This episode of Future Talks is on the question of what is the future of communication and converstion.

The proliferation of communication technologies is influencing not only what it means to be in touch with our networks of family, friends, and colleagues, but also with ourselves. In observing the ways in which communication—and its more nuanced [...]

The American Film Institute identified the writers’ strike as the most significant industry event of 2007. Posing questions about how an audience will “receive its storytelling in the years to come, and how creators will be paid for their work,” the Institute’s focus points up two compelling questions tied into the explosion of digital media: [...]

This episode of Future Talks is on the question of what is about User Generated Content, or the people formerly known as consumers.

In the Future Talks online TV series, international futurists Glen Hiemstra and Gerd Leonhard engage in a conversation with Ralph Simon as he interviews them about the trends shaping the future of media. [...]

Larry Johnson, who usually comments on security matters, has probably the best comment on tonights Presidential primary results, and how the polls could be so wrong.
So we are in for a long race, more like the political campaigns of my youth in 1968 and 1972.
Still, it adds up to a strong national desire [...]

Just a few hours before the New Hampshire vote count begins, it is a safe bet that Barack Obama will win, probably by a comfortable margin. What does it mean?
It is early, and the final nomination results are yet to be determined, but a central theme it seems to me is generational change.
In my previous [...]

Here is my outlook for 2008, recorded December 21, 2007.

Overview – 2008 will be a year that feels like a whip-saw. Promising innovations. Economic turmoil. Large events
The Economy 2008 - Paradoxes
2008 will be one of paradox, innovation balanced by turmoil. Because of the tremendous interconnectivity of researchers, the availability [...]

I noticed a news item the other day about the TSA having trained special personnel to wander airports and ask travelers innocuous questions, and then to watch their face expressions when they respond. Questions like, “where are you going,” or “going on a vacation?” The TSA believes they can train observers to notice [...]

This episode of Future Talks is on the question of what is Beyond Web 2.0?

In the Future Talks online TV series, international futurists Glen Hiemstra and Gerd Leonhard engage in a conversation with Ralph Simon as he interviews them about the trends shaping the future of media. When discussing what is beyond Web 2.0 Glen [...]

This episode of Future Talks is on Media Megatrends.

In this program in the Future Talks online TV series, international futurists Glen Hiemstra and Gerd Leonhard engage in a conversation with Ralph Simon as he interviews them about the megatrends shaping the future of media. Glen and Gerd highlight such trends as …
The [...]

A new online TV series was launched in October 2007, Future Talks, with European-based media futurist Gerd Leonhard and with Glen Hiemstra. In this series produced by Media Conversations, these two leading international futurists are interviewed in several short programs by Ralph Simon.
Each episode can be viewed at our Future Talks page. The [...]