[Much of this was published in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Expanded because of no space limitations here] Yes. The dreaded D-word. The one prognosticators are dancing around. “Could this be a Depression?” or, will this lead to “Depression-like numbers?” Folks, we are in a Depression! The first one in this century. There have been 11 recessions […]
In the ample time available these days, one thinks of lots of things. Reflections on the future, of course, but also about this entire experience we are sharing. We all have had the feeling, when going through a situation, that there was something vaguely familiar with the experience. Not déjà vu, but as though […]
NOTE: 11 years ago I wrote the column below. I did it because I was getting pitched about Earth Day ideas I should write about. As in people wanted to tout what they were going to do for Earth Day. I simply lost it. Don’t talk to me about Earth Day, Earth Month, Earth Year […]
The COVID-19 pandemic is a dangerous one. It has triggered many new patterns of behavior. Some will stick and will change our society permanently; some will fade away. There’s a widespread questioning of who and what to trust. Collectively, we are getting closer and yet more distant, simultaneously. We are finding new ways to look […]
[Note: this was just published on The Sarasota Institute – A 21st Century Think Tank web site.] [Preamble – As a futurist my mind is exploding with all the possible long-term disruptions inherent in the global COVID-19 reality. In addition, I have supplemented my 200+ inbound emails, content aggregators, research newsletters with some information provided […]
The magnitude and probable consequences of this gargantuan black swan event will be significant and numerous. Realizations, insights, revelations, probabilities, and forecasts keep coming to me as this all sinks in. Here are just some of what may lie ahead both in the near term, and more significantly in the long term. Each of these […]
On the morning of Monday 3/2, I had to make a decision. Do I cancel a symposium scheduled for Saturday 3/7 that could attract some 400 people because of the COVID-19 or not? Further, the title of the symposium was “The New Health Age of the 21st Century” the third symposium of 2020, produced […]
Last week I wrote about the climate change conference that The Sarasota Institute – A 21st Century Think Tank was presenting. Called “A Leap Year Look at Climate Change” it was unique in the sense that in the morning was the 2020 updated reality of what the climate crisis now looks like. In the afternoon […]
[ a significant percentage of this column was first published in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune] As a futurist, the most important thing to me is to be as right as I can be in my forecasts. Otherwise I have no value to you my readers, or to anyone in my audiences around the world, or readers […]
The 2020s will be the most transformative and disruptive decade in history. There will be a number of significant trends and dynamics that will greatly affect how humanity lives, works and plays. I will take a deeper, more specific look at many of these in the next few columns. What I want to highlight now […]
