Acronym Blindness: Navigating the Alphabet Soup of Modern Communication
Acronym Blindness: Navigating the Alphabet Soup of Modern Communication Overuse of acronyms has created one of today’s greatest usability problems – Acronym Blindness! In an era where brevity is king and social platforms prize succinctness, acronyms have become the...
Top 10 Futurist Speaker Columns for 2022
Top 10 Futurist Speaker Columns for 2022 It seemed like a good idea to close out 2022 with an overview of the ten most impactful columns of the year. The rating system we used was one where the editors at FuturistSpeaker.com all weighed in and decided which columns...
We Didn’t Arrive Here by Accident
We Didn’t Arrive Here by Accident A few months ago, my son Kyler asked me, “How many people do you think live their entire life without understanding what their purpose is?” My initial response was, “I’m guessing it’s around 98%.” After I thought about it a bit more,...
Are We Alone? The Fallacies and Misguided Thinking behind the Drake Equation
Are We Alone? The Fallacies and Misguided Thinking behind the Drake Equation The Drake equation was formulated in 1961 by Dr. Frank Drake, an astronomer and astrophysicist, for purposes of beginning the process of quantifying the number of civilizations that might...