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Building a More Valuable Human
How do we build a more valuable human? That’s essentially what education is all about. Each of us has only one body and one mind, and whatever we do to increase our skills and capabilities will make each of us more valuable on the world stage. So how do we calculate...
Will AI Replace Humans?
Elon Musk has given us nightmarish warnings about how AI could become “an immortal dictator from which we would never escape.” And now we hear about GPT-3, created by OpenAI, a research business co-founded by Elon Musk. Since GPT-3 has been described as one of the...
Just-in-Case Learning versus Just-in-Time Learning
If you’ve had the fortune to have a college education and you’re two or more decades removed from the experience, what do you remember about what you learned? If you’re in the hard science world, with a PhD. in astrophysics and still working in that field, for...
Four “Impossible” Situations, Four Solutions, and Ten Predictions for the Future
Futurist Kevin Kelly is often quoted as saying, “The future happens very slowly, and then all at once!” This happens to be one of those “all at once” moments! We live in an incredibly fragile society on an incredibly fragile earth. And to many of us, it feels like...
Situational Futuring – The Secret Process for Understanding the Future Revealed
A little over two years ago I mentioned a new anticipatory thinking tool I've developed called “situational futuring.” It helps me gain better insight into the world ahead. Until now I hadn't given too many details about how it worked or how to apply it, but I...
Situational Futuring Methodology
A little over two years ago, I introduced a new anticipatory thinking tool called “situational futuring” as a way to gain better insight into the world ahead. The way I’ve been describing it, situational futuring is a micro-futuring process that positions a single...
