The Future

The Recession, President Obama and The Future. Do ideas matter?

Alan Miller | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Justin Fox, Nouriel Roubini, Economy, President Obama, Lawrence Summers, Barack Obama, Recession, US Economy, Financial Meltdown, Bruce Bartlett, The Future, Financial Crisis, Paul Krugman, Global Financial Crisis, Timothy Geithner, Great Depression, Politics News

Recently, the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, penned an article bemoaning the greed of bankers and hatred of politicians. Indeed, it has been a wid...

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Change In Apocalyptic Stories: "Disaster Porn Is No Longer The Point"

io9 | Chanda Phelan | Posted 10.29.2009 | Books

Read More: Apocalypse, Post-Apocalyptic Fiction, End of the World, Futuristic Stories, The Future, Books, Apocalyptic Stories, Disasters, Dystopias, Books News

Disaster porn is no longer the point of the apocalypse. It doesn't matter how the world ends, just that it does. Making it to the End doesn't mean the...

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Artist As Citizen: Judge Our Climate Contest

Richard Reiss | Posted 09.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Art, Education, Filmmaking, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Sculpture, Design, Artists, Climate Change, Photo Essay, Global Warming, Artist as Citizen, The Future, Risk, Communication, Mit, Green News

Over the summer, we set a couple of dozen creative students the task of describing the risk from climate change, as framed in the most recent IPCC and MIT reports.

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From The Future Files: Top 10 Things We'll Tell Our Grandkids

wired.com | Posted 09.23.2009 | Technology

Read More: The Future, Future, Funny Technology, Top 10 List, Funny Predictions, Technology News

Where will Twitter, steak, and the English language have gone? Wired's top 10 list of things we'll tell our grandkids has these predictions and mo...

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A List In Response To A News Story: Take my Cats, Please...Seriously. I Want to Freak Out.

Sophie Pollitt-Cohen | Posted 11.19.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Diapers, Grapes, Cats, Judgement, Best Friend Lindsey, Brain, Poop, Baby, Marble-Floors, The New York Times, Vomit, The Future, Kim Kardashian, Barf, Comedy News

My cats or my future baby?: Barf on the floor; Pee on the floor; Has a brain larger than a handful of grapes; Not freak out when I want to dress it in a cute outfit; Not be covered in hair; Love me back.

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Rise of the Republicants

Bruce Tenenbaum | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Joseph Lieberman, Health, Health Care Reform, The Future, Glenn Beck, Health Care, Blue Dog Democrats, Republicans, Republicants, Politics News

We, the people of the future, need your urgent assistance. We are writing to you from the rubble of our once promising republic, the United States of America, destroyed by Republicants.

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Have We Learned Anything? The Effect of the Recession on the Future American Psyche

Stephen Josephson | Posted 08.15.2009 | Living

Read More: The Future, 2008 Recession, Psychology, Indulgences, Mental Health, Consumer Spending, US Recession, Living News

It seems as if a subset of people are actually achieving a fundamental shift from acquiring stuff to focusing on family, friends and keeping it simple.

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A Child Questions Us from the Future

Jan Phillips | Posted 08.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Visionary-Leadership, The Future, Futuregen, Seven Generations, Living News

Grandpa, did you know it was happening?

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It Takes Two Healthy Joyful Whole People to Make One Healthy Joyful Whole Relationship

Margaret Ruth | Posted 07.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Self Esteem, Communication, Happiness, Healthy, Dating, Self Awareness, Marriage, Margaret Ruth, Feelings, The Future, Boyfriend, Healthy Relationship, Relationships, Break Up, Living News

The rule is that it takes Two Happy Healthy Whole People to make One Happy Healthy Whole relationship -- and there are No Exceptions to this rule.

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Mapping Your Life's Journey

Daniel Lubetzky | Posted 04.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Blackberry, Iphone, Coincidences, Maps, Gps, Networking, Business, Best-Iphone-Applications, Science-Fiction, iPhone Applications, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, iPhone Apps, Communication, The Future, Business News

Your iPhone or Blackberry could have an application that every 5 minutes or every hour or every day could store your GPS location at that particular time.

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What Does the Future Look Like?

Julia Moulden | Posted 04.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Half the Sky, Social Entrepreneurship, Gidon Bromberg, The Giving Life, Nader Khateeb, Munqeth Mehyar, Bart Weetjens, Teach for All, Jenny Bowen, Skoll World Forum, Wendy Kopp, Future, Planning for the Future, The Future, Apopo, Ecopeace, Living News

A group of compassionate human beings met this week to talk not about history, but what's going on right this minute and what the future might just look like.

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Tweet From SXSWi '09: "Pessimists Die Quickly" (Gulp)

Sanjay Khanna | Posted 04.27.2009 | Green

I believe we need to place trust in one another and create community-based responses to climate change, whole or piecemeal, in the face of constraints that are bound to grow over time.

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Tomorrow's Info Today: Staying Ahead of the News Cycle

Randall Amster | Posted 04.12.2009 | Media

Read More: The Future, Future, Media News, Unified Theory, Information Overload, Green Collar Economy, Green Jobs, Rush Limbaugh, Current Events, Economy, Victory Gardens, Information Age, The Commons, Teleportation, Recession, Star Trek, Nature, Privatization, Agribusiness, Robotics, Gardening, Gmo, Robots, Vulture Capitalism, Humor, Speculation, New Media, Humor and Satire, Media News

From now on, I will only get my news from future-based sources, and thus seek to remain ahead of the curve. Outlandish, you say? Impossible? You are obviously so behind the times.

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Find Your Personal Year Number for 2009 Using Numerology

Margaret Ruth | Posted 02.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Personal Development, Personal Year, Uncertainty, The Future, Numerology, Numbers, Margaret Ruth, Living News

In numerology, each number has an individual meaning, or vibration, that influences the person or person's path. It can be fun and insightful to use numerology to get insights for 2009.

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5th Grader to Obama: "No school on Fridays. Less homework. Stop the war. Stop global warming."

Ted Wells | Posted 02.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Green, Survey, Letters to Obama, Global Warming, Barack Obama, Children, Kids, Environmentalism, The Future, Middle School, Obama for 5th Graders, Green News

Erin, grade five: "I think you should pay attention to global warming. Why? Because global warming is happening on our planet Earth where both you and I live."

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Dawn

Jeff Danziger | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: No More Bush, It's a New Day, Cartoons, Obama's Inauguration, Humor, Inauguration Day 2009, Obama Inauguration, Barack Obama Inauguration, January 20th, Obama Inauguration Day, Barack Obama, Political Cartoon, Political Humor, The Future, A New Day, Humor Politics, Cartoon, Political Cartoons, Politics News

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Now We Can

Rick Siegel | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Hope, Barack Obama Hope, Yes We Can, Patriotism, Change, Obama Change, Obama Yes We Can, Obama Inauguration, The Future, Yes We Did, Excitement Obama, Now We Can, Barack Obama, Hope for Future, Politics News

Now we can and must demand better ethical standards from our bankers, financial advisors, corporate and political leaders.

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Nepal's Political Crisis Deepens

Subhash Ghimire | Posted 02.13.2009 | World

Read More: India, Beijing Olympics, Olympics, World Bank, Prime Minister Prachanda, Black Market, Political Chaos, Government, Politics, Beijing, The Future, Imf, Marxism, Looting, Asia, Himalayans, Nepal Monarchy, Poverty, Terrorism, Karl Marx, Kathmandu, Maoism, Communism, Delhi, Nepal, Mao, Rebelling, Lenin, Mao Zedong, China, World News

More than 80% of Nepalese live in villages with very little access to health, education and other modern amenities. Lands seized by Maoists during the decade long war from 1996 to 2006 have not been returned to the owners.

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Some Main Themes for the Beginning of this New Year are Uncertainty and Stuck-ness

Margaret Ruth | Posted 02.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Classes, Healthy Eating, Energy, Stress, Emotions, Limbo, Intuition, The Future, 2009, Keeping Busy, Health, Living News

If you're feeling stuck right now, I suggest trying many different things to see what works. My favorite -- laughing. A lot. All the time If it doesn't work to get you moving, at least you're having fun.

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Merrily Skipping Into the Unknown

Jen Sincero | Posted 02.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Bed, Anais Nin, Fear, Lifestyle, Comfort Zone, Fear of the Unknown, Inertia, Dictionary, Exploration, Being Comfortable, Massage, Jennifer Aniston, Pillows, The Future, Living, Trying New Things, Discomfort, Living News

Our thoughts and perceptions define our realities, so redefine the way you perceive the unknown. Start thinking of it as exciting, exhilarating, something to throw yourself into and conquer.

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Journalism Is the New Bottled Water

Dan Sweeney | Posted 01.19.2009 | Media

Read More: The Future, Future of Media, Journalism, Bottled Water, Media News

If newspapers are to have a viable future, people need to be convinced that the information they get in those products is superior to the information they get on the Internet.

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Out Of Line: Preferences

Mort Gerberg | Posted 12.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Change, Political Cartoon, Obama Change, Humor, Restaurants, Lunch Counter, The Future, Sandwich, Political Cartoons, Politics News

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Now What?

Dave Hackel | Posted 12.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Msnbc, Rush Limbaugh, NBC News, George W. Bush, News Channels, Joe Biden, Keith Olbermann, Cbs, What to Do Now, Barack Obama, Cnn, The Future, Hillary Clinton, Abc, Where Are We Going?, News, Bill O'Reilly, Politics News

Sarah Palin: if the stars misalign and you remain a national figure, it would be helpful for you to have at least a cursory understanding of the Constitution and political and economic issues.

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A 20-Year-Old on the Meaning of the Election

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Christians, Obama Assassination Threats, Youth Vote, Obama Youth Vote, Jesus, No Doubt, Optimism, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, The Future, Brett McElvaine, President Obama, Politics News

My son, Brett, who is 20 and just voted in his first presidential election, wrote the following on Facebook on Election Night. I was so proud and moved by what he wrote, that I decided to post it for others to see.

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Pray for America on Tuesday: A Picture Worth 158 years

Peter Samuelson | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: The Future, Obama, Slavery, Election, Vote, Barack Obama, The Past, Santayana, Politics News

Today at least, in St. Louis, America looked back on one of the darkest moments in its history, and resoundingly told Judge Taney to go to hell.

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