Jack Uldrich’s “Friday Future 5:” August 23, 2024

Think: This article, How to Fine-tune AI for prosperity, offers an interesting look into the issue of how artificial intelligence will impact productivity growth in the near future. The short answer is that economists don't yet know the full extent but they are cautiously optimistic that AI will soon begin to speed up the development [...]

By |2024-09-12T18:27:04-05:00August 22, 2024|Future, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Jack Uldrich’s “Friday Future 5:” August 23, 2024

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 [...]

By |2024-02-20T18:51:28-06:00February 20, 2024|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Navalny: A Hero Worth Emulating

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 [...]

By |2024-02-05T07:28:55-06:00February 5, 2024|Uncategorized|Comments Off on What Not to Think About

Love Must Be the Operating Principle of the Future

Yesterday, I explained in this post, A Change of Heart--Truly, how I intend to bring my whole self–my whole heart, my whole soul and my whole mind–to my work as a professional futurist. In the coming days and months, I intend to use this blog to both share my thoughts as well as crystallize my [...]

By |2024-02-02T11:20:33-06:00February 2, 2024|Love, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Love Must Be the Operating Principle of the Future

The Future of Wealth

If society is to prosper long-term, many of us--myself included--will need to redefine our definition of wealth. I say this not as some left-leaning, anti-capitalist, I say it as a professional futurist who is deeply concerned about the current trajectory of contemporary society. In my pursuit of attempting to understand the future, I spend a [...]

By |2023-11-08T16:25:29-06:00November 8, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on The Future of Wealth

Jack Uldrich’s “Friday Future 5:” September 30,2022

Think Fast: I am fond of saying "Today is the slowest rate of change you'll ever experience again." To this end, here are just three articles from yesterday's news that caught my eye: An All-Electric Airplane Takes Its Maiden Flight, Tiny Oregon Town Hosts First Hybrid Clean Power Plant, and Amazon Has a New Plan [...]

By |2022-09-29T08:51:01-05:00September 29, 2022|Future, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Jack Uldrich’s “Friday Future 5:” September 30,2022

Jack Uldrich’s “Friday Future 5:” May 27, 2022

Heart-Center Thinking: After some reflection, I have decided to share this short, personal story. (The video is only one minute long). For too long, as a professional futurist, I have not acknowledged the essential role the human heart will play in transforming the future. I don't know what this means for my own future as [...]

By |2022-05-26T13:57:14-05:00May 26, 2022|Future, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Jack Uldrich’s “Friday Future 5:” May 27, 2022
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