Turning Wicked Problems Into Wicked Opportunities
Written by: Frank Spencer
Businesses often try to eliminate complexity, but that’s impossible and futile. Success will come only when you find complex solutions to complex problems.
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These Two Robots Are Very Much In Love
Call it love in the time of automation: a new project makes two very un-human participants deal with the most human of emotions. It doesn’t always go well.
3 Steps For Plotting Your Personal Future In An Uncertain World
Written by: Venessa Miemis
What’s the best way to feel productive and valued at work and in life? Having a sense of where you’re going. To do that, you need to forecast your own future, and then put yourself on the path to get there.
Bitcoin 2.0: Can Ripple Make Digital Currency Mainstream?
The company is trying to create an online money system that is easy for everyone to use, not just the insiders who feel comfortable trading in Bitcoins. It’s all built on a massive system of personal trust.
We’ve Entered The Volatile Postnormal Stage Of History
Written by: Stowe Boyd
By looking at the past, we can judge what this new era might bring: a lot of chaos, populist movements fighting off the old economic order, and a 3-D printing fueled return to a more local economy.
Can Science Fiction Writers Inspire The World To Save Itself?
The Hieroglyph project asks sci-fi writers to stop creating dark dystopias, and instead show us visions of a better future, so that we work harder to get there.
The Wearable, Implantable, Personalized Future Of Medicine
Written by: Daniel Reed
As doctors and scientists continue to make huge leaps in terms of genome sequencing and scanning devices, everything about your medical treatment is going to change.
How To Get Around The Peak Car Conundrum
Written by: Dr. Peter Graf and Gil Perez
We have tons of cars--and tons of congestion. But new breakthroughs in connecting cars to the cloud (and eliminating the need for car ownership) show what a better future for cars might look like.
Why Polluters Should Pay You To Fix Climate Change
A carbon dividend--cash paid out to every American family from money taken as a pollution tax on companies--could be the idea that finally adds the right economic incentive for people to adopt climate-friendly lifestyles.
The Rise of Pre-Commerce
Written by: Lisa Gansky
The sharing economy and crowdfunding have fundamentally altered the way we develop products.
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