news from the future
#AskAFuturist: Will we ever have driverless cars?
Answering a sceptic on Twitter as part of my #AskAFuturist series, I explain whether we will ever have driverless cars, and why he's right to be sceptical
Why High Frequency Change doesn't affect everything
We feel like change happens faster now but many things remain unchanged for decades. Why? Here are some reasons that high frequency change doesn't affect everything.
Five trends for the 2020s
What are the trends for the 2020s that will define sustainable success for your career and your company? Futurist Tom Cheesewright picks his top five.
3D printing might still change everything
3D printing still offers the potential for a revolution in the way we design, manufacture and buy goods. But it's not going to happen very soon.
Predicting the future is all about time
Predicting what is going to happen is easy. The hard part is predicting when it is going to happen. This is the challenge of futurism.
Let's play Fear of the Future BINGO!
We all fear the future. But it's inbumbent on us to confront those fears with rationality and intelligence, nor fear and ignorance.
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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.
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