Jack Uldrich’s “Friday Future 5:” March 15, 2024
This week Futurist Jack Uldrich shares his faith and discusses the power of humility, the power of questions, AI, solar power and water.
Jack Uldrich’s “Friday Future 5:” March 8, 2024
This week Futurist jack Uldrich explores advances in artificial intelligence, 3D printing , micro-farms and mircoplastics.
A Leap of Faith
Futurist Jack Uldrich shares his "Leap of Faith" and commits to using his professional proceeds to begin creating an old growth forest.
Jack Uldrich’s “Friday Future 5:” March 1, 2024
Heart-Centered Thinking: I love a great many things--my wife, my children, and my extended family and friends. I also love nature. Specifically, I love lakes, rivers, trees and the earth itself. I tell you this because I am convinced that we will only save what we love. Recently, I had the opportunity to deliver [...]
Jack Uldrich’s “Friday Future 5:” February 23, 2024
(Editor's note: I've had a busy travel week. This week's newsletter will be succinct.) Heart-Centered Thinking: The murder of Alexei Navalny has left me deeply troubled--and it should you as well. In this piece, "Navalny: A Hero Worth Emulating," I make the case that Navalny is a hero we should all strive to emulate. I [...]
Navalny: A Hero Worth Emulating
Most people are familiar with Auguste Rodin’s masterpiece “The Thinker” but, in the shadow of that great work, at the Rodin Museum in Paris sits another sculpture made from the artist’s skilled hand. The piece is known as “The Burghers of Calais” and it depicts a scene from 1346 after English King Edward III had [...]
Jack Uldrich’s “Friday Future 5:” February 16, 2024
Heart-Centered Thinking: If you've ever wondered if I take my own advice and block out large chunks of time to dedicate to the act of thinking, the answer is yes. In fact, I try to pepper in at least a few "think weeks" throughout the calendar year. This year, my wife and I traveled to [...]
Jack Uldrich’s “Friday Future 5:” February 9, 2024
Heart-Centered Thinking: Last week's link to the post on my change of heart didn't create a workable link so I am reposting it here. Bringing my "whole self" to my work has also prompted me to spend some of my thinking time on what it means to bring my "whole soul" to my work. I [...]
What Not to Think About
Leo Tolstoy has a marvelous quotation: "Perhaps it is even more important to know what one should not think than what one should think about." This is especially in today's world where our economic and political systems have created powerfully perverse incentives for politicians, pundits and businesspeople to seek our attention. One of the most [...]
Instructions for Living a Meaningful Life
Count down Your Years, Your Months, Your Days Count down even Your Hours, Minutes and Seconds. Quickly, You'll Realize All You Have is this Moment. Live Accordingly-- Now, Love. A Poem by Jack Uldrich