Paul Saffo says 50-50 Chance U.S. Dissolves by Mid-Century

In this fascinating video (found over at the Epicenter Wired blog), futurist (and WEF advisor) Paul Saffo discusses why he believes that there is a 50% probability that the US will disintegrate into city-states or autonomous regions within 50 years.
I’m wondering how Saffo’s projected city-state/autonomous region mapping would overlap with “The Nine Nations of North [...]

Dead Media and the Flavour of Cities

This is an excellent presentation, and well worth going to slideshare.net to see the author’s annotations. Nice design, as well as an interesting take on viewing cities as a text shaped by media flows and technologies.