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Interviews: Six important forces that will shape 2009 - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

Ross Dawson, December 16, 2008 2:40 PM US PT. 2008 saw a massive surge in people using Twitter - the worldâ??s Gen Y wakes up to Gen Z. t be the new kids on the block any more as Generation Z enters the workforce. Sophisticated and with a social conscience, Gen Z has never lived without the internet or mobile phones.

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Buy now, pay later changed retail. Health care and rent are next.

Vox

It came from a little cartoon woman named Penny featured on Wasatch’s Facebook page. But recent surveys suggest more than half of millennials and members of Generation Z have at least one credit card. The 2008 financial crisis briefly soured consumers’ perception of debt and credit cards.

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Doing shots with true believers at Ethereum’s biggest party

The Verge

I laughed, thinking he was making a reference to the 2008 financial crisis, which was caused partly by mortgage-backed securities. Then he told a story about when he and Elon were working on Zip2, their first company, which was an internet replacement for the Yellow Pages. The valuation mechanism was yet to be proven, he noted.

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List of the world’s top female futurists (Update #5)

Trends in the Living Networks

If you would like to suggest other prominent female futurists we should consider for updates to this list, please complete the form at the end of this page. Jaurola then spent the early 2000s building experience at a range of companies, including Computer Sciences Corporation, before founding Hunome in 2008. Summary list.

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