Making Things With Your Hands in a World That Doesn’t Need You To
The Unlost Self — Column 4 By Futurist Thomas Frey There is a bowl on my kitchen counter that is slightly lopsided. The rim dips a little on one side, and if you fill it too full, liquid threatens to overflow in that direction. The glaze pooled unevenly in the kiln...
The Dream That Was Always Yours: Reconnecting With What You Wanted Before Life Got in the Way
The Unlost Self — Column 3 By Futurist Thomas Frey Most people have a thing. Not a vague aspiration. Not a bucket list item penciled in beside “see the Northern Lights.” A specific, private, quietly persistent thing — the novel they’ve been carrying...
The Relationships That Hold: Why Father, Grandfather, Great-Grandfather Still Mean Everything
The Unlost Self — Column 2 By Futurist Thomas Frey There is a robot in South Korea named Hyodol. She is about the size of a toddler, with anime eyes, rosy cheeks that glow neon red, and a cheerful voice powered by the same AI that runs ChatGPT. She lives with elderly...
The Korczak Principle: A New Framework for Purpose in a World That Can Do Everything
The Unlost Self — Column 1 By Futurist Thomas Frey In 1947, a Polish-American sculptor named Korczak Ziolkowski drove to the Black Hills of South Dakota with $174 in his pocket and a promise he had no business making. A Lakota elder named Chief Henry Standing Bear had...