Many of us detest clumsy advertising. Blinking banners on web sites, email that offers us things we neither need nor want, and intrusive ads on movie screens. But there is already some advertising out there that I’m starting to like. Google searches produce in-context ads that have, occasionally, proven useful. Amazon.com […]

If you are concerned about the role of religion in public policy, or the future of religion in the world and in America, check out the front page editorial in today’s Seattle Times newspaper (January 28, 2007, p. D1).
Glen Hiemstra and David Brown make the case that it is time to change the conversation about […]

Our futurist collegue Mark Safford has written a new article for the site, Out of Oil.
The article suggests the opposite of the title, which makes it a provocative think piece. Mark’s claim is that when both conventional and nonconventional sources of oil are taken into account, the potential supply is really very […]

On January 18, 2007 I was invited to speak to the “CEO to CEO Breakfast Forum,” in Seattle at the Columbia Tower Club. This event, co-sponsored by the Evergreen Bank and the Puget Sound Business Journal gathers Puget Sound CEO’s to listen to speakers and then to engage in some roundtable conversation.
Almost […]

In his report to the nation on January 23, 2007, President Bush noted the reality of global warming. It was just a line about “global climate change,” with no follow-up, but it was there.
The evidence had just become too overwhelming, even for Bush and his handlers. In just the past week…
…a report on […]

The medical field is far behind most others in technology deployment. Unlike car sales, Amazon.com, or even real estate, there are few sophisticated customer support systems (some exist in HMO’s such as GroupHealth). I have good insurance, but I can’t email my doctor, I can’t see my own medical records easily, I don’t […]