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    Theme 2: The nature of trust will become more fluid as technology embeds itself into human and organizational relationships

    Many respondents pointed out that trust is a complicated and many-layered concept with numerous variables that can be in constant fluctuation. Some respondents described a trust timeline that will gradually evolve. One example came from Jannick B. Pedersen, a futurist and impact investor, who said, “I strongly believe that smart trust will steadily rise. We […]

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    Theme 4: Some say blockchain could help; some expect its value might be limited

    Trust is embedded in many things that foster relationships and transactions. Money is the prime example of a trust-infused artifact. People exchange it for other things of value because their governments say that their currencies are “backed” by the authority of those governments and, often, other governments. In days of yesteryear, money was tied to […]

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    500 Jahre nach der Reformation haben konfessionelle Differenzen viel von ihrer Kraft verloren

    Während sich Protestanten auf den 500. Jahrestag der Reformation vorbereiten, zeigen neue Umfragen des Pew Research Center, dass sich die theologischen Unterschiede, die das westliche Christentum im 16. Jahrhundert gespalten haben, sowohl in Westeuropa als auch in den Vereinigten Staaten auf ein Maß verringert haben, das Christen in vergangenen Jahrhunderten möglicherweise schockiert hätte. In ganz […]

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    People’s views of their national economies don’t always square with data

    Many Europeans, Japanese and Americans feel better today about their nations’ economies than they did before the financial crisis, according to a new global survey by Pew Research Center. But those public sentiments aren’t always aligned with a nation’s actual economic performance.

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    About this canvassing of experts

    The expert predictions reported here about the impact of the internet over the next 10 years came in response to one of eight questions asked by Pew Research Center and Elon University’s Imagining the Internet Center in an online canvassing conducted between July 1 and August 12, 2016. This is the seventh “Future of the […]

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    2. Christian educational attainment

    Christians are one of the world’s most highly educated religious groups: The vast majority of Christian adults ages 25 and older (91%) have at least some formal schooling, and one-in-five have post-secondary degrees. Gender differences in educational attainment among Christians have narrowed in recent generations, largely because of gains made by Christian women. Although Christian […]

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    2. Worldwide, few confident in Trump or his policies

    Relatively few people across the globe have confidence in U.S. President Donald Trump to do the right thing when it comes to world affairs. And some of his most prominent policy proposals – such as building a wall between the U.S. and Mexico, withdrawing from trade and climate agreements, and restricting people from some Muslim-majority […]

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