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Five Interesting Things: Today’s Scan Hits

Here are five indicators, observations or articles that caught the eye of FA futurists today. A survey conducted by digital analytic firm Annalect has found that consumer concern about online security and personal privacy concerns has jumped since the NSA data collection revelations by Edward Snowden. According to Annalect’s data, which comes from an already on-going longitudinal…

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Five Interesting Things: Today’s Scan Hits

Here are five indicators, observations or articles that caught the eye of FA futurists today. Wired’s Clive Thompson calls for supplementing the Maker movement with a Fixer movement that would promote the skills needed to fix “broken” goods and pressure manufacturers to improve the repairability of their products. Bank analysts are warning that China may be reaching a “Minsky…

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