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What Your Home Will Look Like In 2015

It's not the house of the future. More like the house of the near-future. It will be smaller and more energy efficient (but don't worry, you can keep your walk-in closet).READ»

How One Encounter With Steve Jobs Remapped My Future

When Steve Jobs shared his vision regarding the future of personal computing at a 1981 conference, it was as if he parted a veil and we could see directly into that future--of which we suddenly wanted to be a part. READ»

The Perils Of Technology Prediction

If you gave an infinite number of futurists an infinite amount of time, would one of them eventually be correct about something?READ»

Future Shock at 40: What the Tofflers Got Right (and Wrong)

They predicted the “electronic frontier” of the Internet, Prozac, YouTube, cloning, home-schooling, the self-induced paralysis of too many choices, instant celebrities, and the end of blue-collar manufacturing. Not bad for 1970.READ»

Earth Day, 2020

On the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, let's take a moment to think about the 50th anniversary.READ»

Futures Thinking: A Bibliography

So you want to be a futurist? Better be ready to do a lot of reading.READ»

What Will the Fashion Industry Look Like in 2025?

Many of the designs at New York City's recent Fashion Week certainly looked futuristic--think metallics and extreme eyeliner--but the fashion industry will have to do better than that if it wants to adapt to coming changes brought ...READ»

Futures Thinking: Writing Scenarios

So what do scenarios actually look like? Here are some real-world examples.READ»