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This wonderful video was produced by the Atlanta Regional Commission for the 2007 State of the Region breakfast in Atlanta. The children were asked to describe their postcards to the future, with a view to 50 years from now. This video was played for the audience of 1100 following Glen Hiemstra's keynote speech describing the power of visions for the future.
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Future Talks is a new online video channel jointly presented by Futurists Gerd Leonhard and Glen Hiemstra, and by Media Conversations and the Conversations Network. View or listen to the new Future Talks episode at our Future Talks page
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For example, the end of easy Oil:
The oil age has lasted about 120 years. No energy source has been easier or cheaper than locating pools of oil and pumping it from the ground. Now, the easy pools are gone, and the price is increasing, both the cost of exploring and developing oil, and the global cost in conflict of exploiting the primary deposits in the Middle East. Our long, nearly free ride is over.
The future has lessons to teach us, if we listen to it. Learn more about us, what we believe, the founder of Futurist.com Glen Hiemstra, and principal contributors Brenda Cooper and Kanna Hudson. Many additional writers contribute.
Glen Hiemstra, Futurist.com founder and owner, keynote speaker, and author of Turning the Future Into Revenue.
An excerpt of the most recent entry:
May 12th, 2008
He is, quite simply, one of the most provocative American thinkers and writers alive today. He is James Howard Kunstler, author most recently of the novel, World Made by Hand.
In recent years, Mr. Kunstler has become best known for making the case that “peak oil” is here, now, the moment when we begin the […]
Exploring the surprising global changes that will revolutionize business and how individual people can take advantage of these changes.
On the planet Fremont, in the middle of the Grass Plains, a single silver spaceship lies quiet and motionless. The seasons do not dull it, nor do the winds scratch it. .
“The rise and fall of images of the future precedes or accompanies the rise and fall of cultures. As long as a society's image is positive and flourishing, the flower of culture is in full bloom. Once the image begins to decay and lose its vitality, however, the culture does not long survive.” Fred Polak, 1953, 1973
From rowdy cockfights in Cuba to sultry tango shows in Buenos Aires, from hot air balloon rallies in New Mexico to social justice rallies in New Orleans. Witness it all as you follow photojournalist David Ryder around the world.
Glen appears on TVW in this full-length 2007 speech on the future of housing and the challenge of a split between rich and poor.
Glen Hiemstra discusses his book and being a futurist, in this 32-minute podcast. Interview conducted by Lisa Haneberg.
Glen discusses the "Gaming World of 2025" in this in BusinessWeek Online interview.