Dear Readers: This Tuesday's election matters. I don't believe in using my platform to discuss politics, but I also don't believe that silence is an option befitting this unique time in American history. I realize almost half of you reading this piece, A Futurist's Perspective on the Presidential Contest, will disagree with my choice, but I hope [...]
Think Big: This startup is using balloons to cool the planet. The idea might sound ridiculous to some people and it may seem far-fetched to others but the future has a way of surprising people. I encourage those interested in bold but constructive ways to combat the planet's rising temperatures to read and think about the [...]
Think Different: Yesterday, I spoke to a group of human resources professionals on the future of work. One of the things I said was that in a rapidly changing world, it is essential to consider hiring individuals who will challenge conventional wisdom. To this end, this designer creates amazing things from everyday materials. At the [...]
(Editor's note: Due to a technical glitch, last week's newsletter did not post. The full text is below. I have added two additional articles from this past week at the bottom of the post.) Think: I have written before about fellow futurist Simon Anderson's idea of a counterpoint file. This is the idea [...]
Editor's Note: As both a practical and a "thought" experiment, I used ClaudeAI to generate this week's newsletter. I did this not because I am lazy (although I can be lazy) but because I was genuinely curious about how well AI could curate a newsletter. The short answer is that it did a good although [...]
Think Harder: Love him or hate him, for the past 25 years Ray Kurzweil has been one of the most consistently accurate futurists in regard to where the world of technology has been heading. Now, he is predicting a million-fold increase in human intelligence by the year 2045. Here’s something to think about: Even [...]
Editor's Note: My colleague, Jeff Appelquist, and I are out in Montana this week conducting our experiential leadership seminar "Into the Unknown: Leadership Lessons from Lewis and Clark's Daring Westward Expedition". As a result, today's newsletter will be short on commentary. To compensate, however, I am sharing a few additional articles. (FYI: If you [...]
[For the first time in years, I attended a conference not as a keynote speaker but as a participant. Yesterday, I was in Ennistymon, Ireland at The Changing Landscapes Conference. The articles I am sharing in this week's newsletter offer compelling evidence for how fast our physical landscape is changing. I encourage all of us [...]
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