news from the future
What to expect in 2023
Every year I get asked for my predictions for the year ahead. Here's what I'm telling people - including Times Radio’s John Pienaar
Will ChatGPT change the world? Lessons from previous waves of automation software
Will ChatGPT change the world? To answer that we need to look at the adoption of previous generations of automation technology. How fast have they been adopted? And by whom?
What would you do if you could clone yourself? Meet my personal AI.
Entering the Metaverse
What is the metaverse? And why is it such a hot topic all of a sudden? This is your introduction to the world of mixed reality.
When the flame goes out
Kids are bemused by old technologies that were critical to us but which have now disappeared, leaving only echoes. What technologies are likely to disappear in the near future? Here's one suggestion, explored in fiction.
Long read: 5G and Mixed Reality
Two transformative technologies, one facing delays, one advancing fast. How will 5G and mixed reality change our world?
- Future Car 4
- Future Communication 17
- Future Health 10
- Future Media 10
- Future Technology 17
- Future of Business 10
- Future of Cities 9
- 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 9
- Future of Work 12
- Future society 12
- Futurism 20
- clippings 1
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.