Month: November 2020

Each year – like many people – Futurist.com Think Tank member Nikolas Badminton writes his predictions for the following year. These aim to draw attention to areas that maybe haven’t been considered and to ignite some thinking. Let’s dive into his 2021 predictions –...

Glen Hiemstra appeared recently on the Singularity podcast, Singularity FM, with host Nikola Danaylov, where they discussed 40 years of futurism and the idea that the future is something we do. Danaylov’s blog, Singularity Weblog and his podcast Singularity.fm are among the longest running...

I’m pleased to have a chance to discuss exponential energy and the future with Oregon Rural Electric Cooperatives tomorrow November 12, 2020 in a virtual conference. They face interesting choices later in the decade when Bonneville Power contracts for hydro power expire and the...

One of the most interesting questions I was ever asked was this, “Will the Columbia River dams still exist in 200 years?” This was for a conference on the future of the river system, held some years ago, and sponsored mostly by Native American...

According to a 2017 BBC Documentary The Day the Dinosaurs Died suggests that had the dinosaur killing asteroid arrived 30-seconds later than it did, it would have landed in the Atlantic or Pacific, not on the Yucatan Peninsula. Had it done so it would...