The Singularity and Our Collision Path with the Future
The Singularity and Our Collision Path with the Future Google’s Director of Engineering, Ray Kurzweil, has predicted that we will reach a technological singularity by 2045, and science fiction writer Vernor Vinge is betting on 2029, a date that is ironically on the...
The Great Barrier Backlash
The Great Barrier Backlash My wife Deb and I just returned from a weeklong trip to South Korea where much of our travel inside the country involved riding on the high-speed KTX Train (Korean Transit eXpress) from city to city. The train is designed for speeds up to...
162 Future Jobs: Preparing for Jobs that Don’t Yet Exist
162 Future Jobs: Preparing for Jobs that Don’t Yet Exist Last week I was speaking at an event in Istanbul. As usual, once I landed at the airport, I made my way to the customs area where I was greeted by no fewer than 1,000 people in line ahead of me. Long lines...
The Next Bold Step in Transportation: Personal Rapid Transit Systems
The Next Bold Step in Transportation: Personal Rapid Transit Systems Throughout history, speed has been synonymous with greatness. In sports, those who ran the fastest were heroes. In times of war, those with the fastest chariots, ships, planes, and weapons had a...