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Forest Futures: The Women Who Marry Trees
Florida Woman Marries Tree! It sounds like the kind of story you find on the skeeziest daytime talk-shows, featuring a disturbed woman overacting her exhuberance [...]
Futurist in Media: Futurists and AI
April’s topical focus for futurists in the media was artificial intelligence (AI) and the implications of replacing jobs with capable technologies. Preparing for new jobs [...]
Forest Futures: The Coming Caravan Culture
I am a flatlander. I grew up at sea level, and as much as I love hiking and mountains, even when I was younger I [...]
Futurists in Media: A Cryptocurrency Bump
March had a bump in articles related to foresight in the media. The kay factor in the increase was interest in future currencies. As the [...]
The Future is Coming: Are you Ready?
Ready or not, the future is coming. And it’s coming with such rapidity that those not ready for it may soon find themselves struggling for [...]
2018 Spring Gathering Scans the Fringe
We focused this year’s meeting on how futurists find the fringe, the outer edges of change.
What Does the Future of Personalized Nutrition Mean for Food Companies?
A few years ago, the science linking personal health outcomes with individualized diets was not ready, but in a few more years the Personalized Nutrition [...]
Transcending Incandescent: A Clever Light Metaphor Goes Here
I tried to find a deep(ish) quote about light to start, but a Google search revealed there are many thoughts about light as a symbol [...]
Cryptocurrency – Epic Fail or Future Finance?
With Crytpocurrencies now testing lows similar to January, at a fraction of their December highs, it is natural to ask if they were overhyped. Are [...]
The sky is the limit–or is it?
The sky is the limit, we’ve often heard. But will the firmament forever constrain the heights of our buildings? As building technologies continue to advance, [...]
7 Cities for Futurists to Watch
This fall, the Association of Professional Futurists will meet in Pittsburgh, PA for the 2018 APF gathering with the theme of Cities of the Future. [...]
Searching for New Images of the Future(s)
1970s NASA depiction of a space colony, a testament to the golden age of techno-solutionism and progress. (Public Domain) The 2010s appear to [...]