Neil Arun didn’t want to miss a rare but risky opportunity to embed with an Iraqi police unit, hunting members of al Qaeda. But his employers -- responsible for Neil’s security -- weren’t happy. This film by Richard Pendry nvestigates how a frontline journalist balances risk and reward.
In 1958 Disney presented their vision of the future in an episode of a TV show entitled Magic Highway USA. Watching it, it becomes evident that this vision was heavily influenced by fordism and the significance of the car to American culture, but it was also clearly an overly optimistic vision. Little of this view has actually come to pass – or even looks ever likely to happen. Compare it now with Microsoft’s equally optimistic, March 2009 vision of the future in 2019. Is Microsoft’s vision realistic? Or will it suffer the same fate as Disney’s predictions?
Perilous and difficult as predictions of the future are, this 5-part series of articles seeks to answer these questions over the week or so by delivering a thoughtful and realistic view on what the new decade may hold in store for us in terms of technological advancement and innovation.
