From smarter power distribution, to more efficient cities, to digital battlefields, to self-optimizing supply chains, to hyper-targeted products, it all seems possible and the world seems poised to make deep inroads into smart and sustainable development.

FORBES: How The Internet Of Things Will Change Almost Everything

Billionaires--particularly the self-made technology sort--are generally a hyper-aggressive breed.

FORBES: The gentle giant

So the hyper-individual trend is about people learning and applying new methods of choice, efficiency, self-monitoring, data tracking and information-gathering in their everyday lives.

BBC: Viewpoint: The hyper-individual