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...
You Can’t Automate Purpose
The real crisis isn’t automation—it’s that society can’t even agree on the problem, let alone the solution. When the economy moves faster than the social contract, someone has to ask the hard questions By Futurist Thomas Frey Nobody Agrees on the Problem, Let Alone...
The Prompt That Changed Everything
The future of work doesn’t arrive with drama—just a quiet Tuesday meeting and fourteen minutes that end a 21-year career. By Futurist Thomas Frey The Email Nobody Wants The email arrived on a Tuesday, which Harold Jensen would later say was the cruelest timing...
The Great Transportation Shakeout: When Cars, Drones, and Airlines Collide
Autonomous cars and drones are redrawing the map— airlines now compete with every technology that moves people door to door. By Futurist Thomas Frey The Assumption Nobody Questions When you need to travel 500 miles, you assume you’ll fly. It’s faster,...