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Flu Pandemic Likelihood and Paradox
Thinking about the current Swine Flu epidemic and possible pandemic, a couple of thoughts. First, among the most asked question of me as a futurist speaker in the past several years has been, “Will we eventually be wiped out by a global pandemic or plague?” My answer is that this is possible, but nearly as [...]
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Autoblog Green, one of my favorite sites for tracking what is going on with green transportation alternatives, has an interesting lead article on the debut of a hydrogen fuel cell tractor, in Europe. The tractor looks great, and illustrates both the promise of, and problems with hydrogen fuel cells as a core technology for future [...]
Full StoryOne Thousand Years is not Enough
In 1999 and 2000 I had the privilege of helping to lead three retreat-like gatherings called Humanity 3000, in which scientists and international thought leaders asked a simple question: “What will it take for humanity to survive for another 1000 years?” Sponsored by the Foundation for the Future, the reports of those sessions can be [...]
Full StoryTechnology Advances
The idea of controlling machines with your mind has been a long-time quest. Now, as early as the Fall of 2009, you may be able to buy a game device with which you can train your mind to move matter with a machine. The concept was shown at the recent Las Vegas consumer electronics show, [...]
Full StoryGoogle Alerts – Futurist Speaker Glen Hiemstra Around the World
We are getting increased notice around the world for our work at Futurist.com. (Follow to main blog page and check out the links. You can use Google Translate to see what the articles in Czech and in Chinese have to say. The former is about the future of sports, the China article about the future [...]
Full StoryConsumer trends for 2009
A nice summary of consumer & cultural trends we’ll see in 2009, from the AP. Includes material from one of our favorites, TrendWatching.com.
Full StoryDiscovering the Future
I’ve been reading a popular old book, Blue Highways, by William Least Heat Moon (1982). This is the story of his long driving tour of the U.S., keeping to “blue highways” (or two-lane roads) and small towns. At one point he gets lost (more than once actually), and writes about it, commenting in a way [...]
Full StoryVideos by Futurist.com
The Future. It is mysterious, looming, full of possibility. To understand the future, and to create it, we ask three questions: What is probable? What is possible? What is preferred? Explore the future in these Video features and interviews produced by Futurist.com on a range of future topics. Video Features and Interviews Introduction to Futurist.com [...]
Full StoryFuturist Speaker
The Future. If you listen carefully, you can learn what the future is telling you. Glen Hiemstra, futurist speaker, Founder of Futurist.com, author, blogger, has been listening the future professionally for two decades. Glen’s popular keynote speeches examine the important events, trends and developments that are shaping the future, with a particular emphasis on how [...]
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