Future of Humanity Archives - Tom Cheesewright

Jack of all trades

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Tom Cheesewright on 18th September 2020.

To be ‘a Jack of all trades’ has been variously a compliment and an insult, and most recently, an attack on expertise. But is it what we need to be?

We’re still human

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Tom Cheesewright on 11th September 2020.

Lockdown is excluding us from tactile experiences. Any answer to this & future pandemics cannot divorce our digital consciousness from physical interaction.

Hypertribalism

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Tom Cheesewright on 28th August 2020.

Low friction global communication has enabled our fracture into tiny tribes, each with strong views, tight borders, and fierce opposition

The future holiday: long but costly

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Tom Cheesewright on 19th August 2020.

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.

COVID has highlighted continuing class divides

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Tom Cheesewright on 6th August 2020.

Discussions of class are rather muted alongside louder debates of race, sex, gender and age. But class is an important conversation in age uncertainty.

A race between the four horsemen

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Tom Cheesewright on 24th July 2020.

Four horsemen of disaster are vying to define our next three decades. Which one lands its blows first will determine our future.

The population implosion

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Tom Cheesewright on 16th July 2020.

A new report warns of a population implosion by the middle of this century. What does this mean for humanity and how should we respond?

Will we be growing plants in space by 2100? #AskAFuturist

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Tom Cheesewright on 23rd June 2020.

Rich McEachran asks, “How feasible is it that we’ll be cultivating plants in space on a large scale by 2100? The science is there but the logistics isn’t… yet.”

Will Strictly go on forever? #AskAFuturist

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Tom Cheesewright on 29th May 2020.

How long will our love affair last with the glitzy record breaking show, Strictly Come Dancing? When will it be replaced in our affections – and by what?