{"id":3072,"date":"2011-06-16T18:15:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-16T18:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2011\/06\/16\/off-topic-bizarre-cultural-predictions-for-the-next-10-years-beyond\/"},"modified":"2023-06-12T12:22:38","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T16:22:38","slug":"off-topic-bizarre-cultural-predictions-for-the-next-10-years-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/off-topic-bizarre-cultural-predictions-for-the-next-10-years-beyond\/","title":{"rendered":"Off Topic: Bizarre Cultural Predictions For The Next 10 Years & Beyond!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I am taking a four-day weekend starting tomorrow. With that and the fact that I just finished a top secret, gargantuan procurement education-related project on Tuesday, I have to admit:for once, procurement is not on the top of my mind.<\/p>\n

Therefore, I am going to dedicate today\u2019s post to something totally off-topic. If you only want to read what I write about procurement, you can stop reading now because you\u2019ll only post nasty comments later. But, for those of you who enjoy what I write day-in-and-day-out and don\u2019t mind reading something a little bizarre, feel free to stick with me.<\/p>\n

I like to ponder the future in this exciting world. Someone, somewhere must have foreseen the cultural shift caused by the everyone-is-using-the-Internet age from 1995 \u2013 2010. Someone, somewhere must have foreseen the next cultural shift that we\u2019re in today where phones are being used for everything from texting to paying for goods at the store to enabling your home security system to even being used to \u2013 get this \u2013 call people!<\/p>\n

So, what\u2019s next?<\/p>\n

I am guessing that we\u2019ll see three things happen in the next ten years or so. Here they are:<\/p>\n

1. <\/span> An \u201cAmazon-for-services\u201d model will emerge as one of the top Internet sites.<\/span> I love getting gift certificates for Amazon.com. Wow \u2013 you can buy such a wide variety of competitively priced things there ranging from books (of course) to musical instruments to furniture and more. But it\u2019s mostly products. If I want a custom-designed t-shirt, I gotta go elsewhere. Web hosting services? Gotta go elsewhere. Concert tickets? Gotta go elsewhere. While consumers buy a lot of products, they buy a lot of services, too. And, currently, there is no \u201cone-stop shop\u201d for services. I predict that there will be and that site \u2013 whether it\u2019s Amazon or another company \u2013 will be as much of a household name in 10 years as Amazon is today. OK, that\u2019s not too bizarre, right? Well, let\u2019s move on to the next prediction and see if it is a little more \u201cout there.\u201d<\/p>\n

2. <\/span>Everyone\u2019s life, as seen through their eyes, will be streamed and recorded.<\/span> With today\u2019s social media tools like Facebook and Twitter, we get to learn about what someone else is doing and has done. But these nuggets of information are static and not truly in real-time. That will change. I believe that everyone will be wearing \u2013 or will have implanted \u2013 a camera between or above their eyes. This camera will stream live video of the wearer\u2019s life \u2013 as seen through their eyes \u2013 onto a social media site where anyone can watch what anyone else is doing at any point in time. This camera will not only broadcast the video, it will record the video thereby enabling someone to return to any point in their life and watch that moment exactly as they saw it. You think today\u2019s generation has a disregard for privacy? Just wait \u2013 today\u2019s little-privacy behavior will look modest by comparison with what\u2019s coming.<\/p>\n

3. <\/span>Bald will be hot for teen and 20-something girls\/women for a short time.<\/span> Throughout the years, hair removal for women has been a cultural part of being feminine with shaved armpits, legs, etc. the norm. This tendency towards increased epilation will extend to hair on the head as well. Each generation breaks down the limits, taboos, and standards of previous generations. A society full of bald young women would be perhaps the most marked fashion departure imaginable. But fashion changes constantly and what is hot one moment is cold the next. So, this is a trend that won\u2019t last long. But I think we\u2019ll see it for a short time.<\/p>\n

OK. That\u2019s all the non-procurement stuff I\u2019ll torture you with for now. Time for that four-day weekend to recharge the batteries. I\u2019ll get back to normal programming next week, I promise!<\/p>\n

Recommended Reading<\/p>\n

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The Procurement World Breathes a Sigh of Relief\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Whitepaper Wednesday \u2013 Purchasing Salaries in 2011<\/a><\/p>\n

Green Business Hypocrisy? (You gotta see this picture)<\/a><\/p>\n

Why Suppliers Don\u2019t Give You The Best Proposals Possible (And What You Can Do About It)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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