news from the future

The perils of wishcasting
Tom Cheesewright Tom Cheesewright

The perils of wishcasting

There are lots of traps that a futurist can fall into. Whether or not you consider them traps at all really depends what sort of futurist you are.

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Good news for the future of health and care?
Tom Cheesewright Tom Cheesewright

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.

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How do we address digital overload?
Tom Cheesewright Tom Cheesewright

How do we address digital overload?

In preparation for a talk I decided to look at the wider context of our communications landscape. And as part of that, I audited my own digital communications. Here’s what I found.


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The New Book of the Future
Tom Cheesewright Tom Cheesewright

The New Book of the Future

After four years - or maybe 40 - it’s finally here. See Inside The Future is my collaboration with Usborne, the publishers of the original Book of the Future way back in 1979.

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Don’t hold your breath waiting for synthetic fuels
Tom Cheesewright Tom Cheesewright

Don’t hold your breath waiting for synthetic fuels

In my latest column for BI Foresight I tackle one of the most persistent myths in the transport world: that battery electric vehicles (BEVs) are a stopgap technology, and that something else will be along to replace them soon.


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The year of the android: My new column
Tom Cheesewright Tom Cheesewright

The year of the android: My new column

For the first installment of my new column for BI Foresight, a publication from Bristol Innovations, I’ve looked at my prediction that 2024 would be the year of the android, how I came to that conclusion, and whether it’s holding up.


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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.