“It’s difficult to make predictions, especially about the future”*…

It’s that time of year: predictions and forecasts and outlooks for 2026 on just about everything are everywhere. Scott Belsky‘s list is eminetly worth a read…

From talent arbitrage and “proof of craft” to hardware moats, ambient listening, homegrown software, and the end of waste – what should we expect to see in the coming year? What are the implications?…

“12 Outlooks for the Future: 2026+”

For a bracing list of “black swan” possibliities in the new year, see “15 Scenarios That Could Stun the World in 2026.”

But in the interest of starting this year on as positive a note as possible: “1,084 Reasons the World Isn’t Falling Apart.”

* an axiom attributed to Niels Bohr and Yogi Berra, among others

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As we contemplate what’s coming, we might recall that it was on this date in 1902 that Andrew Carnegie filed the incorporation papers for what he called the Carnegie Institution of Washington– which we now know as Carnegie Science. The first of 20 not-for-profit institutions he founded (in addition to his other philanthropy, e.g., funding over 3,000 public libraries), Carnegie Science conducts fundamental research both directly and in collaboration with other organizations (mostly research universities). In its 120+ year history, it has contributed scores of foundational discoveries– e.g., the expanding universe, the existence of dark matter, transposons (“jumping genes”)– across multiple scientific disciplines. Its principals have won multiple Nobel Prizes (and myriad other awards) and have contributed to scientific and technical policy (e.g., Carnegie President Vannevar Bush) and to scientific education.

Ahead of Print in BFP: Review: Ulrich Johannes Schneider on Andrew Carnegie’s Libraries. Peter Vodosek reviews Schneider’s study on Carnegie’s influence on public libraries, philanthropy, and modernity. #libraries #AndrewCarnegie #philanthropy #history

https://doi.org/10.1515/bfp-2024-0102

Vergoldetes Zeitalter:

„Geplant sei quasi eine Art Rückkehr zum „vergoldeten Zeitalter“ nach dem US-Bürgerkrieg – also von 1865 bis Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts. Mark Twain wollte mit „vergoldet“ statt „golden“ zum Ausdruck bringen, dass es zwar einen enormen Aufschwung gab, große Teile der arbeitenden Bevölkerung daran aber nicht teil hatten und oft in elenden Verhältnissen lebten. Von der damaligen rasanten Industrialisierung profitierten vor allem Großindustrielle wie Andrew Carnegie, J. P. Morgan und John D. Rockefeller. Diese „Räuberbarone“ genannten Unternehmer akkumulierten enormes Vermögen – durch Monopole, Zölle und einen schwachen Staat, dem sie quasi ihnen genehme Gesetze diktierten.“

via Massiver Umbau des Staates | orf.at

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Maryhill Public Library in Glasgow. Built in 1903, it was one of the first wave of libraries built in the city using funds provided by Andrew Carnegie, and is one of seven designed by James R. Rhind. While Carnegie libraries elsewhere in the UK were primarily brick-built, those in Scotland, like this one in Maryhill, were mostly built from stone.

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