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The Acceleration of Generational Transformational Change

"All your base are being to us!" That's what happens with the transfer of control of the future from idea-tired, change-resistant, policy-weak and narrow-thinking baby boomers to the first adult generation weaned on the Internet.

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Publish Date	2019-01-22
Updated Date	2026-09-18
Horizon	now
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Originally published as 19 Trends for 2019: #15 The Acceleration of Generational Transformational Change on January 22, 2019.

This record preserves item #15 in Jim Carroll’s 19 Trends For 2019 series as a structured historical trend in the futurist.info knowledge graph.

“All your base are being to us!” That’s what happens with the transfer of control of the future from idea-tired, change-resistant, policy-weak and narrow-thinking baby boomers to the first adult generation weaned on the Internet.

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Industries Technology & Telecom
Industries Workforce & Professional Services
Industries Media & Entertainment

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Domains Connectivity & Digital Experience
Domains Society, Skills & Work

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IndustriesTechnology & TelecomConnectivity is becoming ubiquitous while intelligence moves everywhere: cloud, edge, devices, networks and autonomous systems increasingly operate as one fabric.IndustriesWorkforce & Professional ServicesExpertise is being reorganized around AI augmentation, knowledge velocity, new career structures and the ability to assemble skills at speed.IndustriesMedia & EntertainmentCreation is becoming abundant, distribution is frictionless and attention is scarce. AI now accelerates all three forces at once.DomainsConnectivity & Digital ExperiencePervasive connectivity, immersive interfaces and the blending of physical and digital experiences.DomainsSociety, Skills & WorkChanging skills, careers, demographics, generational values and the organizational structures of work.

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