Comments on: Think Tank Predicts–Next December, We’ll Remember http://www.bizzyblog.com/2005/12/16/bizzys-am-coffee-biz-econ-links-121605-think-tank-predicts-next-december-well-remember/ The Business End of the Blogosphere Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:46:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: TBlumer http://www.bizzyblog.com/2005/12/16/bizzys-am-coffee-biz-econ-links-121605-think-tank-predicts-next-december-well-remember/#comment-3171 TBlumer Fri, 16 Dec 2005 17:29:06 +0000 http://www.bizzyblog.com/?p=1052#comment-3171 <p align="left">#1 - So many of these predictions are either so ignorant of current reality or so mindless that I was tempted to ignore them. But I figure a year from now, I'll have a lot of fun ridiculing them. </p><p align="left">Take just the first. The survival business has boomed twice after the Cold War, first in the mid-1990s militia movement, and second, before Y2K. Zheesh.</p> #1 - So many of these predictions are either so ignorant of current reality or so mindless that I was tempted to ignore them. But I figure a year from now, I’ll have a lot of fun ridiculing them.

Take just the first. The survival business has boomed twice after the Cold War, first in the mid-1990s militia movement, and second, before Y2K. Zheesh.

]]> By: Kevin Irwin http://www.bizzyblog.com/2005/12/16/bizzys-am-coffee-biz-econ-links-121605-think-tank-predicts-next-december-well-remember/#comment-3168 Kevin Irwin Fri, 16 Dec 2005 17:00:26 +0000 http://www.bizzyblog.com/?p=1052#comment-3168 <p align="left"><i>- Citizen-driven movements for states to break away from the union will arise.</i> </p><p align="left">This is already happening. The Second Vermont Republic has already held caucuses on secession. </p><p align="left"><i>- Online TV, the ultimate in media convergence, will signal the decline of the communication industry’s monopoly on broadcast news and entertainment.</i> </p><p align="left">From a technology standpoint, we are already seeing this. Telecom (The bells) and cable companies are starting to enter into each others markets.</p> - Citizen-driven movements for states to break away from the union will arise.

This is already happening. The Second Vermont Republic has already held caucuses on secession.

- Online TV, the ultimate in media convergence, will signal the decline of the communication industry’s monopoly on broadcast news and entertainment.

From a technology standpoint, we are already seeing this. Telecom (The bells) and cable companies are starting to enter into each others markets.

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