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...
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...