Two days ago, I wrote about the increasing speed at which each successive generation takes in, processes, integrates, and utilizes information. One of the interesting things that often coincides with an increase in the amount of information you can process is an increase in self awareness and internal stability.
People who are out of control...
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I am part of a new millennium family. We have half, step, and full-blooded siblings. We are the children of divorce and remarriage. We are one of the faces of the increasingly diverse American family.
As I mentioned recently, according to renowned futurists Alvin and Heidi Toffler, one of the fastest changing institutions in...
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Aligning Incentives – In 1962 Rachel Carson’s book, Silent Spring, launched an environmental revolution. But what then was hoo-ha hippie stuff has now turned into a guiding policy for major industries because of one crucial shift – we’ve aligned the financial goals of these companies with the larger environmental goals, so doing the environment...
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When you’re projecting trends into the future, it’s important to project more than one. Otherwise you end up like one futurist back in the 1890’s who demonstrated that based on population increase New York would be unfit for habitation by the 1930’s. The reason? Horse manure. Considering all the horses needed to transport the...
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