From Gutenberg to Mcluhan to What's Next [26min]

"This is an age of electronic incunabula... It's a capital 'R' revolution. This is an age of electronic incunabula... It's a capital 'R' revolution." Paul Saffo is a forecaster and strategist with over two decades experience exploring long-term technological change and its practical impact on business and society. A Director and Roy Amara Fellow at Institute for the Future, Mr Saffo is Chairman of the Samsung Science Board, and serves on a variety of other boards including the Long Now Foundation, and the Singapore National Research Foundation Science Advisory Board as well as the boards of several public and pre-public companies located the United States and abroad. Earlier this year, he was appointed a Consulting Associate Professor in the Stanford's School of Engineering and is also a Fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences. Paul has served as an advisor and Forum Fellow to the World Economic Forum, which in the late 1990s named Paul one of its"100 Global Leaders For Tomorrow." Paul's essays have appeared in numerous publications, including Business 2.0, Fortune, The Harvard Business Review, The Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, The New York Times and The Washington Post and Wired. Paul holds degrees from Harvard College, Cambridge University, and Stanford University. This interview was hosted by Brendan Greeley, the blogger-in-chief for the US public radio program"Open Source" with Christopher Lydon, and the author of The Economist's survey on new media, Andreas Kluth.