Estee Chaikin

Sharing the new currency of meaning

Hi there, thanks you for stopping by. I love designing new services and disruptive business models. Originally from the USA, I am currently living in Amsterdam.

The future human

As my husband subjects me to his love for Sci-fi flicks and drama series, I do find myself really getting into them once in a while. However I tend to think that these shows aren’t like Star Trek any more. Yes – they still take place in space but they are much closer to what reality could look like in perhaps 15-20 years.

Once these shows end, my brain comes back to reality, but it really stirs up a few questions. Mainly, what the future human would look like. I don’t think we will be living in space, but potentially more on water on a self-sustaining barge. In terms of how we operation, you want to think that one day we are all programmed with a device or chip to automatically provide info updates to our network by just thinking it versus typing it.

As I watch my toddler start to use my iPhone and want to bang away at the computer, I can certainly say he will be a part of the future human generation which will be just one step closer to thinking like an operating system in binary code, wanting to constantly connect to a virtual network. The debate goes on whether this is a good or bad thing. At the moment, I think it is a good thing for a toddler as he is constantly teaching himself how to interact with an object as well as cause and effect. He is especially mesmerised when the iPhone speaks to him at the push of a button (well he likes to push the button constantly!).

So fast forward time to when he is 12 and I do believe that his brain development will be different from mine at that age. He is just going to know how to work technology in his sleep. It will be part of his DNA. It’s hard to fathom that a change in brain development could happen because these things take many years, but the ubiquity of technology and being connected in our lives and our children’s lives is something that will evolve the human race. Watch this video and take a remarkable step into what the future human could be about.

The new question: When will we acknowledge whether the human race is evolving in a new way. Will it change what it means to be human by joining up our brains like a giant hive?

The next question: Then who will be the ‘Queen’ bee?

The Archive

  1. 2020August
  2. 40 most relevant life learnings
  3. January
  4. My learnings in 2019: Time to create a more impactful road ahead
  5. 2019April
  6. When passion meets purpose: How my professional leaps got me to where I am today
  7. 2018February
  8. The hidden talent of a global citizen: Cultural intelligence
  9. 2016December
  10. Yes, yes, yes.
  11. June
  12. Smart Citizenship challenge
  13. May
  14. Lost in translation..perhaps?
  15. April

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  17. January
  18. Big.Energy.Data.Marriage
  19. 2015December
  20. Eye spy…the wanderlust trend
  21. May
  22. THE Biggest Barrier
  23. January
  24. Luffa: On the Sustainability Materials Radar
  25. 2014June
  26. Is it really about understanding evolution?
  27. Making solar mainstream
  28. March
  29. Earth Hour…say what?
  30. Recipe for Driving Sustainable Behaviour Change
  31. Turn the page
  32. 2013October
  33. London Sustainability Jam…nearly 1 month away
  34. August
  35. Proud to be 33!
  36. April
  37. Get up and create something
  38. March
  39. London Service Jam …what makes it special?
  40. January
  41. The future…
  42. Sharing is caring…right?
  43. 6 daily rules to reach your potential
  44. 2012December
  45. Our next raison d’etre…
  46. October
  47. When do you invent?
  48. July
  49. The importance of connection
  50. May
  51. What’s your little red paperclip?
  52. February
  53. The future of community energy
  54. January
  55. Iteration is a Lifestyle
  56. Believe in the drift
  57. Trend-oids
  58. 2012 Vow: Live in the ‘Wow’
  59. 2011September
  60. Lisa Frost.
  61. August
  62. The “Me-Too” Attitude
  63. May
  64. Intro to Paris: For newbie’s
  65. An idea…
  66. February
  67. Random acts of Thank You…like ya mean it!
  68. 2010December
  69. Time to put up and shut up. Bring it, 2011
  70. November
  71. Creating Change…
  72. Air BnB at Startup School
  73. October
  74. Work: A new found freedom
  75. January
  76. Free Events in London. Bliss.
  77. 2009December
  78. Get Excited and Make Things
  79. Internet Stats Galore – Just one Day
  80. November
  81. Giving Thanks Tribute
  82. Let’s combine global tastes for COP15
  83. Future of Green
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  85. 365 Ways to Change the World – Post for 31 October
  86. For all confused on the term social business and sustainability
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  90. Co-Creation of Value = Necessary Change
  91. Interested in starting social change?
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  94. Best in Show – KitKatt Nohr Photo Competition
  95. May
  96. Great Solution for Closed Loop Recycling
  97. Re-think Play
  98. March
  99. Simple
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  101. MakeMeSustainable
  102. January
  103. Personal Dream Box
  104. 2008December
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  107. Fresh ideas. Welcome.