Hello Reader, For the great expanse of human history most of us have lived lives that stretch from day to day with little change. When disruption came, it was likely existential – war, famine, drought, earthquakes etc., bringing an end to the day-to-day world and often to life itself. Today we live in the age of disruption. Changes are accelerating and stacking up in layers of complexity such that we...Continue Reading
Hello Reader, Everyone keeps saying that this is one of the most divisive times in history. Divisive yes, but in the context of the brutal history of humanity, this is a time that is certainly less divisive than the average. World War I and WWII combined resulted in over 87 million deaths. Now that’s divisive. Yet our experience is that we are being torn apart by radically different views of...Continue Reading
Hello Reader, A friend of ours recently told us we were lucky because we have something positive to focus on during the pandemic, generating a thriving future for humanity. True enough, working on big hard problems by envisioning a future and then boldly taking action puts everything in a different perspective. You have to deal with the current day to day circumstances for sure, but your focus is on problems...Continue Reading
Hello Reader, Everyone keeps saying that this is one of the most divisive times in history. Divisive yes, but in the context of the brutal history of humanity, this is a time that is certainly less divisive than the average. World War I and WWII combined resulted in over 87 million deaths. Now that’s divisive. Yet our experience is that we are being torn apart by radically different views of...Continue Reading
Hello Reader, One thing that all futurists have in common is a driving curiosity about the future. We want to know how things are going to advance in technology, health, life extension, reproduction, society, law, economics, etc. In general, most futurists work to make accurate predictions about this future and share those predictions with the world. I got my start in futurism doing this kind of work. It took the...Continue Reading
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