Futurist Doug Stephens on What Art Dealers Can Learn From the Retail Revolution

The Art Angle · Sep 11, 2020 · 30m

In a July 2020 article published in the Business of Fashion, Canadian futurist Doug Stephens opined on the likely realities of the commercial ecosystem that will emerge from the Great Shutdown. He predicted an economy in which behemoths like Amazon will reign supreme even in sectors like education and banking; robotics and other high-functioning technologies wielded by the largest corporations will put many smaller players at perhaps the starkest disadvantage in history; and ultimately "only the fittest will survive."

It's a disturbing vision, but one that Stephens unfurled in no small part…