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80 Years to an Overnight Success: The Real History of Artificial Intelligence
By Futurist Thomas Frey From a shirtless philosopher in 1943 to ChatGPT — the people, the breakthroughs, the winters, and the single idea that refused to die The Man Without a Shirt In January 2026, Marc Andreessen sat down for an 81-minute podcast conversation on the...
The Robot Dog Is on Patrol. And It’s Just Getting Started.
By Futurist Thomas Frey From data center perimeters to military forward positions, four-legged robots are reshaping what security means — and raising questions nobody has fully answered yet Man's New Best Friend In November 2024, a photograph surfaced that quietly...
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 covered 3D...
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 in downtown Austin...
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 Columbus, Ohio is...
The Long Game: Legacy, Meaning, and What You Want to Leave Behind
The Unlost Self — Column 5 By Futurist Thomas Frey My grandfather never once talked about his legacy. He was a farmer, then a gas station owner, then a grandfather — in that order, with nothing between the categories but hard work and a few quiet years of transition....
Making Things With Your Hands in a World That Doesn’t Need You To
The Unlost Self — Column 4 By Futurist Thomas Frey There is a bowl on my kitchen counter that is slightly lopsided. The rim dips a little on one side, and if you fill it too full, liquid threatens to overflow in that direction. The glaze pooled unevenly in the kiln...
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 the first three...
The Relationships That Hold: Why Father, Grandfather, Great-Grandfather Still Mean Everything
The Unlost Self — Column 2 By Futurist Thomas Frey There is a robot in South Korea named Hyodol. She is about the size of a toddler, with anime eyes, rosy cheeks that glow neon red, and a cheerful voice powered by the same AI that runs ChatGPT. She lives with elderly...
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