Signals from the future

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21 November 2024

Bitcoin surges as the Dollar shines

When the west applied sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, and China suffered under the imposition of US...

Bitcoin surges as the Dollar shines

When the west applied sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, and China suffered under the imposition of US...

Making China great again

The saying “hard times create great people” applies to companies and nations too. When the United States imposed restrictions on...

Just vote for me, AI

Left, right, center, liberal. Partisan, non-binary, socio-democratic. Populist, humanist, transhumanist, fundamentalist, radical. It’s all so confusing, and I don’t know...

The FAANGs lose their bite

Since the US and EU regulators pulled the fangs out of the FAANGs in a coordinated move two months ago,...

Focusing on the Future

Over the past 20 years, Futureworld has published over a thousand Mindbullet scenarios, many of which have future datelines that...

Starlink owns the skies

Elon Musk famously told us that he developed the Starship mega rocket to “take humanity to Mars,” but perhaps that...

Understanding the Future of Agriculture

Agriculture is the lifeblood of human civilization, responsible for feeding a global population that is expected to reach nearly 10...

A phone? Dude, that’s so last decade!

Smiling, Tony Sanches walked through the hotel lobby to the elevators and looked at the small screen. “Welcome Mr. Sanches....

Bitcoin surges as the Dollar shines

When the west applied sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, and China suffered under the imposition of US...

Making China great again

The saying “hard times create great people” applies to companies and nations too. When the United States imposed restrictions on...

Just vote for me, AI

Left, right, center, liberal. Partisan, non-binary, socio-democratic. Populist, humanist, transhumanist, fundamentalist, radical. It’s all so confusing, and I don’t know...

The FAANGs lose their bite

Since the US and EU regulators pulled the fangs out of the FAANGs in a coordinated move two months ago,...

Focusing on the Future

Over the past 20 years, Futureworld has published over a thousand Mindbullet scenarios, many of which have future datelines that...

Starlink owns the skies

Elon Musk famously told us that he developed the Starship mega rocket to “take humanity to Mars,” but perhaps that...

Understanding the Future of Agriculture

Agriculture is the lifeblood of human civilization, responsible for feeding a global population that is expected to reach nearly 10...

A phone? Dude, that’s so last decade!

Smiling, Tony Sanches walked through the hotel lobby to the elevators and looked at the small screen. “Welcome Mr. Sanches....

The AI bubble bursts

The advent of ChatGPT and other generative AI models fueled a tech boom that benefited giants like Microsoft and Google,...

Beam me up, Larry!

Jacqueline Dubois tore open the small box from Google LastMile, placed the even smaller black box on the table in...

Vaccination nation

The benefits of vaccinating babies and children against 13 infectious diseases are well established. Older adults can also protect their...

Provocative Scenarios

We asked Google’s NotebookLM to host an in-depth discussion.

VW moves to China

VW Global (formerly known as Volkswagen AG) has done the unthinkable. They are closing all their factories in Germany and...

Getting high on AI

Reports of people seeking urgent help at hospitals for bad psychedelic trips started trickling in earlier this week, first at...

Beam me down some sunshine

SpaceX has done it again. Not content with building the world’s greatest space-based internet service, Starlink, and also making the...

Futureworld launches Grow-X

Join us in creating a circular agricultural value chain to tackle climate change and feed the world.

Retirement: The ultimate luxury

Dorothy Jones, lovingly nicknamed ‘Granny D’ at work, closed her laptop with a sigh. It was her 75th birthday and...

Reversing the demographic decline

Italy’s new centre-right government has come up with an innovative solution to the twin problems of an existential demographic transition:...

Star Wars - in a galaxy near you

(Updated with additional information from ROSCOSMOS and CNSA, China National Space Administration) With space being infinite both in potential resources...

Keep calm and carry on (buying)

If you missed the market top last year, and failed to unload your hot stocks and take the profits, don’t...

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Signals from the future

Bitcoin surges as the Dollar shines

Bitcoin surges as the Dollar shines

Making China great again

Just vote for me, AI

The FAANGs lose their bite

Focusing on the Future

Starlink owns the skies

Understanding the Future of Agriculture

A phone? Dude, that’s so last decade!

Bitcoin surges as the Dollar shines

Making China great again

Just vote for me, AI

The FAANGs lose their bite

Focusing on the Future

Starlink owns the skies

Understanding the Future of Agriculture

A phone? Dude, that’s so last decade!

The AI bubble bursts

Beam me up, Larry!

Vaccination nation

Provocative Scenarios

VW moves to China

Getting high on AI

Beam me down some sunshine

Futureworld launches Grow-X

Retirement: The ultimate luxury

Reversing the demographic decline

Star Wars - in a galaxy near you

Keep calm and carry on (buying)

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