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Thinking Ahead to Tomorrow’s Cheaper Future 24 Aug 2013 | 12:17 am
This ad from the late 1970′s imploring its readers to “think ahead for the 1980s” is a wonderful reminder that future has a curious way of getting cheaper and cheaper. My quick back-of-the-envelop ca...
Immigrate to the Future 22 Aug 2013 | 11:00 am
“We are all immigrants to the future; none of us is a native of that land.” –Marina Gorbis “We are all immigrants to the future.” I love this statement, which I’ve pilfered from fellow futurist Marin...
Sports Aren’t Preparing Your Child for the Future 16 Aug 2013 | 07:05 pm
Let me rephrase that: Sports aren’t preparing your child for the future in the same way as in the past. I am a strong proponent of athletics and an even stronger proponent for how sports help prepare...
Our Murky Future 15 Aug 2013 | 09:15 pm
I recently returned from a two week vacation in Italy. One of my favorite locations was Venice. While there, I came across a Venetian proverb: The sea gets deeper as you go further into it. This is ...
Wanted: More Dragon-Slayers 22 Jul 2013 | 09:20 pm
On many early maps, there was often a Latin phrase, HC Svnt Dracones. It translates into ‘Here are dragons.” In reality, the slogan was little more than the cartographers attempt to conceal their ign...
The Future of Google Glass is Bright but Fuzzy 19 Jul 2013 | 02:54 am
Meghan Uldrich rockin’ Google Glass Last week, I flew to New York, where as a Google “Explorer,” I was fitted for my first pair. I am just in the early stages of my “exploration” and I have yet to r...
Is the Future Weirder Than We Can Suppose? 17 Jul 2013 | 09:43 pm
“My own suspicion is that the Universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose.” The above quotation is from J.B.S. Haldane, a 20th Century British geneticist, and I have...
Some Advice About the Future 20 Jun 2013 | 06:58 pm
If you’ve got a great idea for a future venture, here’s some humble advice: Don’t listen to people who claim to have seen everything. First, I seriously doubt they have “seen everything.” And, if they...
The Future is in Your Creative Hands 12 Jun 2013 | 03:00 pm
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” — Alan Kay This is a wonderful quotation and, as a futurist, I often use it. What is often overlooked in the statement is this tiny tidbit: Becaus...
Rule the Future With This Simple Rule 11 Jun 2013 | 02:56 pm
Rule #1: Ignore all the rules.
