Archive for 'Current Choices for a Better Future'
Entering the new year 2012
So, we are back. Had a wonderful holiday in Peru visiting Machu Picchu among other places. Truly an awe inspiring place, matched only by New Zealand’s south island, and parts of the Canadian Rockies for grandeur. We here at Futurist.com continue to work on getting the new site ready to launch. Given that we have [...]
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Top 5 Strangest Predictions of 2011
The most recent edition of The Futurist magazine included The Best Predictions of 2011. Here are some that seem stranger to us than the others. 1. Thought Helmets. According to Gerwin Schalk, an Albany Medical College scientist, by the year 2020 we will have thought helmets. Though these helmets will probably not be for commercial [...]
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10 Best Innovations of 2011
Popular Science recently featured the 100 Best Innovations of the Year. Here are 10 of the most exciting and interesting ones. Recreation: Lifesaving Wetsuit The Billabong V1 is more than just a wetsuit. This suit inflates a bladder in the back of the suit once an attached ripcord is pulled, helping the wearer float in [...]
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The future for people with disabilities
Last week I had the pleasure of speaking to the annual conference of the Governor’s Council on People with Disabilities in the state of Indiana. More than 400 people had gathered, both people with disabilities and advocates, for a 2-day conference. The theme was Celebrating Community. More than two decades ago I had done quite [...]
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A Thanksgiving Dream for the Future
Tomorrow is the traditional Thanksgiving holiday here in the U.S. As always the day has me thinking of things to be thankful for, as well as how I’ve contributed in the past year. And, being a futurist, I consider things I’d like to be thankful for in the future. Yesterday there appeared in the Financial [...]
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Creating the Future: Quick Overview Video with Glen Hiemstra
This week we posted a new mix of keynote speaking highlights from my work as a futurist. I think you will like it. Glen Hiemstra the Founder of Futurist.com. To arrange for a speech, workshop or consultation contact Futurist.com.
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Making Sense of OWS
Matt Taibbi in Rolling Stone has an interesting analysis of Occupy Wall Street in terms of how the larger movement relates to the future. The key quote for me… We’re all born wanting the freedom to imagine a better and more beautiful future. But modern America has become a place so drearily confining and predictable [...]
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How to see future trends on the Web – in Charts and Graphics
Using sophisticated graphics to illustrate complex ideas (or simple ones) on the Web is a growing trend. iChart is one of the enterprises offering “interactive web charts” that you can post, and more importantly can create to make a point on the web. For example, where are the world’s college graduates most likely to come [...]
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Will Austerity Create the Future?
This is the kind of thing that government built the last time we had such a deep economic problem and employment needed a boost. Are we building anything for the future, today, to help get out of the jobs crisis? Just wondering. Here are some alternate ideas to austerity as the path to prosperity, offered [...]
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Occupying Wall Street and Economic Futures
I began thinking about the long term impact of the growing gap between rich and poor, and the flat-lining of middle class incomes, several years ago. I began the chapter on The Great Divides in my 2006 book by discussing the growing wealth divide, and in a 2006 keynote for the American Red Cross I [...]
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