Yes, I'm on holiday, but I just read this New York Times review of The Deviant's Advantage: How Fringe Ideas Create Mass Markets (Amazon US and UK) which is about how ideas from those outside the mainstream can, with some...

Apologies for lack of updates recently. I've spent my free time decorating and coding. No more updates for a couple more weeks either as I'm off to Burning Man. If you happen to be going I'll probably be camped at...

NewsFutures is a virtual stock-trading site, where the stocks are predictions. For example, if you think "John-Paul II remains Pope until 2003" sounds likely then you can invest your virtual dollars in it. If it sounds familiar you may already...

A while ago I reported on a session at the World Future Society conference which asked the audience for ideas about how they saw the future of the profession. In turn this would help the fledgling Association of Professional Futurists...

Two things I meant to post earlier... The good news is that University of Houston - Clear Lake's Masters in Future Studies has two courses available online for the coming academic year. Having done them in person I can recommend...

Described in the April edition of Future Survey as "the authoritative global document for the moment", the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's Third Assessment Report has parts available online. The Synthesis Report (8Mb PDF) and its Summary for Policymakers (300Kb...

This morning I saw a motorcycle courier with the letters "CYC" printed across his flourescent orange bib. I can only assume he works for a courier firm who shave minutes off their delivery times by harnessing articficial intelligence in the...