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Do Synagogue Movements Know What They Really Sell?

Rabbi Hayim Herring, Ph.D. | Posted 04.26.2013 | Religion
Rabbi Hayim Herring, Ph.D.

The current focus of many synagogues on maintaining and acquiring new members suggests a narrow message -- namely, that someone is joining an organization that they can easily "unjoin."

The Profile of a Second Giant Leaper

Zack Kopplin | Posted 05.08.2013 | College
Zack Kopplin

Our generation can't hope and wait for for our leaders to do the right thing. We can't wait for them to decide whether they want students to learn science. We must speak out and be that change.

Building a Better Beta

Faith Popcorn | Posted 01.16.2013 | Business
Faith Popcorn

In culture, beta has come to represent a new level of interaction based on transparency and open innovation. Beta culture is the culture of the now. And it is changing everything.

Half Empty Or Half Full?

Brad Reid | Posted 01.14.2013 | Religion
Brad Reid

Certainly strong arguments may be developed for both sides of the debate. One may assert, however, that religious doctrines are inherently optimistic.

Happy Birthday Marc Chagall!

Posted 07.07.2012 | Arts

Today marks the birthday of one of the art world's most beloved Marcs, Marc Chagall. The painter reached the hearts and imaginations of people worldwi...

Striking Futurist Paintings

The Huffington Post | Katherine Brooks | Posted 07.31.2012 | Arts

The Futurists of the early 20th century were known for their desires to demolish museums, libraries and all other sites receiving historical reverence...

'Blade Runner' Futurist's Art Exhibiiton

Posted 05.10.2012 | Arts

Science fiction has often held a mirror to our society in order to teach us about our evolution (or regressive behavior). We probably owe many of our...

The Future Is No Place for Fear

Zach Puchtel | Posted 07.07.2012 | Technology
Zach Puchtel

"Futurists" have been trying to educate the masses for years, with undeniable evidence that computers will, in the foreseeable future, develop a consciousness much like ours.

Who Cares If My Child Can't Tie His Shoes?

Lisa Belkin | Posted 05.16.2012 | Parents
Lisa Belkin

My father was a whiz with an abacus. His father wrote with an inkwell pen. My sons use their laptops to take notes, write letters, and do math. Is our job as parents to raise our children to master the world we grew up in or the one we can't fully envision yet?

WATCH: A Different Kind Of 'War On Christmas'

Posted 12.22.2011 | Comedy

At this point, it's all but inevitably that the Robot Uprising will soon extend to all things we hold sacred, including (but not limited to) the holid...

Futureview: A Roadmap for Growth and Prosperity

Daniel Burrus | Posted 01.16.2012 | Business
Daniel Burrus

We are in a time of massive, technology-driven, transformational change, pregnant with opportunity. Realize it or not, we have an unprecedented ability to create new products, new services, new markets, and new careers.

11 Awesome Visions Of The Future

The Huffington Post | Jason O. Gilbert | Posted 01.11.2012 | Technology

Projectors and lasers and smartphones, oh my! It might still be 2011 (barely), but that hasn't stopped a whole bunch of technology companies, innov...

WATCH: Microsoft Envisions The Future

The Huffington Post | Jason O. Gilbert | Posted 12.27.2011 | Technology

Microsoft's Office team has released a video of what they think the future of computing will look like. Check it out: The video, entitled "Producti...

Paco Peregrin: "Beautiful Monster"

Evelyne Politanoff | Posted 10.10.2011 | Arts
Evelyne Politanoff

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Is Nostalgia Dead?

Tom Mallory | Posted 09.26.2011 | Arts
Tom Mallory

A couple of weeks ago, I came across a most galvanizing article by Niklas Maak - a writer and arts editor for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. The ...

PHOTOS: Architecture Of The Future?

Adel Zakout | Posted 02.27.2012 | Arts
Adel Zakout

The 1926 sci-fi masterpiece Metropolis by Fritz Lang opens with a stunning sequence of machinery in motion, followed by an anonymous workers' crowd de...

Embracing Our Creative Imagination To Solve The Global Crisis

Marilyn Schlitz | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Marilyn Schlitz

By harnessing our inner capacities, though meditation, contemplation, prayer and time in nature, we can cultivate the resilience to navigate the challenges of our outer world.

New York Considering Erecting Storm Barriers For Future Flooding

| Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

MANHATTAN -- The city is seriously considering a proposal to erect huge storm surge barriers as part of a comprehensive waterfront plan meant to pro...

Futurist: Robots Can Restore Michigan Economy

AP | KATHY BARKS HOFFMAN | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan's economy, battered over the past decade by hundreds of thousands of lost manufacturing jobs, could surge again i...

Credentialism and Higher Ed

Anya Kamenetz | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
Anya Kamenetz

Probably the most common question I get about the future of higher ed is "But what about credentials?". In the words of Ezra Klein: "So in Kamenetz's...

Long-Term Thinking About Future Health: Seven Trends That Should Concern Us

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Richard (RJ) Eskow

Seven current healthcare trends include doctors leaving the public system, a shortfall in primary care, underutilization of medical treatment, "superbugs," virtual health care, climate change, and radical self-redesign and enhancement.