Management Turnkey Services Founder and CEO at https://www.facebook.com/corsconsulting

Mr. Agostini, with 33-plus years of management experience, operates in the U.S. and globally and is accustomed to fundamentally solved most complex problems for Large and Small for-lucre Firms.

Premium-class Turnkey Professional Servicing from Toyota Motors, Mitsubishi Motors, Shell, AT&T, ExxonMobil, GTE, TNT Delivery Express and to the World Bank and World Health Organization!

Inventor, Methodology Conceiver and Developer and Owner, Visionary Technologist, Risk Manager, Professional Futurologist, Management Consultant, Business Adviser, Entrepreneur, Business Owner, Founder, CEO and Chairman, Deep Thinker, Keynote Speaker, Scientific-Futuring and Organizational Strategist, Scenario-Method Practitioner (Scenarist), CEO and C-Level Coach, Ambassador, Executive Trainer and Lecturer, Concurrent-Convergent-Systems-Thinking Savant (Innovist), Published Author, Technical and Creative Writer, Lexicographer, Multilingual, Translator, Interpreter, and Transliterator.

Mr. Agostini is into Turnkey Consulting on:

→ Success

→ Strategy

→ Risk Management

→ Technology Foresight and Warning Analysis and Strategic Coping

→ Scientific Futuring

→ Scenario and Simulation Methods

→ Anticipating Strategic Surprise

→ Black Swans, Gray Swans and White Swans

→ Strategic Anticipation Forecasting Techniques

→ Strategic Execution

→ Innovation

→ Fundamental: Problem Solving, Decision Making and Action Taking

SKILLS AND SPECIALTIES (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER):

1) Anticipatory processes
2) Business Development
3) Business Process Improvement
4) Business Process Outsourcing
5) Change Management
6) Complex Negotiations
7) Conflict Resolution
8) Continuous Improvement
9) Consulting to policy-makers and decision-makers
10) Corporate Training
11) Co-Sourcing
12) Cross-functional Teams
13) Customer Satisfaction
14) Decision-analysis Planning and Execution
15) Entrepreneurship
16) Executive and Technical Instruction
17) Government Relations
18) Hard Science (Advanced Knowledge: Dissemination and Propagation)
19) Healthcare Solutions
20) In-sourcing
21) Insurance and Reinsurance
22) Intercultural Counseling
23) Interpretive Translations
24) Marketing Strategy
25) Marketing/Sales for Corporations and Governments
26) Master Classes
27) Organizational Culture Diagnosis and Development
28) Outsourcing
29) Organizational Effectiveness
30) Personal and Professional Development
31) Public Outreach
32) Quality Assurance
33) Risk Management (Advanced and Beyond Insurance)
34) Sales and Business Development
35) Senior Executive Management
36) Social Media Marketing
37) Strategic Communications
38) Strategic Foresight and Scenario Planning (Lecturer, Researcher, Developer, Strategist)
39) Strategic Partnering
40) Strategy (Corporate, Organizations)
41) Strategy and Management and Leadership Consulting
42) Systems Integration
43) Technologies
44) Technology Foresight
45) Technology Transfer
46) Workshop Facilitation
47) Writing (technical)

Mr. Andres Agostini
Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador: https://lifeboat.com/ex/bios.andres.agostini
The White Swan Treatise at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2014/04/white-swan
The « … The Human Race to the Future … » Worldwide Ambassa-dor at http://amzn.to/19H3qf0
POINT OF CONTACT AND QUERY: www.linkedin.com/in/andresagostini
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE: http://ThisSuccess.wordpress.com

Mr. Andres Agostini is CEO at White Swan Initiative , Future Observatory and of CORS, Professional Risk Management Services . He is the Author and Founder of the White Swan Treatise. and Futuretronium Book and Initiative .

Andres is the Author of: The Future of Scientific Management, Today! , The Future of Space-Age Risk Management: Transformative and Integrative Risk Management! , Futureketing: How to Systematically Understand and Succeed in a World of Frantically Accelerating Pace of Change! , The Future of Skunkworks Management, Now! , The Omniscient Truth About Outer-Space Intelligent Life And What The Official Establishment Has To Declare About It! , Beyond and Above Dr. Strangelove and Royal Dutch Shell: The Future of Omniscient Scenario-Planning Methodology, Today! , Information Technology Vis-à-vis Technology Per Se! Is all “…Technology…” and “…Information Technology…” ? , Agostini Success Tenets! and Preter-Natural Leadership In Century 21! .

He is the CEO of Becoming Aware of the Futures , Future Awareness , Futuring , Singularity Network of Technologists , Strong Quantum Supercomputing , Outer-Space Intelligence and Scientific Aging-Transcendence .

Andres is also a Lifeboat Foundation’s Advisory Member.

With over 30 years of most-instrumental and all-encompassing practical, empirical and factual experience with most-gargantuan Corporations, Andres operates as (i) Entrepreneurial Success Consultant, (ii) Transformative and Integrative Risk Management Adviser, (iii) Professional Futurologist «Scientific Futuring, Futures Studies, Foresight Research, Scenario Planning and other Scientific-Futuring methodologies», and (iv) Senior Consultant in practical and theoretical matters of thoroughly advanced Strategic Management.

Andres institutes such turnkey solutions in the tradition of non-partisan think tanks, in order to enhance the corporate decision-making process and with the utter purpose of solving complex corporate, managerial, organizational, business and technical problems.

Andres is prolifically concentrated on many man-made and otherwise-induced risks, including global existential risks. For man-made existential risks unrelated to the geometric progression of science and technology, Andres writes and speaks about the “…Disruptional Singularity…,” hoping that a responsible and positive Technological Singularity takes precedence.

Andres implements his fundamental, thorough and complete solutions regarding the framework, context and theater of operations of think tanks, multilaterals, supranationals, NGOs, as well as to for-profit enterprises and governmental institutions, whose core business is into: oil-and-energy, telecommunications, maritime, health-care, insurance, automotive, employee benefits, logistics, transport, consultancy and government.

Andres’ proprietary methodology is White Swan Transformative and Integrative Risk Management , a beyond-insurance risk management methodology developed by him.

He observes that his own approach ascertains, at all times, the practical and lucrative application of womb-to-tomb actionable systems thinking and pragmatic execution with the applied omniscience perspective as it is understood, conceived and instituted by NASA, DARPA and the Industrial-Military Complex.

Other organizations that institute beyond-insurance methodologies include: OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration), FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency), IBM and Manitoba Government Air Services.

He advises world-class corporate institutions on dynamic driving forces (and how to beforehand cope with them and their counter-forces successfully and sustainably) in innovation, computing, financial services, health care, population (and demography), life sciences, energy, security, workforce, climate change, globalization and exponential technologies.

He is deeply and publically proactive with and through many publications and prestigious forums, into the pervasive advancement of rampant science and technologies, thus disseminating differentiated state-of-the-art and hi-tech ideas worldwide.

The subject matter of the participating Forums in which Andres is a Lifeboat Foundation Advisory Board Member comprises: Business Board, Complex Systems Board, Diplomacy Board, Economics Board, Education Board, Ethics Board, Finance Board, Futurists Board, Human-Nonhuman Relationship Board, Philosophy Board, Scientific Freedom Board, Space Settlement Board, Supercomputing Board and Sustainability Board.

Andres’ institutional global clients include worldwide:

He works with or has worked with:

► Toyota,
► Mitsubishi,
► World Bank,
► Shell,
► Statoil,
► Total,
► Exxon,
► Mobil,
► PDVSA, Citgo,
► GE,
► GMAC,
► TNT Express,
► AT&T
► GTE,
► Amoco,
► BP,
► Abbot Laboratories,
► World Health Organization,
► Ernst Young Consulting,
► SAIC (Science Applications International Corporation),
► Pak Mail,
► Wilpro Energy Services,
► Phillips Petroleum Company,
► Dupont,
► Conoco,
► ENI (Italy’s petroleum state-owned firm),
► Chevron,
► LDG Management (HCC Benefits).
► Liberty Mutual (via its own Seguros Caracas)
► Lafarge
► MAPFRE (via its own Seguros La Seguridad)
► AES Corporation (via its own Electricidad de Caracas)

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SOME BOOK TITLES AVAILABLE HERE ON AMAZON INCLUDE:

→ The White Swan’s Beyond Eureka and Sputnik Moments.: How To Fundamentally Cope

With Corporate Litmus Tests at http://amzn.to/1gOCZeX

→ White Swan Transformative and Integrative Risk Management Graphics at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2014/05/white-swan-graphs

→ Serendipity Versus Pseudoserendipity at http://amzn.to/1nCqk1O

→ Concurrent Coordinated Convergent Systems Thinking (CCCST) at http://amzn.to/1nCqk1O

→ Futureketing!: How to Systematically Understand a World of Frantically

Accelerating Pace of Change! at http://amzn.to/1wEjH0E

→ The Space-Age Risk Management: Transformative and Integrative Risk Management at http://amzn.to/U2xZtg

→ Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language of Terms in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics at http://amzn.to/T0wURP

→ Specialties at http://www.slideshare.net/andresagostini/skills-and-specialties

→ Professional Services at http://ThisSuccess.wordpress.com

→ Personal Website at http://AgostiniAndres.wordpress.com

→ Point of Contact via LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/in/andresagostini

→ Point of Contact via Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/andresagostini

→ Message the Author via LinkedIn InMail at http://www.linkedin.com/in/andresagostini

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http://lnkd.in/ZeKfbc «Future Observatory»
http://lnkd.in/jTpE9D «Linkedin Forum»
http://lnkd.in/eXg7Db «Leadership»
http://lnkd.in/6VZEZr «Pervasive Futurists»
http://lnkd.in/GXVRSp «What»
http://lnkd.in/4AY_Wj «Biography»

http://lnkd.in/dZjR3y6 «Institutions Andres has worked with»

Andres’ References at

http://lnkd.in/bnZup4M

http://lnkd.in/dWG2exu «Testimonials»
SUMMARY:

Mr. Andres Agostini is a Success Consultant, Beyond-Insurance Risk Management Adviser, Researcher, Strategist & Manager with futures studies perspective and with over 30 years of stern experience.

Operates as a:

► Entrepreneurial Success Consultant,

► Transformative and Integrative Risk Management Adviser,

► Professional Futurist «Futures Studies, Foresight Research & Scenario Planning», &

► Consultant, in practical and theoretical matters of Strategic Management.

He implements his fundamental solutions to think tanks, multilaterals, supranationals, NGOs, as well as to for-profit enterprises & governmental institutions, whose core business is into: oil-&-energy, maritime, health-care, insurance, automotive, employee benefits, logistics, transport, consultancy & government.

His own methodology is «Transformative & Integrative Risk Management».

He works with:

► Toyota,
► Mitsubishi,
► World Bank,
► Shell,
► Statoil,
► Total,
► Exxon,
► Mobil,
► PDVSA, Citgo,
► GE,
► GMAC,
► TNT Express,
► AT&T
► GTE,
► Amoco,
► BP,
► Abbot Laboratories,
► World Health Organization,
► Ernst Young Consulting,
► SAIC «Science Applications International Corporation»,
► Pak Mail,
► Wilpro Energy Services,
► Phillips Petroleum Company,
► Dupont,
► Conoco,
► ENI «Italy’s petroleum state-owned firm»,
► Chevron,
► LDG Management «HCC Benefits».

The Future of Scientific Management, Today! At http://lnkd.in/bYP2nDC

Futuretronium Book. At http://lnkd.in/ZxV3Sz

The Future of Skunkworks Management, Now! At http://lnkd.in/dP2PmCP

The Omniscient Truth About Outer-Space Intelligent Life And What The Official Establishment Has To Declare About It! At http://lnkd.in/dUYhDEF

The Future of Omniscient Scenario-Planning Methodology, Today! At http://lnkd.in/dRvsFsJ

Agostini Success Tenets! At http://lnkd.in/PtnBHy

Preter-Natural Leadership In Century 21! At http://lnkd.in/dtgB553

N.B._1: The reader is greatly forewarned that Andres is accustomed to render his professional services to gargantuan organizations such as Toyota and the World Bank in most critical-mission frameworks. Andres has, also, worked successfully with small and middle-size organizations coping with complicated and complex challenges.

N.B._2: Andres works with business owner«s» only.

N.B._3: Andres has proprietary ideas that for obvious reasons he doesn’t reveal.

Full Bio at www.AgostiniBio.wordpress.com

Arlington │ NYC │ Miami │ Londres │ Caracas │ Worldwide

CASTELLANO:

El Sr. Andrés Agostini es el CEO de Future Observatory « www.Future-Observatory.blogspot.com », Autor y Fundador del Libro e Iniciativa Futuretronium « http://lnkd.in/ZxV3Sz » y The Future of Scientific Management, Today! «http://www.slideshare.net/andresagostini/9-27035755 ».

Andrés también escribió The Future of Skunkworks Management, Now! « http://www.slideshare.net/andresagostini/supermanagement-by-nasa-and-darpa » , The Omniscient Truth About Outer-Space Intelligent Life And What The Official Establishment Has To Declare About It! « https://lifeboat.com/blog/2014/02/omnisci » , Beyond and Above Dr. Strangelove and Royal Dutch Shell: The Future of Omniscient Scenario-Planning Methodology, Today! « http://www.slideshare.net/andresagostini/nerdy-scenarios » , Agostini Success Tenets! « http://bigthink.com/ideas/agostini-success-tenets-by-copyright-2009-andres-agostini-andy-in-arlington-va-22202-usa » y Preter-Natural Leadership In Century 21! « http://bigthink.com/ideas/preter-natural-leader-in-century-21-by-andres-agostini-andy-arlington-virginia-usa-and-at-wwwagostiniworksblogspotcom »

Él es el Director Ejecutivo de Becoming Aware of the Futures «http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2131629&trk=my_groups-b-grp-v », Future Awareness «https://www.facebook.com/groups/learningfuture/ » , Futuring «https://www.facebook.com/groups/themorrow/ » y Singularity Network of Technologists «https://www.facebook.com/groups/singularist/ »

Andrés también es Miembro de la Junta Consultiva de Lifeboat Foundation.
https://lifeboat.com/ex/bios.andres.agostini

Con 30 años de experiencia profesional práctica, Andrés opera como «i» Consultor en Éxito Empresarial, «ii» Asesor Técnico en Gerencia de Riesgos Transformativa e Integrativa, «iii» Futurista Profesional «Estudios de Futuros, Investigación Futurista y Metodología de Planificación de Escenarios» y «iv» Consultor Mayor en temas teóricos y prácticos de gerencia estratégica.

Andrés implanta soluciones totales y globales en la tradición de “…think tanks…” no partidarios, a fin de optimizar el proceso de toma de decisiones ante problemas complejos de la gerencia, organización y el negocio. Andrés está prolíficamente concentrando en riesgos del factor humano y la naturaleza, incluyendo los riesgos existenciales.

Andrés implementa soluciones fundamentales para think tanks, multilaterales, supranacionales, ONGs, así como para empresas con fines de lucro «incluyendo PYMES» y organismos gubernamentales, cuya actividad medular es: petróleo y energía, telecomunicaciones, embarcaciones marítimas, salud, seguros, sector automotriz, beneficios colectivos de trabajadores «activos y jubilados», logística, transporte, consultoría y gobierno.

La metodología propia y propietaria de Andrés “Gerencia Transformativa e Integrativa de Riesgos” http://lnkd.in/xuFEUz permite administrar riesgos sin precedentes. Andrés observa que su metodología asegura, en todo momento, la aplicación del pensamiento y el desempeño sistémico y sistemático de acuerdo a la concepción de NASA, DARPA y el Complejo Industrial Militar.

El asesora a instituciones de clase mundial sobre las fuerzas dinámicas y conductoras que impactan al presente y al futuro en innovación, computación, servicios financieros, salud, población «demografía», ciencia, energía, seguridad, fuerza laboral, cambio climático y globalización.

Los clientes institucionales globales de Andrés incluyen a Toyota, Mitsubishi, Banco Mundial, Shell, Statoil, Total, Exxon, Mobil, PDVSA/Citgo, GE, GMAC, TNT Delivery Express, AT&T, GTE, Amoco, BP, Chevron, Phillips Petroleum Company, Dupont, Conoco, Abbot Laboratories, Organización Mundial de la Salud, Ernst Young Consulting, SAIC «Science Applications International Corporation», Pak Mail, Wilpro Energy Services, ENI «Estatal petrolera de Italia» y LDG Management «HCC Benefits».

Andrés es profundamente proactivo en la publicación en diversos foros y blogs, referidos al avance exponencial de la ciencia y la tecnología.

Su canal en YouTube «www.youtube.com/user/AndresAgostini ». Ver su página en Facebook «https://www.facebook.com/agostiniandres ». Lea su perfil en Google Plus « https://plus.google.com/115006116857915987226 » y su perfil en LinkedIn «www.linkedin.com/in/andresagostini/ » Siga su Twitter feed « https://twitter.com/SciCzar ». Léalo en BigThink « http://bigthink.com/users/wwwagostiniworksblogspotcom »

Los Servicios Profesionales de Andrés « www.ThisSuccess.wordpress.com/ »

REFERENCIAS. http://lnkd.in/bnZup4M

TESTIMONIALES. http://lnkd.in/dWG2exu

CONTACTO. www.linkedin.com/in/AndresAgostini

His Professional Bio in English «Perfil Profesional en Inglés».
www.AgostiniBio.wordpress.com

Arlington │ NYC │ Miami │ Londres │ Caracas │ Worldwide

RESUMEN DE RECOMENDACIONES DADAS A ANDRÉS AGOSTINI EN LINKEDIN «TRADUCCIÓN EN CASTELLANO AL FINAL». www.linkedin.com/in/andresagostini

“…Andres is an inspiration for me. The scope of the knowledge he puts forward is very broad, diverse, and profound. I learned of so many different things and angles from his writing and his work towards a better future for us all. I believe major deciders should acquaint themselves with Andres’ vision of the future and of his work in finding and fostering positive sustainable outcomes for the whole of humankind. His vast knowledge, acquired through a lot of research and sharing with an important network of collaborators, is a treasure for everyone to whom he gives advise. He is also a very kind, warm person whom I am very happy to have met on my own journey towards a sustainable future…” By Mr. Claude Émond at http://lnkd.in/dYFSH5Z

“…Andres Agostini has been a strategic consultant and adviser to my Berlin-based businesses since 2000. He is a clear-eyed erudite on a variety of subjects. He explains his positions unambiguously and backs them up with astounding facts and outcomes, early on. He is fair-minded and honest in his dealings with people. Andres is one of the most creative, innovative and dynamic c-level executives and business owner I have met ever.…Andres has the remarkable cognition to see what everyone else has seen or not but nobody else has understood. He has the prodigious endowment to challenge orthodox wisdom and break new ground. Andres is an entrepreneur, strategist and manager extraordinaire!.…Andres’ interdisciplinary perspective on risk management and visionary futuring is based on over 30-plus years of personal involvement – having served as a consultant and mentor to such institutions as WorldBank, Toyota, Mitsubishi, PDVSA/Citgo, GE, GMAC, GTE, Abbot Laboratories, SAIC «Science Applications International Corporation», LDG Management «HCC Benefits» and Ernst Young Consulting, among others.…A strategic futurist and deep thinker, Andres has a rare talent for unearthing the people risks that can hinder organizational performance delivery, helping business leaders determine solutions. Andres does this not just looking at the present day situation, but uses long-range thinking to help organizations develop sustainable solutions enabling competitive edge.…Andres is a dedicated and highly respected leader in many Futurist communities and works tirelessly to help create better futures for us all, neither dystopian nor utopian.…Andres is a serious enigma. His vast career experience, professional expertise and accomplishments are unique and his passion for his practice as Futuristic Risk-Management Success Consultant is changing every industry.…There is nothing about business, management, engineering, digital firms, information technology services, advanced computing, science or technology foreign to Andres’ mind-boggling understanding.…Whatever Andres declares he can achieve he will preemptively accomplish, one by one. Andres enables the people he works with to do their best thereby removing failure as an option and inspiring excellence and solemnity without having to ask for it…” By Mr. Steffen Bieser at http://lnkd.in/dc5VzUE

“…I know Andres Agostini to be one of the most astute and informed advisors to government and private sector businesses and NGO’s working today. He has a huge knowledge base and an impressive number of contacts and sources.…His positive outlook, energetic enthusiasm and unfailing courtesy and respect for others is inspirational and motivational. His forecasting skills and advice are wisely sought by many in high places and appreciated by all those who benefit from his generosity.…Andres is a rare example of a true polymath in this day of specialization. His incisive intellect is well balanced by his social skills and personal integrity. I can recommend him without reservation for any organization that is in need of expert counsel at the highest level…” By Dr. David Burkart, PhD. at http://lnkd.in/bkYhb_s

“…It is a great pleasure to have this opportunity to give the highest possible recommendation for Mr. Agostini’s wide range of ability and talents. His integrity and drive also mark him out as a major figure.…He is second to none with his knowledge and experience in several areas of management including Risk Management and Business Optimisation. Mr. Agostini is a fine, clear communicator and multi-linguist.…My recommendation is for any appropriate role at the VERY top levels of both Corporate and Governmental organisation, so much so that my company, VoxSN.com have appointed him as Special Business Consul…” By Dr. Ian C. Hale, PhD. at http://lnkd.in/dvheBBc

“…Andres, Is a World leader as an Analytical Manager and Consultant who has worked in various sectors consisting of applying his vast knowledge, and skills. This includes Fortune 500 Companies who have hired him as an Adviser, Planner and Futurist who can shed his foresight to help determine where a Company should be driven to become Successful in the marketplace. As a Professional he is highly valuable when researching and using strategic plans to Educate Corporations how to become prosperous…” By Mrs. Peggy Leyva Conley. At http://lnkd.in/dTwc_WD

“…I am in awe of Andy for many reasons. Not only am I impressed with his business and management practical approach, vast knowledge and professionalism in current high-tech and concerning future technologies, but as a unique and very valuable human being…With extensive work based on 20 years of corporate experience, Andy has completed his current book, ‘Futuretronium’ «http://goo.gl/zvSV7». He has managed to incorporate his wealth of knowledge and experience to address the threats and opportunities and benefits so that incumbents gain augmented insight about what greatly impacts the practices by change managers, leaders, educators, researchers, scholars, entrepreneurs, advanced students and responsible citizens, aiming to make a difference for a better yet challenging world…With minuteness, he explores deep reflections, initiatives, notions and ideas that may have been long ignored, under-estimated and misunderstood. ‘Futuretronium’ is an interesting, deep and comprehensive exploration that allows the reader to freely come to his/her own conclusions. He has a dynamic and deep mind, and is gifted with a true art of expression for all he feels…” By Dr. Ann Shaw http://goo.gl/gS7a3A

“…Mr. Andres Agostini is a versatile consultant who can successfully inject refreshingly very innovative ideas to enable the organization scale higher productivity with in-built system of online product / service improvement…” By Dr. Narasimha Bhashyam «Space and Defense» at http://lnkd.in/dZHnpam

“…Mr. Andres Agostini possesses a clarity and complexity of thought that is rarely encountered. He is without a doubt one of the most brilliant persons I have had the pleasure to interact with. He is capable of understanding, and describing the forest, the trees, the leaves, the cells, and beyond «and with equal exactitude in several languages»…” By Mr. Daryl Oster http://goo.gl/yYqCnN

“…It is rare that one encounters a Subject Matter Expert «SME» who so adeptly transcends disciplines and defies traditional definition. Through highly intellectually and stimulating exchanges with Andy, I have found him to be an SME in virtually, and practically, many areas including business management, global commerce, technology, innovation and forward-thinking initiatives… With his insightful views, thoughtful approach and genuine interest in others, Andy has served as an inspiring mentor and coach. He has caused me to pause for deep reflection and ask a truly meaningful ‘What if?’. I have no doubt his subtle, yet effective style, will propel me to the next level of professional development and stellar delivery of my ‘personal best’…For any organization seeking an exceptional and truly remarkable resource, I highly recommend Andy. For anyone wishing a glimpse into ‘what may be’, I recommend exploration of Andy’s theorem about future studies and strategic planning…” By Mrs. Sherry Hall http://goo.gl/ZuVlXY

“…Andy Agostini is extraordinarily accomplished as a Thinker, Executive and Project Strategist…His energy and passion come through in everything he does and his natural language skills generate optimism and an overall sense of possibility. He is articulate, a clear and concise communicator, a forward thinking individual and a sincere performer…Andy brings his experience, host of accomplishments and assignments to everything he does and can be relied upon to do what it takes to make things happen in ways that serve the project as well as the overall enterprise…You will find him highly educated, seasoned, of great poise and manners, clearly a gentleman in all regards. He is savvy in the ways of doing business in multiple cultures and understands the idiosyncrasies and complexity of dealing with multiple interests toward a common goal…I believe you will always be glad that you did business with Andy in any context within which you engage. I offer my heartiest recommendation of him and continue to seek projects upon which we can collaborate resources and efforts…” By Mr. Bob Smith http://goo.gl/Qz7z2k

“…Much like his knowledge-seeking forebears, Andres maintains an unconventional view of the conventional world around him. The combination of his intellect and perspective serve him well as an engaging commentator, coach and consultant. His writings are completely fascinating, as he is able to connect vast amounts of information into something truly meaningful…Andres is not at all an intellectual snob, though by all rights he could be. On the contrary, he is very giving through sharing his ideas and knowledge, and in helping his fellow men «and women» working to better themselves. I find Andres to be a kind and warm human being while maintaining his strong professional leadership and mentoring style. He offers a unique blend of qualities and attributes that are rare indeed, and I highly recommend him…” By Mr. Dana Hall http://goo.gl/AoI11F

“…Andres Agostini is a remarkable man, a scholar well versed in a huge variety of areas and expertise. He has published many publication and is an expert in managerial leadership and organizational transformation. It is a delight to speak with him, listen to him and to his smart presentations. His organizational insights are unique and helpful, extremely resourceful and determined… He is very well documented, exact and a ‘follow-through’ man, one that always keeps his promises and follows up in an exact and very prompt manner, a man of word. THIS IS EXTREMELY EXTRAORDINARY FROM A MAN AS BUSY AS ANDRES…” By Mr. Nachum Katz http://goo.gl/qMykEK

“…I know Mr. Andres Agostini for several years and had numerous privileged opportunities to exchange intelligently charged views on vast number of subjects ranging from advancement of physics and human resource science and technology management, to sophisticated nuances of advanced photochemistry… In contradistinction to interactions I experienced with a wide and highly qualified team of world class scientists, consultants, engineers and management specialists in wide myriad of complementing fields and diversified disciplines, Mr. Andres Agostini is indeed a diamond in a heap of pearls…” By Mr. Zamir Tribelsky http://goo.gl/eiqWlE

“…From my experience he is an extraordinary person / human being doing everything he can to make a difference. «A good example of this is his book Futuretronium Book» The passion with which he addresses moral, ethical and goodness issues are the things that moves me…If you want someone who understands, cares and is genuine in both execution and intent – this is your man…I recommend both Andy and his book «Futuretronium Book» to everybody that is willing to listen, learn and grow…” By Mr. Anton van den Berg http://goo.gl/RBLJZQ

“…Andres Agostini is nothing short of remarkable in intellect, in wisdom, and in putting ideas into action in an integrated, humane-centered fashion… Andy is a man whom you can trust with your life and business. His word or promise is set in stone…” By Mr. Richard Posner. At http://goo.gl/M0vCpM

“…The unconventional way of thinking and hard work through research and experiment seem to become extremely soon a common way of life. When I met Mr. Andres Agostini my deja vu was that we travel endlessly in a multiverse changing a lot of causes of unwanted effects. Having natural qualities like knowledge, intuition, altruism, patience, kindness, selfless commitment to wipe the wounds of an agonizing society of the challenge, Mr. Agostini is a modern apologist of the of Golden Age of Athens…” By Mr. Tzarul Nocolai http://goo.gl/p5bRp9

“…Andres Agostini is very skilled as an author, strategist, futurist, scenario planner and has worked with many leading businesses to help them navigate to greater growth. He has a clarity, acumen and professionalism that is exceptional; he is a greatly talented individual…” By Mr. Terry Tucker http://goo.gl/mKq04r

“…I have had the distinct pleasure of working with Andres in his capacity as an advisor, consultant, strategist, professional futurologist and project leader. He is truly a polymath with an uncanny ability to think both creatively and strategically while solving complex managerial problems. Andres brings a high degree of elegance and robustness to his business acumen. He has helped me understand the impact of megatrends and forces on my core business and has aided me in building my capacity take ‘the long view.’ Without a doubt, his ability to forecast the upsides/downsides of business opportunities rests on his mastery of trends in seemingly disparate fields of science, technology, medicine, economics and business. His engagements are of a consistently high quality. And his ability to lead projects and teams has been both meticulous and visionary. He is the consummate professional. I recommend his work, vision, and leadership without reservation…” By Mr. Robert Bonner http://goo.gl/qRW8Kd

“…I have met Andres Agostini through his extensive activities as a Futurist. Andres is one of those rare thinkers who naturally serves as an inspiring mentor for the field. With an impressive background as a Business innovator, a Tech-Analyst and a Consultant in Foresight Research, Andres Agostini exhibits strong visionary skills and a great sense of network building. These qualities most notably translate in his ability to inspire others, to nurture an impressive field of personal competencies and to develop groundbreaking innovative projects. His holistic approach makes Mr. Agostini a highly valuable individual I warmly recommend…” By Dr. Valérie Morignat PhD http://lnkd.in/QeMmMx

“…Mr. Andres Agostini is a singularly persistent proactive think tank futurist, and a multidimensional polymath genius with an unbridled whirlwind enthusiasm for rich deep complex savant visionary thought! He is acutely perceptive of an individual’s overall strengths, with an avid shrewdness for quickly encapsulating this into wondrous eloquent words!…” By Mr. Michael Pastien at http://lnkd.in/Q8mDi9

“…For me, words fall short in their ability to convey Andres Agostini’s massive intellectual capacities, productive visionary output and perhaps most importantly — his integrity as a compassionate individual.…It is in Andres’ positive actions, which illuminates what he represents — a tireless creative problem-solver with practical solutions to complex issues, that is supported by his solid commitment to see projects all the way through.…Andres Agostini is a total dynamo for inspiring others with his generous content of knowledge and ideas, which he regularly shares through multiple communication channels «the Futuretronium Book». Not only does Andres share critical information on a full spectrum of visionary technologies, but he shares the most valuable assets of them all — his time and compassion in helping others to make the World a better place.…I consider myself very fortunate to have Andres share his compassionate wisdom with me, which further motivates my efforts to share knowledge and solutions to help inspire positive action.…Without any reservations, I enthusiastically recommend Andres Agostini’s creative solutions, leadership and compassionate positive actions towards any current or future challenging endeavors…” By Mr. David Anthony Johanson at http://lnkd.in/bRriaKU

“…Mr. Andres Agostini is proactive partner is all his endeavors. Andres is a hard-driving individual determined to see a project brought to a successful conclusion.…Andres demands perfection of himself and leads by example. It is his ‘Do not take «no» for an answer’ attitude that propels him to higher and higher levels of success. Andres may be a conservative business man; however, he knows that there are times to be a risk averter or a risk avoider.…In his field, Andres harnesses change to drive challenge through an organization. As a trend setter, Andres knows how to handle business as it becomes more risk mature and can take an enterprise-wide view at times.…I have full confidence that if there is a problem, Andres will know how to address it…” By Ms. Harmony Collins at http://lnkd.in/b2bFTnE

“…Andres is a multi-disciplined professional with incredible energy and enthusiasm. We’ve communicated through the INTJ Masterminds LinkedIn group and his insights into a wide range of issues is very thought provoking.…His work into what the future holds is broad and deep and I keep an eye on the wide range of articles that he produces…” By Mr. David Shaw at http://lnkd.in/ba6xX-K

“…Hereby, I strongly recommend Mr. Andres Agostini – INTJ who is an enthusiastic and original thinker on Futuristic Matters, including Futures Studies, Foresight Research and Scenario Planning.…Mr. Andres Agostini has passion for and understanding of the links among technology trends and historical facts, human behaviors, sustainability management and decision making are wonderful examples of the characteristics that are needed to accelerate smart decision making in global corporations, businesses and government…” By Mr. Alejandro Core at http://lnkd.in/bYk5kEK

“…I know Mr. Andres Agostini, as a mentor and I am grateful for his efforts in helping me out to be a better person. I got an opportunity to interact and discuss with him about various intuitive topics and he always amazes me each and every time. His knowledge in different fields often awestruck me.…Personally he has helped me out in various methodologies in improving my adaption over the cultural differences and understanding my weakness and strengths of my personality. He is been such a wonderful open minded person to whom you can discuss any kind of topics at any point of time. I am indebted for getting a advisor like him…” By Mr. Prabhu Krishna at http://lnkd.in/bVwKBER

“…I have enthusiastically written this recommendation for Andres. Andres is a professional, theoretical researcher, scholar, and a connoisseur and practitioner of practical management consulting with a combination of mind-boggling skills and ample lines of practices who one can truly depend on. He brings thorough rigor to all aspects of risk analyzes and strategy projects, as a researcher, consultant, manager and strategist. Andres is also into advanced futurism, foresight research and scenario planning. In his career, he has worked with more than two «2» dozen global institutions, spanning multiple industries to make impeccable business impact in the final results. Andres’ solid and diverse competencies in strategy development and his personal integrity make him a trusted ‘go to’ person to get things done, and I recommend him highly. Last but not the least, I am glad to be connected with him offline and with his professional network in LinkedIn…” By Dr. Ram Tripathi, Ph.D., PMP at http://lnkd.in/bJ9ftWE

“…Andres is near perfect in his on-point, relentless drive to be a solution provider. He sees what most cannot. He anticipates scenarios light-years ahead of others, in turn ensuring clients are turbo boosted ahead of their nearest competitors. He combines a kindred spirit with a laser point intellect, interacting with people of all backgrounds and education levels. He’s a rare find in forecasting, adapting, and implementing concepts at a level most can only imagine to reach in their lifetime. Andres will take your business from average to superb in a flash…” By Ms. Brenda Hume, RN, BSN Solutions Provider at http://lnkd.in/bbvenrM

“…Mr. Andres Agostini is a profound thinker and famous strategist. His ability to synthesize global challenges with deep passions for the future of mankind makes him a unique source to address global problems. Besides, through his sharp and broad vision, he is a trustworthy partner to solve your Risk Management problem. Anyway, I enjoyed working with him and recommend him to everyone who seeks a reliable and thoughtful foresight adviser or a strategic management coach…” By Mr. Farzad Khandan at http://lnkd.in/bavyPX5

“…Mr. Andres Agostini is a Professional of Great Value. Mr. Andres is a certainty. Andres is a great person, serious, reliable, competent and very capable…” By Dr. Claudio Mantovani at http://lnkd.in/bADrwQz

RESUMEN DE RECOMENDACIONES EN CASTELLANO:

” … Andrés es una inspiración para mí. El alcance del conocimiento que propone es muy amplia , diversa y profunda . Me enteré de muchas cosas y ángulos diferentes de su escritura y su trabajo hacia un futuro mejor para todos nosotros . creo principales decisores deben familiarizarse con la visión de Andrés del futuro y de su trabajo en la búsqueda y promoción de los resultados sostenibles positivos para el conjunto de la humanidad. su vasto conocimiento , adquirido a través de un gran trabajo de investigación y de compartir con una importante red de colaboradores , es un tesoro para todo el mundo a quien le da consejos. él también es una persona muy amable , cálido que me siento muy feliz de haber conocido en mi propio viaje hacia un futuro sostenible … ” por el Sr. Claude Émond en http:/ / lnkd.in/dYFSH5Z

” … Andrés Agostini ha sido consultor estratégico y asesor de mis empresas con sede en Berlín desde 2000. Él es un erudito de ojos claros en una variedad de temas. Él explica sus posiciones sin ambigüedades y los respalda con hechos y resultados sorprendentes , desde el principio. Él es imparcial y honesto en su trato con la gente . Andrés es uno de los ejecutivos de nivel C y más creativas , innovadoras y dinámicas dueño del negocio que he conocido en mi vida .… Andrés tiene la notable conocimiento para ver qué todo el mundo ha visto o no, pero nadie más lo ha entendido . Él tiene la dotación prodigiosa para desafiar la sabiduría ortodoxa y abrir nuevos caminos. Andrés es un empresario, estratega y gestor extraordinario ! .… perspectiva interdisciplinar Andrés ’ en la gestión de riesgos y futuring visionario se basa en más de más de 30 años de implicación personal — después de haber servido como consultor y mentor de instituciones como Worldbank , Toyota , Mitsubishi, PDVSA / Citgo , GE, GMAC , GTE , Abbot Laboratories, SAIC « Science Applications International Corporation» , Gestión LDG « Beneficios HCC » y Ernst Young Consulting , entre otros .… un futurista estratégica y pensador profundo, Andrés tiene un talento poco común para desenterrar las personas los riesgos que pueden obstaculizar la entrega desempeño de la organización , ayudando a los líderes empresariales a determinar soluciones. Andrés hace esto no sólo mirar a la situación actual , sino que utiliza el pensamiento a largo plazo para ayudar a las organizaciones a desarrollar soluciones sostenibles que permitan la competitividad .… Andrés es un líder dedicado y altamente respetado en muchas comunidades futuristas y trabaja incansablemente para ayudar a crear un mejor Los futuros para todos nosotros , ni distópica ni utópico .… Andrés es un enigma grave. Su vasta experiencia profesional, experiencia profesional y logros son únicos y su pasión por su práctica como futurista Consultor Gestión de Riesgos El éxito está cambiando todas las industrias .… No hay nada acerca de los negocios , la gestión , la ingeniería , las firmas digitales , servicios de tecnología de información , avanzado la informática , la ciencia o la tecnología extranjera para comprender alucinante Andrés .… Cualquiera que sea Andrés declara que puede lograr que preventivamente logrará , uno por uno. Andres permite a las personas con las que trabaja para dar lo mejor eliminando de este modo el fracaso como una opción y excelencia inspirador y solemnidad , sin tener que pedir que … “Al Sr. Steffen Bieser en http://lnkd.in/dc5VzUE

” … Sé Andrés Agostini para ser uno de los asesores más astutos e informados a las empresas gubernamentales y del sector privado y organizaciones no gubernamentales que trabajan hoy . Él tiene una enorme base de conocimientos y un impresionante número de contactos y fuentes .… Su actitud positiva , entusiasmo enérgico y cortesía y respeto hacia los demás es fuente de inspiración y de motivación. sus técnicas de predicción y asesoramiento están sabiamente buscados por muchos en lugares altos y apreciado por todos aquellos que se benefician de su generosidad .… Andrés es un raro ejemplo de una verdadera erudito en este día de la especialización . Su intelecto incisivo está bien equilibrado por sus habilidades sociales y la integridad personal. puedo recomendar sin reservas para cualquier organización que está en la necesidad de un abogado experto en el nivel más alto … ” por el Dr. David Burkart , PhD. en http://lnkd.in/bkYhb_s

” … Es un gran placer tener esta oportunidad para dar la más alta recomendación posible para una amplia gama de habilidades y talentos del señor Agostini . Su integridad y la unidad también lo marcan como una figura importante .… Él está en segundo lugar a ninguna con su conocimiento y experiencia en diversos ámbitos de la gestión , incluyendo gestión de Riesgos y de negocios de Optimización . Sr. Agostini es un comunicador claro fino y multi- lingüista .… Mi recomendación es para cualquier papel que le corresponde en lo más alto niveles de ambos Corporativa y la organización gubernamental , tanto es así que mi empresa, VoxSN.com haberle nombrado Cónsul Especial Business … ” Por el Dr. Ian C. Hale , PhD. en http://lnkd.in/dvheBBc

” … Andrés, es un líder mundial como Gerente de Analítica y consultor que ha trabajado en diversos sectores que consisten en la aplicación de sus vastos conocimientos y habilidades. Esto incluye compañías Fortune 500 que lo han contratado como asesor , planificador y futurista que pueda arrojar su previsión para ayudar a determinar cuando una empresa debe ser impulsada para tener éxito en el mercado. Como profesional que es de gran valor cuando la investigación y el uso de los planes estratégicos para Educar Corporaciones cómo convertirse en próspero … ” Por la Sra. Peggy Leyva Conley. en http://lnkd.in/dTwc_WD

” … Yo estoy en el temor de Andrés por muchas razones. No sólo estoy impresionado con su negocio y la gestión de enfoque práctico , amplio conocimiento y profesionalidad en la corriente de alta tecnología y en relación con las tecnologías del futuro , sino como un ser humano único y muy valioso … Con extenso trabajo basado en 20 años de experiencia corporativa , Andy ha terminado su libro actual , ’ Futuretronium ’ « http://goo.gl/zvSV7 » . Él ha logrado incorporar a su acervo de conocimientos y experiencia para hacer frente a las amenazas y oportunidades y beneficios para que los titulares obtener una perspectiva aumentada de lo que afecta en gran medida las prácticas de los gestores del cambio , líderes , educadores , investigadores , académicos , empresarios , estudiantes avanzados y ciudadanos responsables , con el objetivo de hacer una diferencia para un mundo mejor pero desafiante … con minuciosidad , explora profundas reflexiones , iniciativas, nociones e ideas que pueden haber sido largamente ignoradas , ’ Futuretronium ’ subestimada e incomprendida . es una exploración interesante , profundo y completo que permite al lector por venir libremente a su / sus propias conclusiones. Tiene una mente dinámica y profunda, y está dotado de un verdadero arte de la expresión por todo lo que se siente … ” Por la Dra. Ann Shaw http://goo.gl/gS7a3A

” … El Sr. Andrés Agostini es un consultor versátil que puede inyectar con éxito las ideas refrescante muy innovadores para permitir la escala de la organización una mayor productividad con un sistema incorporado en el desarrollo de los productos en línea / servicio … ” Por el Dr. Narasimha Bhashyam « Espacio y Defensa » en http://lnkd.in/dZHnpam

” … El Sr. Andrés Agostini posee una claridad y complejidad del pensamiento que rara vez se encuentra . Él es , sin duda, una de las personas más brillantes que he tenido el placer de interactuar con él. Él es capaz de comprender y describir el bosque , los árboles, las hojas, las células, y más allá «y con la misma exactitud en varios idiomas » … ” Por el Sr. Daryl Oster http://goo.gl/yYqCnN

” … Es raro que uno se encuentra con un experto en la materia «SME » que así lo adeptly trasciende las disciplinas y desafía la definición tradicional. Mediante altamente intelectual y estimular los intercambios con Andy , he descubierto que es una PYME en forma virtual, y prácticamente , muchas áreas, como la gestión empresarial , el comercio global, la tecnología , la innovación y las iniciativas con visión de futuro … con sus puntos de vista interesantes , enfoque reflexivo y genuino interés por los demás , Andy ha servido como mentor inspirador y entrenador. Él me ha hecho una pausa para la reflexión profunda y pedir un verdaderamente significativo ’ ¿Qué pasa si ? ’ . he sin duda su estilo sutil , pero eficaz , a impulsarme al siguiente nivel de desarrollo profesional y la entrega estelar de mi ” marca personal ” … para cualquier organización que desee excepcional y verdaderamente recurso extraordinario , le recomiendo Andy. Para cualquiera que desee echar un vistazo a ’ lo que puede ser ” , le recomiendo la exploración del teorema de Andy sobre futuros estudios y la planificación estratégica … ” Por la señora Sherry Salón http://goo.gl/ZuVlXY

” … Andy Agostini es extraordinariamente logra como pensador , Ejecutivo y el Proyecto de Estrategia … Su energía y pasión vienen a través de todo lo que hace y sus habilidades de lenguaje natural genera optimismo y un sentido general de la posibilidad. Él es articulado, de forma clara y concisa comunicador, una persona con visión de futuro y un artista sincero … Andy trae su experiencia, gran cantidad de logros y tareas a todo lo que hace y se puede confiar para hacer lo que se necesita para hacer que las cosas sucedan de manera que sirva al proyecto , así como el conjunto la empresa … lo encontrarás muy educada , sazonada , de gran porte y modales , claramente un caballero en todos los aspectos. él es experto en las formas de hacer negocios en múltiples culturas y entiende la idiosincrasia y complejidad de tratar con múltiples intereses hacia un común objetivo … creo que siempre le alegra que usted lo hizo negocios con Andy en cualquier contexto en el que se involucra . ofrezco mi recomendación más cordial de él y continúo buscando proyectos en los que podemos colaborar recursos y esfuerzos … ” Por el Sr. Bob Smith http://goo.gl/Qz7z2k

” … Al igual que sus antecesores en el conocimiento que busca , Andrés mantiene una visión no convencional del mundo convencional en torno a él . La combinación de su intelecto y la perspectiva le sirven bien como un comentarista de la participación, entrenador y consultor. Sus escritos son completamente fascinante , ya que es capaz de conectar grandes cantidades de información en algo verdaderamente significativo … Andres no es en absoluto una snob intelectual, aunque por todos los derechos de que pudiera ser. Por el contrario , él es muy generoso al compartir sus ideas y conocimientos , y para ayudar a sus compañeros de los hombres «y mujeres» de trabajo para mejorar su situación . Encuentro Andrés para ser una clase y ser humano cálido , manteniendo su fuerte liderazgo profesional y la tutoría estilo. Él ofrece una mezcla única de cualidades y atributos que son raros por cierto, y yo lo recomiendo … ” Por el Sr. Dana Salón http://goo.gl/AoI11F

” … Andrés Agostini es un hombre extraordinario , un erudito versado en una amplia variedad de áreas y competencias. Él ha publicado muchos publicación y es un experto en liderazgo directivo y la transformación organizacional. Es una delicia para hablar con él , escuchar a él ya sus presentaciones inteligentes. Sus puntos de vista de la organización son únicos y servicial, muy ingenioso y determinado … Él está muy bien documentado , exacta y un hombre ’ de seguimiento a través de ” , que siempre cumple sus promesas y da seguimiento de manera exacta y muy rápido , un hombre de palabra . ESTO ES EXTREMADAMENTE EXTRAORDINARIA DE UN HOMBRE tan ocupado como ANDRES … “Al Sr. Nachum Katz http://goo.gl/qMykEK

” … Sé que el Sr. Andrés Agostini durante varios años y tuvo numerosas oportunidades privilegiadas para intercambiar opiniones de forma inteligente con carga sobre gran cantidad de temas que van desde el avance de la física y la ciencia de los recursos humanos y la gestión de la tecnología, a los matices sofisticados de la fotoquímica avanzada … A diferencia de las interacciones he experimentado con un equipo amplio y altamente cualificado de clase mundial de científicos, consultores , ingenieros y especialistas en gestión de amplia miríada de campos y disciplinas que complementan diversificadas , el Sr. Andrés Agostini es sin duda un diamante en un montón de perlas … “Al Sr. Zamir Tribelsky http://goo.gl/eiqWlE

” … A partir de mi experiencia que es un extraordinario ser persona / humana haciendo todo lo posible para hacer una diferencia . « Un buen ejemplo de ello es su libro Futuretronium Book» La pasión con la que se ocupa de cuestiones morales , éticas y bondad son las cosas que me mueve … Si quieres a alguien que entiende , se preocupa y es genuina , tanto de ejecución y la intención — es tu hombre … recomiendo tanto Andy y su libro « Futuretronium Book» a todo el mundo que esté dispuesto a escuchar , aprender y crecer … ” Por el Sr. Anton van den Berg http://goo.gl/RBLJZQ

” … Andrés Agostini es muy notable en el intelecto , en sabiduría , y en poner las ideas en acción de una manera integrada , humana — centrada … Andy es un hombre a quien usted puede confiar con su vida y negocio . Su palabra o promesa está escrito en piedra … “Al Sr. Richard Posner. en http://goo.gl/M0vCpM

” … La forma convencional de pensar y trabajar duro a través de la investigación y la experimentación parece llegar a ser muy pronto una forma de vida común . Cuando me encontré con el Sr. Andrés Agostini mi deja vu fue que viajamos sin cesar en un multiverso de cambiar un montón de causas de efectos no deseados . Tener cualidades naturales como el conocimiento , la intuición , el altruismo , la paciencia , la bondad , el compromiso desinteresado para limpiar las heridas de una sociedad agonizante del desafío , el Sr. Agostini es un apologista moderno de la del Siglo de Oro de Atenas … ” Por el Sr. . Tzarul Nocolai http://goo.gl/p5bRp9

” … Andrés Agostini es muy hábil como autor, estratega , futurista, planificador de escenario y ha trabajado con muchas empresas líderes para ayudarles a navegar a un mayor crecimiento Él tiene una claridad , visión y profesionalismo que es excepcional ; . Él es un gran talentoso individuo … ” Por el Sr. Terry Tucker http://goo.gl/mKq04r

” … He tenido el gran placer de trabajar con Andrés en su calidad de asesor , consultor , estratega , futurólogo profesional y líder del proyecto. Él es verdaderamente un gran pensador con una extraña habilidad para pensar de manera creativa y estratégicamente , mientras que la resolución de problemas de gestión complejos. Andrés aporta un alto grado de elegancia y robustez a su visión para los negocios. Él ha ayudado a entender el impacto de las grandes tendencias y fuerzas en mi negocio y me ha ayudado en la construcción de mi capacidad de absorción ” de la visión a largo plazo . ’ Sin lugar a dudas , su capacidad de pronosticar El upsides / desventajas de las oportunidades de negocio se basa en su dominio de las tendencias en campos aparentemente dispares de la ciencia, la tecnología, la medicina, la economía y los negocios. Sus compromisos son de un alto nivel de calidad . Y su capacidad para liderar proyectos y equipos ha sido a la vez meticuloso y visionario. Él es un profesional consumado . Recomiendo su trabajo , visión y liderazgo sin reserva … ” Por el Sr. Robert Bonner http://goo.gl/qRW8Kd

” … He conocido a Andrés Agostini a través de sus amplias actividades como un futurista. Andrés es uno de esos raros pensadores que, naturalmente, sirve como un mentor de inspiración para el campo. Con un impresionante historial como un innovador de negocios, un Tech- Analista y un Consultor en Prospectiva de Investigación , Andrés Agostini exhibe fuertes habilidades visionarias y un gran sentido de la construcción de redes. Estas cualidades se traducen sobre todo en su capacidad de inspirar a los demás, para nutrir un impresionante campo de las competencias personales y desarrollar proyectos pioneros innovadores . su enfoque holístico hace Sr. Agostini un individuo altamente valiosa recomiendo encarecidamente … ” Por la Dra. Valérie Morignat PhD http://lnkd.in/QeMmMx

” … El Sr. Andrés Agostini es un singular persistente futurista grupo de reflexión proactiva , y un genio polifacético multidimensional con un entusiasmo desenfrenado torbellino de rico y profundo pensamiento visionario savant complejo ! Él es sumamente perceptiva de las fortalezas globales de un individuo, con una astucia ávido de encapsulando rápidamente esto en palabras elocuentes maravillosas ! … ” Por el Sr. Michael Pastien en http://lnkd.in/Q8mDi9

” … Para mí, las palabras se quedan cortas en su capacidad para transmitir las capacidades intelectuales masivas de Andrés Agostini , salida visionario productivo y quizás lo más importante — su integridad como persona compasiva .… Es en acciones positivas de Andrés , que ilumina lo él representa — un solucionador de problemas creativo incansable con soluciones prácticas a problemas complejos , que es apoyado por su sólido compromiso para ver los proyectos hasta el final .… Andrés Agostini es un dínamo total para inspirar a otros con su generoso contenido de conocimiento y . ideas, que comparte regularmente a través de múltiples canales de comunicación «el libro Futuretronium » No sólo Andrés comparten información crítica sobre un amplio espectro de tecnologías visionarias , pero comparte los activos más valiosos de todos ellos — su tiempo y compasión para ayudar a otros a hacer del mundo un lugar mejor .… me considero muy afortunado de tener Andrés comparte su sabiduría compasiva conmigo, lo que motiva aún más mis esfuerzos para compartir conocimientos y soluciones para ayudar a inspirar la acción positiva .… Sin ninguna reserva, con entusiasmo recomendar soluciones de Andrés Agostini creativas , liderazgo y acciones positivas de compasión hacia cualquier emprendimientos desafiantes actuales o futuros … ” por el Sr. David Anthony Johanson en http://lnkd.in/bRriaKU

” … El Sr. Andrés Agostini es un socio proactivo es todos sus esfuerzos . Andrés es un duro- conducir individuo decidido a ver un proyecto llevado a una conclusión exitosa .… Andrés exige la perfección de sí mismo y predica con el ejemplo . Es su “No tome « no » por respuesta ” actitud que le impulsa a niveles más y más altos de éxito Andrés puede ser un hombre de negocios conservador , . sin embargo, él sabe que hay momentos para ser un averter riesgo o que evita el riesgo .. .. en su campo, arneses Andrés cambian para conducir desafío a través de una organización. como pionero de la moda , Andrés sabe cómo manejar los negocios , ya que se vuelve más maduro y el riesgo puede tener una visión de toda la empresa , a veces .… tengo plena confianza de que si hay un problema , Andrés sabrá cómo enfrentarlo … ” Por la Sra. Armonía Collins en http://lnkd.in/b2bFTnE

” … Andrés es un profesional multidisciplinar con increíble energía y entusiasmo. Nos hemos comunicado a través del grupo INTJ Masterminds LinkedIn y sus conocimientos sobre una amplia gama de temas es muy Provoca pensamientos .… Su trabajo en lo que el futuro sostiene es ancho y profundo y me mantener un ojo en la amplia gama de artículos que produce … “Al Sr. David Shaw en http://lnkd.in/ba6xX-K

” … Por la presente, le recomiendo al Sr. Andrés Agostini — INTJ que es un pensador entusiasta y original en Asuntos futuristas , incluyendo Estudios del Futuro , Prospectiva de Investigación y Planificación de escenarios .… Sr. Andrés Agostini tiene pasión por y comprensión de la vínculos entre las tendencias tecnológicas y los hechos históricos , los comportamientos humanos, la gestión de la sostenibilidad y la toma de decisiones son maravillosos ejemplos de las características que se necesitan para acelerar la toma de decisiones inteligentes en las corporaciones globales , empresas y gobierno … ” Por el Sr. Alejandro Core en http:/ / lnkd.in/bYk5kEK

” … Sé que el señor Andrés Agostini , como mentor y estoy agradecido por sus esfuerzos en ayudarme a ser una mejor persona. Me dieron una oportunidad para interactuar y discutir con él sobre diversos temas intuitivos y siempre me asombra cada uno y cada una. Sus conocimientos en diferentes campos a menudo me asombrado .… Personalmente me ha ayudado en diversas metodologías para mejorar mi adaptación sobre las diferencias culturales y la comprensión de mis debilidades y fortalezas de mi personalidad. él ha sido un maravilloso ejemplo persona de mente abierta a las que puede tratar cualquier tipo de temas en cualquier punto del tiempo. estoy en deuda para conseguir un asesor como él … ” por el Sr. Prabhu Krishna en http://lnkd.in/bVwKBER

” … Con entusiasmo que he escrito esta recomendación para Andrés es un investigador profesional teórico , erudito y un gran conocedor y practicante de la consultoría de gestión de práctica con una combinación de habilidades alucinantes y amplias líneas de prácticas que uno puede depender verdaderamente Andrés. en . él trae rigor exhaustivo para todos los aspectos de los análisis de riesgo y la estrategia de los proyectos , como investigador , consultor, gerente y estratega. Andrés es también en futurismo avanzada, la investigación y el escenario de planificación prospectiva . en su carrera, ha trabajado con más de dos « 2 » docenas de instituciones globales, que abarcan múltiples industrias para hacer impacto en el negocio impecable en los resultados finales. Andres competencias sólidas y diversas en el desarrollo de estrategias y su integridad personal hacen de él una confianza “Ir a” persona para hacer las cosas , y yo recomiendo lo altamente . Por último, pero no menos importante, me alegro de estar conectados con él fuera de línea y con su red profesional en LinkedIn … ” Por el Dr. Ram Tripathi , Ph.D. , PMP en http://lnkd.in/ bJ9ftWE

” … Andrés es casi perfecto en su en — punto , implacable campaña para ser un proveedor de soluciones. Él ve lo que la mayoría no puede. Él anticipa escenarios de años luz por delante de los demás, a su vez, asegurar clientes son turbo potenciado por delante de sus competidores más cercanos . combina un alma gemela con un intelecto punto láser, interactuar con la gente de todos los orígenes y niveles de educación . Él es un hallazgo raro en la previsión, la adaptación y la aplicación de conceptos a un nivel más sólo puede imaginarse para alcanzar en su vida. Andrés se llevará a su negocio de medio a excelente en un instante … ” Por la Sra. Brenda Hume , RN , BSN Proveedor de Soluciones en http://lnkd.in/bbvenrM

” … El Sr. Andrés Agostini es un pensador profundo y famoso estratega . Su capacidad para sintetizar los retos globales con las pasiones profundas para el futuro de la humanidad él una fuente única para hacer frente a los problemas globales hace . Además , a través de su visión aguda y amplia , que es un socio de confianza para resolver su problema de Gestión de Riesgos . de todos modos , me gustó mucho trabajar con él y lo recomiendo a todos los que buscan un asesor previsión fiable y reflexivo o un entrenador de la gestión estratégica … ” Por el Sr. Farzad Khandan en http:// lnkd.in/bavyPX5

” … El Sr. Andrés Agostini es un profesional de gran valor. Sr. Andrés es una certeza. Andrés es una gran persona , serio, confiable , competente y muy capaz … ” Por el Dr. Claudio Mantovani en http:// lnkd.in / bADrwQz

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The increasing detail at which human brains can be scanned is bringing the possibility of mind-reading appliances closer and closer. Such appliances, when complete, will be non-invasive and capable of responding to our thoughts as easily as they respond to keys on a keyboard. Indeed, as emphasized in the Lifeboat Foundation’s 2013 publication, The Human Race to the Future, there may soon be appliances that are operated by thought alone, and such technology may even replace our keyboards.
It is not premature to be concerned about possible negative outcomes from this, however positive the improvement in people’s lifestyles would be. In mind-reading appliances, there are two possible dangers that become immediately obvious.

Danger 1: “Thought police”

Brain-machine interfaces have many possibilities that deserve to be explored by science. However, there are also potentially dystopian threats presented by this technology. Even technologies like personal computers, which were seen as liberating to the individual and not aligned with powerful governments, have also become windows that regimes can use to spy on their citizens.

If hardware eventually allows words to appear on screens simply because of a thought, and the appliances are still vulnerable to hacking or government pressure, does this mean minds can be read without consent? It is very likely that any technology sensitive enough to respond to our thoughts could be programmed by a regime to intercept our thoughts. Even if our hardware was not originally designed to intercept thoughts on behalf of the authorities, the hardware would already meet the requirements for any program written to intercept thoughts for policing and political repression.

The potential negative consequences of mind-reading technology are equivalent to those of “uploading”, the futuristic concept of transferring one’s mind to computers as popularized by Singularitarians, usually following the ideas of Ray Kurzweil. There is a real threat that a technological singularity, as depicted in Kurzweil’s The Singularity is Near, could strengthen a flawed social system by giving the authorities the intrusive ability to monitor what it sees as deviant or threatening thought.

Danger 2: Accidents

It may be that manual or verbal control, still depicted in science fiction as gifts that will be with us for many centuries and taken with humanity’s distant descendants to the stars, are just more practical than mind-reading. Even when limited to practical uses like controlling a vehicle or appliance, mind-reading may simply be destined to take away convenience rather than create convenience for the vast majority of its customers.

Even if driving a car by thought can be made safe, the use of aircraft or weapons systems via mind-reading would certainly be more problematic. When the stakes are high, most of us already agree that it is best not to entrust the responsibility to one person’s thoughts. By not using the body and voice when performing a task, and by not allowing others to intervene in your actions, the chances of an accident are probably always going to be raised. Although we like to think of our own brains as reliable and would probably be eager to try out mind-reading control over our vehicles, we do not think of others peoples’ brains that way, and would be troubled by the lack of any window for intervention in the other person’s actions.

Possible accidents when piloting a complex machine like a helicopter or manning a dangerous weapon may be averted by an experienced hand preventing someone from taking the wrong action. Considering this, old-fashioned manual controls may already be destined to be superior to any mind-reading controls and more attuned to the challenges faced by humans. We evolved to talk and physically handle challenges. Given this fact, removing all the remaining physical challenges of performing a task may only complicate your ability to perform effectively, or result in a higher tendency to err or take rash actions by subverting the ability of others to challenge you as you act.

Recommendation: we should avoid strengthening an undesirable social system

I hope that these objections to mind-reading may be proven invalid, with time. It is certainly likely that some people, such as those with physical disabilities, are going to rely on improvements in mind-reading technology to restore their lives. However, there has been, and continues to be, a very definite danger that a flawed social system and government are going to seek out technologies that can make them more and invulnerable, and this is one such technology. Any potential avenue of invulnerability of governments against their critics is unacceptable and should be challenged, just as the present excess in surveillance has been challenged.

It is important to keep reiterating that it is not the technology itself that is the source of a threat to humanity, but the myopic actions of the likely operators of that technology. Given the experience of government mass espionage, which began without the knowledge or consent of the public, concerns about other unannounced programs exploiting communication technology for “total information awareness” (TIA) are justified.

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Originally published on April 22 in Dissident Voice

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