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See my new article entitled Cities and the Future to explore these questions: Will people really prefer to keep living in cities? How will so many people in one economy affect the politics and economics of the future? What needs to change in infrastructure...

Introduction: Why the experiment? As a futurist and a CIO, I’m expected to stay up to date on new technologies. I’ve attended talks on the digital divides (there’s one between the rich and poor, but another one entirely between the young and the old)....

A few years ago when I was invited to speak to a Microsoft customer event, one of the speakers was from Microsoft Research. He previewed a number of research initiatives. In doing so he had fun with a slide in which he listed major...

Here is one way we are blowing the future. By pursuing a phony “war on terrorism.” Just a few thoughts on this. If, as President Bush claims, the world is in a decisive war for civilization, then why have so few resources been devoted...

We launched Futurist.com in 1997, long before Blogs appeared. Now in September 2006 we want to introduce our new look, and new blog as well. If you look around you’ll see a contemporary design, new and additional writers, and we believe a provocative, useful,...