This Moment in Time

This Moment in Time The Phoenix Economy at The Value Web   Early on Wednesday, across to the Oval for the start of a two-day event entitled ‘This Moment in Time’ – organised by The Value Web, who I have worked with on a number of occasions at World Economic Forum summits.  They use a process developed by Gail and Matt Taylor of MG Taylor, founded in 1979.  Had to leave half-way through the first day, but Sam and I went back for the concluding party on Thursday evening.     Very struck to find my photo up on the white-wall, with the message ‘Still Here’.  A number of the ideas I had surfaced the previous day had also made it onto the walls, including the notion that systems adapt (so the Vatican, for example, might anoint James Lovelock as Saint James of Gaia some time around 2029), that we might build God as a supercomputer with anyone able to input (prompted by a note with ’42’ on it in one of the break-out spaces) and, no surprise this, the Phoenix Economy.     Very much liked Gail Taylor.  Among other things, we discussed Hari Seldon, the psychohistorian in Asimov’s Foundation series, and worked to collapse a 30,000 years of civilizational collapse into just 1,000 years.  Struck by the fact that the Canterbury Court business cenbtre, where the event was held, used to be a radar factory.  At its best, what we are doing is evolving a new form of radar for our societies and economies.  Came away hugely energised.   Trends Elephant in the room Paradigm shifting Which Beatle are you? Scale St James Could we build God? Sam Wordle taken by Sam Gail and orange man Still here