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Backcasting Our Way to a Better Future: 8 Eye-Opening Scenarios
How much control do we have over our future? As I have discussed in previous columns, the internal steering wheel that our subconscious relies on to guide us through our daily lives is our inner vision of the future. Tucked away, deep in our cranial cavities, is our...
Autonomous Car Privacy – 8 Scenarios to Explain the Enormous Complexity of this Issue
Over the coming years the conversations about privacy in driverless vehicles will become a delicate balancing act between privacy, security, and convenience. Let’s consider a typical morning commute in 2030. After summoning a car, it arrives quickly, recognizes you,...
A Journey Inside the Mind of Futurist Thomas Frey
For me, every day is a remarkable new adventure waiting to reveal itself. Whenever possible, I try to let my curiosity kick in. Will people in the future be doing the same things I’m doing today? If so, what things will change and what will remain the same? If I ask...
99 Unanswerable Questions and the Unintended Consequences of the Future We’re Creating
If, in the future, you found yourself on a jury, and you were tasked with determining the fate of a heinous criminal (think Ted Bundy), and you had the option to either sentence him to lethal injection or total amnesia, which would you decide? With total amnesia the...
32 Future Accomplishments that will give you more Status and Influence than a College Degree
How many famous artists or musicians do you know that have a PhD in art or music? There are indeed many well-educated artists and musicians, but virtually none were academically trained for the career path they chose. The same holds true for those who have become...
The future of the world is heavily dependent upon countries with the poorest education systems! Here’s why!
Pay close attention to these six countries: Nigeria, Congo, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Angola, and Pakistan. The future of our planet is happening inside these countries. In his August 12th appearance at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, Elon Musk...
63 Smart City Capabilities: Here’s how they’ll change our jobs, businesses and our children
On a recent trip to London, it became clear that the British people are far less sensitive to surveillance cameras than we are in the U.S. In fact, the number of cameras being installed in London is growing at a much faster rate than ever because homeowners are...
28 Reasons why driverless tech will be the most disruptive technology in all history
The impact of driverless vehicles will be profound, touching almost every aspect of our lives, and the level of disruption will be staggering. It will not only change the way we get from point A to point B, but also how we think about shopping, entertainment, dining...
Building the Brains of the Robot
Every time we talk to Alexa, Siri, Google, or Cortana, we are building the brains of the robot. Whenever we speak to these devices, we are imparting tiny pieces of human intelligence, and over time, with the right kind of AI learning software, it will be possible to...
The Air Mattress on the Plane Guy, and the Future of Comfort
I recently returned from a speaking engagement in South Korea, and on my trans-pacific flights between San Francisco and Seoul I tried something new – an air mattress. I had my doubts at first, but it turned out to be a total game changer! Since I’m larger than most...
