Original 2021 statement: By 2030, most actors have mostly become irrelevant – instead, avatars and deep-fake personalities will be purchased off the shelf, ready to be turned into the next great performance.
What Jim has written about this
From “Daily Inspiration: “It’s time to move from triage to tomorrow!”” (January 2023)
As I close out this series of 23 Trends for 2023, I’ve been thinking long and hard as to what the final, all-encompassing trend should be; to be honest, I’ve had several. But they’ve all had a common theme - all of us finally have the chance to look forward to what’s next , rather than just concentrating right now on what we need to do to get through. In a conference call with a client the other day, I was given a gift when he mentioned that in his mind, they weres finally able to move away from triage - fast, quick steps to simply survive - to thinking about their future again. That’s it!
From “20 Trends into 2030: Are You Ready for The Massive Transformation of Just About Everything?” (December 2019)
Transportation : We’ve gone from driving cars and trucks based on carbon, gas and the internal combustion engine, to vehicles based on big batteries and computers. They mostly drive themselves, or do so in cooperative packs, talking to each other on a continuous basis with respect to traffic flow and other important matters. Cars have become, essentially, anticipatory data-sensing computers on wheels. The industry has changed as well: rather than a few car and truck manufacturers, there are hundreds, as the very form factor of the vehicle changed once we eliminated the carbon-gas engine - the arrival of battery-electric led to the emergence of all kinds of new competitors because the process of conceiving, designing and building a vehicle became much more straightforward. And the after-market parts industry has collapsed, as the average number of parts in a vehicle went from 46,000 in a carbon-gas vehicle down to a few hundred with battery-electric.
Education: We’ve gone from the concept of “foundational degree knowledge” to just-in-time knowledge - most people in the workforce have now mastered the skill of getting the right knowledge at right time for right purpose. The concept of the career has disappeared as most people transition from project to project at an absolutely furious pace - there is a continuous arrival of new careers, the rapid obsolescence of old careers, and the fleeting arrival of short term “micro-careers.” We used to train for a career that would take us through most of our life. Now, we live a life that takes us through multiple careers - by constantly reinventing ourselves. The education industry has figured out how to build platforms for the delivery of knowledge that does not yet exist for careers not yet invented - in essence, designing knowledge delivery for what comes next in a world of great knowledge uncertainty!
Manufacturing : We’ve transitioned from a world of mass production, with millions of products that are all the same, to one of mass customization, based on 3D printing, advanced materials, agility-based manufacturing methodologies and iterative, regenerative product design concepts. End-of-runway manufacturing and the end of the concept of inventory has taken hold as additive manufacturing concepts now permit the production of a lot of products closer to the consumer. This has resulted in a massive reduction in the cost of shipping and transportation - the concept of ‘inventory on hand’ has come to an end, and supply chain ideas have been turned on their head.
From “Daily Inspiration: Marketing & PR - “Be careful what you do within the boundaries of your imagination!”” (March 2024)
According to Paul Connell, an actor and comedian who was one of the actors hired to play Willy Wonka , attendees were instead presented with, a single jelly bean each, a quarter-cup of lemonade and an evil chocolatier named “The Unknown,” who lives in the walls. There was no chocolate at the event.
The actors and actresses playing their assigned roles didn’t have a good time of it. Can anyone be sadder than this Oompa Loopa?
I feel bad for them - freelance actors, they simply responded to the opportunity for a gig, not realizing that they were about to enter the wrong side of their 15 minutes of fame. At least many have taken it on the chin, taking to social media to tell their side of the story.
Read the full pieces on jimcarroll.com:
Daily Inspiration: “It’s time to move from triage to tomorrow!“
20 Trends into 2030: Are You Ready for The Massive Transformation of Just About Everything?
Daily Inspiration: Marketing & PR - “Be careful what you do within the boundaries of your imagination!”