news from the future
Long read: 5G and Mixed Reality
Two transformative technologies, one facing delays, one advancing fast. How will 5G and mixed reality change our world?
Replacing the car
If we are to tackle the challenges of the car, we need to replace the sense of freedom it offers, for rich and poor, individuals and families
Disrupting housebuilding
How do you disrupt our broken housing market? Make it easier to build than buy, cheaper to build than rent, and give people security & sustainability
Review: A New History of the Future in 100 Objects
A New History of the Future in 100 Objects plots out our current path sixty years into the future, and the opportunities and challenges along the way
When half our money is spent online
What happens when half our money is spent online? What will it do to jobs, shops, and cities? Things looked bleak after 2008, but there is a long way to go.
Jack of all trades
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?
- Future Communication 17
- Future Health 8
- Future Media 10
- Future Technology 10
- Future of Business 10
- Future of Cities 8
- Future of Education 6
- Future of Energy 8
- Future of Finance 18
- Future of Food 4
- Future of Housing 3
- Future of Humanity 22
- Future of Retail 9
- Future of Sport 1
- Future of Transport 8
- Future of Work 8
- Future society 11
- Futurism 20
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.