Category: Art & Society

Last week I had the privilege of presenting the keynote speech on the future and aging to the opening general session of the annual N4A Conference, which is the annual meeting of the National Area Agencies on Aging. It was the 40th anniversary of...

Everything possible today was at one time impossible. Everything impossible today may at some time in the future be possible. Dr. Ed Lindaman was the program director for planning Apollo, then became a college president and direct mentor to me in becoming a futurist....

Futurist.com Think Tank authors are among the recently named “26 essential science fiction novels to get you ready for the future.” ZDNet curated the list and it includes novels by Brenda Cooper, long time colleague, and Ramez Naam, both Think Tank members. I know...

I’m half way into an excellent new science fiction book, Edge of Dark, by Brenda Cooper, who is also a Futurist.com Think Tank expert. This is Brenda’s 8th novel and the first in a two-part series. From the Amazon book description… What if a...

George Dvorsky suggests 11 ways that the future could turn out differently than we expect, in a recent article at io9. Its not an especially happy list, but worth a read for sure. Or perhaps an unexpected future is just what you expect. The...