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Inspired by: interviews » There is a strange echo of the early industrial age from 200 years ago we are in a place where advanced technology is being overshadowed by mining again.

version: 7 / updated: 2011-10-22
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Originally submitted by: Ivan Montenegro Perini
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Source of inspiration

Interviews

The source of the Weak Signal is

Fred Young Phillips, "IC2 Institute of the University of Texas at Austin", interviewed by "MIOIR".

Signal's headline

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There is a strange echo of the early industrial age from 200 years ago we are in a place where advanced technology is being overshadowed by mining again.

Signal's description

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Please describe the Weak Signal (approx. 150 words)
According to Fred Young Philips: "There was a report I read that compared the per capita GDP of countries to a host of variables and it turns out and I am quoting here from my paper, ‘a 24/7 Wall Street Report based on IMF data shows the countries with highest per capital GDP have not necessarily the most universities nor the most credentialed knowledge work forces but the most mineral resources’. A lot of this is driven by China’s hunger for raw materials and we don’t really hear much about the Chinese colonization of Africa but that is a very big thing and that will affect world culture and the development of Africa and the emphasis on mining. I go to Peru a lot and that is a big mining country and the country’s economy is doing very well but it is because of exports to China and no country can survive for the long term on extracting and exporting non renewable resources. I am just concerned that every engineering school in the developing world will be devoted exclusively to mining engineering. I am exaggerating but that is not a bad ‘sleeper/weak signal’. They are making money on resource extraction and that rather depresses the motivation for innovation in other spheres of life."

Keywords

Mineral Resources, GPD and Developing.

Mini-description

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A lot of this is driven by China’s hunger for raw materials and we don’t really hear much about the Chinese colonization of Africa but that's a very big thing and that will affect world culture and the development of Africa and the emphasis on mining

Signal's potential evolution

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issue type of issue/development potential impact on society timeframe for the issue to become at least 50% probable
#1 re-emerging
 		beneficial
#2 re-emerging
 		harmful

Importance

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Level 4: important for the whole world

Filters preventing the signal's monitoring

economic filters (business/market interests)
scientific filters (knowledge/technology access)
social filters (class, status, education level)

Signal's relevance for European Grand Challenges

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particularly relevant Europe world
Behavioural change
Coexistence and conflicts
Social exclusion & poverty
Social cohesion and diversity
Economic prosperity/dynamics
Globalization vs. localization
Sustainability and climate change

Signal's relevance for thematic research areas

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particularly relevant
ICT - Information & communication technologies
Environment (including Climate Change)
Social Sciences and Humanities