by futurist Richard Worzel, C.F.A. If you listen to all the buzz surrounding artificial intelligence, AI is both a promise and a threat. It’s a humble servant and a deadly competitor. It’s going to save the world, and destroy it. It’s not quite all things to all people, but it’s a hell of a lot […] Read more

by futurist Richard Worzel, C.F.A. What follows is a lightly-edited version of a presentation I gave in Chicago for a group of internal auditors earlier this year. If you have any questions about any aspect of it, please contact me at futurist@futuresearch.com. The reason thinking about the future is so difficult is that is is so vast. […] Read more

by futurist Richard Worzel, C.F.A. When we think about the future, we typically think in terms of an evolution: smooth changes that happen gradually over time. Yet, change often comes as a revolution, suddenly, and in discontinuous jumps. I believe that’s what’s happening today with the future of energy. What we are experiencing now, and […] Read more

by futurist Richard Worzel, C.F.A. Would you rather have a piece of protein grown in a vat from bovine stem cells, or a nice, juicy steak from a steer? And would you rather have a tall, frosty glass of cow’s milk, or a tall, frosty glass of oat mylk? Meat and milk are two of […] Read more

by futurist Richard Worzel, C.F.A. What follows is a summary of a presentation I made earlier this year (2019) to a Canadian, non-profit organization dedicated to reducing food waste. This took place in Toronto. Why Worry About Wasted Food? According to the UN’s FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization), global population is going to expand to […] Read more

by futurist Richard Worzel, C.F.A. With all the (valid) concern about the rapid onset of climate change, most people who comment on and study climate change are overlooking what may be the single biggest driver of climate change in the future: human population growth. One of the arguments that I get most frequently from people […] Read more

by futurist Richard Worzel, C.F.A. There’s a crash coming in the video-on-demand (VOD) business, and while we can’t know who’s going to survive, we can assess the landscape and make some guesses. But let’s start by going back and trace the roots of the current market crush, then look at how it’s going to lead […] Read more

by futurist Richard Worzel, C.F.A. Zine is deadheading, which is to say he’s asleep. “Deadheading” is a slang term that means he’s unplugged from the Net, and is not presently conducting multiple online interactions. Sometimes he stays plugged in – or “zup,” which some think means “heads up” while others believe it derives from the […] Read more

The majority of greenhouse gas emissions come from non-residential sources by futurist Kit Worzel These days, everyone is more environmentally aware, and and I’m thankful it is so. The amount of damage done to the environment by human sources is immense, so every step we take to mitigate this is a good one. Recycling, using […] Read more