The Relevance Gap Manifesto
There was a time when relevance lasted a lifetime. That time is over. For the first time in history, intelligence is no longer scarce. It is abundant. On demand. Continuously improving. Which means everything built on the assumption that intelligence was rare — every...
Ten Years Ago I Made 72 Predictions About 2026. Here’s the Honest Report Card — and What 2036 Actually Looks Like
By Futurist Thomas Frey A decade-old list, graded in real time — plus the next ten years Back in August 2016, I sat down and published a piece called “72 Stunning Things in the Future That Will Be Common Ten Years from Now That Don’t Exist Today.” I...
Terafab: The World’s Next Generation Chip Factory
By Futurist Thomas Frey Elon Musk’s newest venture isn’t just about making chips. It’s about rewriting who controls intelligence — on Earth and beyond. What Just Happened On March 21, 2026, Elon Musk walked onto a stage inside a defunct power plant...
The Skills Nobody Has Yet — And How We’ll Find Them
By Futurist Thomas Frey How employers will identify, define, and develop the capabilities the future demands — before those skills even have names A Job Description Written for Someone Who Doesn’t Exist Yet It’s 2031. A mid-sized logistics company in...