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The Demise of the Official Future
The Demise of the Official Future Americans are more likely to think the US is heading in the right direction since Donald Trump’s election. Why? The poll results are extraordinary: the proportion of Americans who thought the country was ‘heading in the right direction’ rose sharply when Donald Trump became president of the US, while […]
Do Not Waste One More Second
Do Not Waste One More Second Do not waste one more second of your time on this earth, for the insects are all dying, and the ice caps are vanishing, and the oceans are filling with plastic. This could all be gone very soon, so don’t waste it. Don’t take any part of the crackling […]
Fishtailing into the Future
Fishtailing into the Future The opening chapters of Michael Lewis’s new book, The Fifth Risk, detail the carelessness of the Trump transition team in the months leading up to his swearing-in as president. Former New Jersey governor Chris Christie led the team, with its binders full of possible agency chiefs, before he was summarily canned […]
Can Consumer Surveys Help Ascertaining the Future Course of an Economy?
CAN CONSUMER SURVEYS HELP ASCERTAINING THE FUTURE COURSE OF AN ECONOMY? In order to gain insight into the future state of an economy, many economists refer to a variety of consumer and business surveys. Randomly selected consumers and businessmen are asked to provide their views about where the economy is heading. Thus if a survey […]
What Comes Next
What Comes Next Previews of the coming reckoning All things have a beginning, a middle and and end. And now, more than 3,480 days into the current bull market, the longest in history, we can say with high confidence we are very close to its end. Why? For manifold reasons that are multiplying fast. So […]
Equality: A Beneficial Alternative to Collapse
Equality: A Beneficial Alternative to Collapse What future shall we choose? Equality or inequality? Deep democracy or more limited forms? Sustainability and wise stewardship of resources, or exploitation for profit? You have a good idea of where current systems are taking us. A viable alternative path exists, and that path is science based. InMarch 2018, Bloomberg […]
Pulling the magical lever
Pulling the magical lever A critical analysis of techno-utopian imaginaries Image: Pixabay Ideas about the importance of the imagination in an age of political and ecological crisis are popping up everywhere: in the arts, in activism and other forms of politics, and in a wide range of academic disciplines and fields. This blog is one […]
Systemic Thinking: The Primary Skill That Humanity Will Need as We Prepare for A Future That Will Not Be What It Used to Be Stonyhill Nugget #300
Systemic Thinking: The Primary Skill That Humanity Will Need as We Prepare for A Future That Will Not Be What It Used to Be Stonyhill Nugget #300 It’s hard to believe that this is my 300th blog post. It amazes me how fast the years seem to fly by when you’re doing something you enjoy […]
What science fiction ought to be
What science fiction ought to be Science fiction has become the dominant genre of the last four decades – the biggest film of the year has been sci-fi almost every year in my lifetime. Of those, some are simply swashbuckler fantasies set in space, like Star Wars, while others are the very entertaining superhero fantasies […]
Oceans in Crisis: Gambling With Our Future
OCEANS IN CRISIS: GAMBLING WITH OUR FUTURE The threats posed by climate change and overexploitation of the oceans are already being felt. All will be affected, none more so than the poorest costal and island populations. With the crisis in our oceans and its devastating ecological consequences now abundantly clear, global solutions are needed. Overfishing, rising […]
The Road to 2025 (Part 4) – A Very Bright Future If We Demand It
The Road to 2025 (Part 4) – A Very Bright Future If We Demand It Whenever all government, domestic and foreign, in little as in great things, shall be drawn to Washington as the center of all power, it will render powerless the checks provided of one government on another, and will become as venal and […]
Conflict Over the Future of the Planet
Conflict Over the Future of the Planet On this Earth Day, it is difficult to look at the state of the planet and the current political leadership and see much hope. In “Junk Planet”, Robert Burrowes writes a comprehensive description of the degradation of the atmosphere, oceans, waterways, groundwater, and soil as well as the […]
Facebook Uses Artificial Intelligence to Predict Your Future Actions For Advertisers, Says Confidential Document
FACEBOOK USES ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO PREDICT YOUR FUTURE ACTIONS FOR ADVERTISERS, SAYS CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENT SINCE THE CAMBRIDGE ANALYTICA scandal erupted in March, Facebook has been attempting to make a moral stand for your privacy, distancing itself from the unscrupulous practices of the U.K. political consultancy. “Protecting people’s information is at the heart of everything we […]
How Do We Really Forecast the Future?
How Do We Really Forecast the Future? QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; It is obvious that you have indeed been behind the curtain for your knowledge of even global politics is amazing. Kim Jong Un is here in Beijing. You said he would back down. You said the risk of war lies in the Middle East, not […]
Culture shift: redirecting humanity’s path to a flourishing future
Culture shift: redirecting humanity’s path to a flourishing future It’s time to build a new worldview around a deeper sense of connectedness. Honghe Hani Rice Terraces in Yunnan Province, China.. Credit: By Jialiang Gao, www.peace-on-earth.org – Original Photograph via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. What do all these ideas have in common—a tax on carbon, big investments […]
