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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...
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, right? Three...
The History Camera: How AI Will Show Us What Actually Happened
Julius Caesar crossing the Rubicon in 49 BC By Futurist Thomas Frey The Information That Never Dies Here's a truth that sounds impossible: when Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon in 49 BCE, that event created physical changes that still exist today. Light reflected off...
The Open Road, Reimagined: How Autonomous Teslas Are Rewriting the American Road Trip
The journey begins—technology fades into the background as the mountains take center stage. By Futurist Thomas Frey Arrival Jake Walker watched his wife Linda's face light up as their plane descended into Denver International Airport. Below them, the Rockies stretched...
When the Only Hand That Reached Out Was Metal: Julie’s Story
Seventeen, pregnant, and defiant—Julie walks away from violence and fear, choosing uncertainty over surrender. By Futurist Thomas Frey The Last Fight "You're what?" her mother's voice cut through the kitchen like broken glass. Julie Morgan, seventeen, kept her eyes on...
The Personality Economy: Why Your Robot’s Character Will Matter More Than Its Capabilities
By 2032, your home robot’s personality—not performance—will decide whether it’s a tolerated appliance or trusted companion. By Futurist Thomas Frey The Feature Nobody's Building Yet Here's a prediction: by 2032, the personality of your home robot will matter more to...
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