Note: this column was published first on Medium. I will be joining Gerd Leonard and Glen HIemstra for a presentation to Sarasota Institute – a 21st Century Think Tank this Tuesday at 1p eastern time U.S. As one of the initiators of the #forkintheroadproject I hold the high-level view that from now to 2030 humanity will […]
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Members- As you might have assumed, members of the Sarasota Institute – A 21st Century Think Tank are actively involved in writing and speaking about the future. As one of the Co-Founders – and the Managing Director- I have committed myself through the Institute and elsewhere to be active to help shape our collective future […]
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“Whether it is to be Utopia or Oblivion will be a touch-and-go relay race right up to the final moment… Humanity is in a final exam as to whether or not it qualifies for continuance in the Universe.” – R. Buckminster Fuller, Utopia or Oblivion Fuller wrote this back in 1969, an incredibly […]
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The collapse of legacy thinking is one of the underlying reasons for all the disruption and transformations of the 2020s. It is one of the reasons that the Co-Founders of The Sarasota Institute, Phil Kotler, Jason Voss and I felt it necessary to create a purely 21st century endeavor. The thinking and resultant realities […]
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[Preface: we at the Sarasota Institute focus not on policy but on the larger dynamics and trends we see for the next decade and this century. We believe that both democracy and capitalism need to be updated and reinvented for this century. This means that we do have to look at elections and current policies […]
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The near-term future is catastrophic and depressing. The longer term is potentially transformative and uplifting… if we fully understand the possibilities and needs of this decade. As a futurist, I pride myself on the accuracy of my forecasts. When they have not been pinpoint accurate, they are usually directionally correct. That is my intention here, […]
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[Preamble – As a futurist my mind is exploding with all the possible long-term disruptions inherent in the global COVID-19 reality. In addition, I have supplemented my 200+ inbound emails, content aggregators, research newsletters with some information provided to me by friends who are connected at the highest level of health executives nationwide.] Short-term […]
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We are pleased to announce the publication of The Sarasota Institute’s Whitepaper #1, The Big Issues. It covers all 10 of the topics we believe are crucial for understanding and shaping the century. Here are some questions that we discuss within: When was the last time you heard anything radical about how to reform democracy? Do […]
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Every nation has to decide what it stands for. Americans are asking who we are and who do we aspire to be. U.S. immigration policies provide a partial mosaic picture of U.S. ambitions and values as a country. Consider the following immigration questions. Should the U.S. accept more displaced persons from other countries, especially if […]
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Gross Domestic Product (GDP) needs to be either re-thought, or scrapped as a measure of economy. Why? For several reasons, including: It measures output, not economy, and with grave unintended consequences It measures output domestically, and this is no longer a useful measure GDP Measures Output, Not Economy The whole point of both […]
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