Jack Uldrich’s “Friday Future 5:” February 28, 2025

Editor’s Note: As many of you know, I have been doing a good deal of “soul” searching and reflecting this past year. As a result, my thinking is changing, morphing and, I feel, growing. To this end, I intend to add two new components to my regular “Friday Future 15” newsletter. The first is called [...]

By |2025-03-06T14:49:01-06:00February 27, 2025|Agriculture, Future, Imagination, Spiritual|Comments Off on Jack Uldrich’s “Friday Future 5:” February 28, 2025

Jack Uldrich’s “Friday Future 5:” January 24, 2025

Think: I've written extensively on the power of the human imagination but I'd never contemplated the notion that we are "living in the product of other peoples' imagination"--and, yet, it is true. As I argue in this post, The Future as Battle of Imaginations, this startling insight of “living in the imagination of other people” [...]

By |2025-01-28T21:11:17-06:00January 23, 2025|Agriculture, Farming, Future, Imagination, Paradox|Comments Off on Jack Uldrich’s “Friday Future 5:” January 24, 2025

Biodynamic Farming: A Vital and Growing Trend

Later this evening, I will be addressing 500 young farmers in Iowa. One unusual question I intend to pose to them is this: Why should farmers care about a new line of cocktails (and mocktails) now being served at the Ritz Hotel in London?* The answer lies in the nature of the cocktails–all of the [...]

By |2025-01-23T18:37:43-06:00January 17, 2025|Agriculture, Farming, Future, Paradox, Spiritual|Comments Off on Biodynamic Farming: A Vital and Growing Trend

Jack Uldrich’s “Friday Future 5:” January 17, 2025

Think in Questions: As you think about your future, I encourage you to spend some time thinking about questions. Specifically, what question(s) do you want to answer with your life? In my case, I have a "secular" question and a "spiritual" question. Both inform how I live my life. If you're interested, you can read [...]

By |2025-01-23T21:16:34-06:00January 16, 2025|Agriculture, Farming, Future, Paradox|Comments Off on Jack Uldrich’s “Friday Future 5:” January 17, 2025

Live the Questions of Your Future: A Personal Journey

Poetry has been helpful on my journey of personal and professional discovery. One poem I’ve come to admire and reflect upon is Rainer Maria Rilke’s poem “Live the Question Now.” I especially enjoy this advice: “... have patience with everything in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves as if they were [...]

By |2025-01-23T18:37:28-06:00January 15, 2025|Agriculture, Farming, Future, Paradox|Comments Off on Live the Questions of Your Future: A Personal Journey

Wanted: Ministers of the Sacred

  "We are either ministers of the sacred or slaves to evil." This quote from Rabbi Abraham Heschel has resonated with me since I read it a few days ago. As a professional futurist, I am finding it increasingly difficult to speak about the future without publicly acknowledging my faith in a Higher Power. I [...]

By |2025-01-15T19:50:16-06:00January 5, 2025|Agriculture, Future, Paradox|Comments Off on Wanted: Ministers of the Sacred

Jack Uldrich’s “Friday Future 5:” December 20, 2024

Think Seriously: Ex Google CEO Eric Schmidt says "We need to seriously think about unplugging AI." I want to be clear that Schmidt is not suggesting we shut down AI right now. Rather, he is making the case that society must put in place stringent safeguards that will allow society to shut down AI if [...]

By |2025-01-02T19:24:51-06:00December 19, 2024|Agriculture, Energy, Farming, Future, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Jack Uldrich’s “Friday Future 5:” December 20, 2024

Jack Uldrich’s “Friday Future 5:” December 13, 2024

Think: This week, I am closing out the year with speaking engagements to the ​​Minnesota Wild Rice Council and Indiana Farm Bureau on trends impacting the agriculture industry. For all of you in the industry, here is my annual article on the Top Farming and Agricultural Trends of 2025.  Think Again: Sal Khan, creator of [...]

By |2024-12-19T19:39:44-06:00December 12, 2024|Agriculture, Farming, Future|Comments Off on Jack Uldrich’s “Friday Future 5:” December 13, 2024

Futurist Jack Uldrich’s Top Farming and Agricultural Trends of 2025

  The greatest change today is the rate of change itself. The world is accelerating and the implications of technological change will be profound. Nowhere is this more clear than in the field of farming. Below are twelve trends I expect to continue to transform the agricultural industry in the year ahead. Satellite Technology: On [...]

By |2024-12-09T16:02:37-06:00December 9, 2024|Agriculture, Farming, Future|Comments Off on Futurist Jack Uldrich’s Top Farming and Agricultural Trends of 2025

Jack Uldrich’s “Friday Future 5:” November 15, 2024

Think: We have all heard the old saying about there being no need to "reinvent the wheel." Well, apparently there is and researchers in South Korea have quite literally reinvented the wheel and it may soon have some practical applications--especially for people in wheelchairs. The wheels go from solid to fluid when they encounter impediments and [...]

By |2024-12-09T16:00:19-06:00November 14, 2024|Agriculture, Creativity, Farming, Future|Comments Off on Jack Uldrich’s “Friday Future 5:” November 15, 2024
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