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Telling stories: Gorton and Denton
There are lessons to be learned for everyone from the result of the Gorton and Denton by-election. And they’re not all about politics.
The Trust Gap
What has happened to trust in authority? And ill trust in media, politicians and experts be restored in the coming generations?
If the future is female, then we need to deal with the past
Our culture constantly reinforces a sense of male entitlement to women's bodies and service. Until we challenge it, nothing will change.
And so, this is Christmas...
Another year over and a new one... about to begin. What happened? And what does the new year hold? Here are my 2021 predictions
The future holiday: long but costly
In my research into the future holiday, I looked at the pressures facing the future of travel and the trends that will define how we vacation.
The self-preservation society
What connects Brexit, Coronavirus, Ayn Rand and air pollution? All tell us something about our instincts for self-preservation.
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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.
You can search all of my posts through the search box, or click through some of the relevant categories. Purists can search my more complete archive here.