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Reinventing the Banking Industry: How Financial Institutions Must Evolve to Survive the Digital Revolution
As the global banking system experiences increasing turbulence, a growing number of influential individuals have begun asking crucial questions about 2040 and the future of the banking industry. What will the landscape of banking look like in 2040? Will physical...

In Search of a Morality Engine: Can AI and Humanity Truly Coexist?
Is it possible to build a “morality engine” for AI without compromising the integrity of the artificial intelligence? It’s been a topic of ongoing research and debate among AI experts and ethicists. The idea is to develop AI systems that can make ethical decisions in...

The Crypto Revolution: How Five Significant Events Cemented the Need for a Decentralized Financial System
For many supporters of cryptocurrencies, the key appeal lies in their ability to provide a currency and financial system that is open, borderless, decentralized, neutral, anonymous, immutable, and censorship-resistant. Openness refers to the fact that cryptocurrencies...

Solving the 10-Second Information Gap: On the Path to Building a Better Human
Have you ever been in the middle of assembling something and realized that a critical piece of information was missing from the instructions? This information gap could be a small detail, such as a buried screen option or an unidentifiable icon. Still, it can quickly...

ChatGPT’s Mind-Boggling Responses to Ten Unanswerable Questions
In 2013, I wrote a column titled "10 Unanswerable Questions that Neither Science nor Religion can Answer.” For the past 10 years, it has been my most popular column, and I have developed a cult following, of sorts, around the topic of unanswerable questions. With the...

The Future of Education is beginning to take Shape
Imagine getting up every morning and putting on a pair of smart glasses, or smart contacts, to begin your day. This simple act is what will link you to your digital twin, a twin formed around all the information you physically and mentally consume daily. While there...

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 would most likely have a significant impact...

Can we Have Another Wave of Globalization Despite Ongoing Disruption?
Fifty years ago, very few people talked about globalization. Cross-border travel was both difficult and expensive. Communication requires human translators. Transporting goods and services across borders and oceans was complex and uncertain. The Internet helped change...

In Case You Didn’t Get the Memo, the Nature of Work Has Just Changed
COVID changed many things in our lives; not the least was the nature of work. While we’ve been busy figuring out if remote and hybrid work is here to stay, another more fundamental change has been picking up steam – the four-day workweek. Curmudgeons and...

On the Road to Greener Concrete
It’s rare that the opportunity to preserve resources, recycle resources, enhance quality, and improve cost efficiency all come together to deliver an important, improved product that the world uses in abundance every day. We live on a finite planet with a finite...
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