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As Texas, Florida and the Southeast U.S., and other parts of the world drowned this late summer of 2017, here in the Western United States we lived through the fire next time. The fires dropped ash here in Seattle, attacked the Columbia River gorge...

This past week I had the privilege of helping to host the Association of Professional Futurists in an annual gathering, as part of the planning committee. The Association was celebrating its 15th Anniversary, and it was an opportunity for these professional futurists to look...

I’ll take a break from sitting on the patio in record high temperatures and forest fire smoke in Seattle to post this fascinating illustration of global temperature trends from 1900-2016. It was created by Antti Lipponen, and you can see his original post of...

Creating a new transportation future is one of my favorite themes. A variety of developments are making this possible, from autonomous driving possibilities to new tech like Hyperloop, to intelligent infrastructure and the desirability of denser more walkable cities. This Spring I had the...

The most distinguishing feature of humans is that we contemplate the future. We are built to be futurists. This is the conclusion drawn from recent scientific work, according to Martin E.P. Seligman and John Tierney in the New York Times. In their article, “We...