news from the future
Who wants to live forever?
Back in 2021 I got rather obsessed with the debate about immortality and life extension. So much so that I put some research in the field. Here’s what I found.
Good news for the future of health and care?
The future of health and care is often presented in pretty bleak terms. Our ageing population means that there’s a lot to worry about. But there are positive notes as well.
The future of healthcare is deep
We need a new approach to healthcare in order to maintain progress in the face of an ageing population: Deep Healthcare.
Halfway between a stranger and a friend
Greater community engagement and peer support can't replace our over-stretched services and crumbling infrastructure. But they can mitigate their effects.
Will a robot hold your hand? Technology in the future of care
People get very squeamish about robots in a care context. But technology might be the only answer to rising demands and costs on our care system.
Future humans sleep more
"We are not who we could be. Our minds and bodies are capable of much more than we have yet achieved..." with more sleep.
- Future Car 2
- Future Communication 17
- Future Health 10
- Future Media 10
- Future Technology 16
- Future of Business 10
- Future of Cities 8
- Future of Education 7
- Future of Energy 8
- Future of Finance 19
- Future of Food 6
- Future of Housing 3
- Future of Humanity 22
- Future of Retail 9
- Future of Sport 1
- Future of Transport 8
- Future of Work 9
- Future society 11
- Futurism 20
Archive Note
The archive of posts on this site has been somewhat condensed and edited, not always deliberately. This blog started all the way back in 2006 when working full time as a futurist was still a distant dream, and at one point numbered nearly 700 posts. There have been attempts to reduce replication, trim out some weaker posts, and tell more complete stories, but also some losses through multiple site moves - It has been hosted on Blogger, Wordpress, Medium, and now SquareSpace. The result is that dates and metadata on all the posts may not be accurate and many may be missing their original images.
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