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23 2026 July
The Non-Obvious Future Word of the Week: Fauxstalgia & The Lost Goal of Pelé
Fauxstalgia – The ache for a memory that was AI-generated and never actually lived through. The most legendary soccer player in history once shared that the best...
Read Now03 2026 February
The Non-Obvious Book of the Week: All the Cool Girls Get Fired by Laura Brown and Kristina O’Neill
The ultimate girlfriends’ guide to “letting go of being let go,” the tone of this book is perfect for this moment in time when there...
Read Now02 2026 February
Why We Should Stop Celebrating When Big Dreams Fail
The grand vision of Neom — the Saudi megacity that was going to change the future of how and where humans live– is officially a failure. The...
Read Now29 2026 January
The AI Land “Gold Rush” Is Here, But There’s a Missing Story
At multiple points this week, I came across different stories and conversations about the same thing: the so-called “gold rush” of land grabbing and real estate...
Read Now28 2026 January
How Technology is Rethinking Songs and Musical Instruments
Yesterday Eleven Labs announced a collaboration with Grammy award winning artists like Liza Minnelli and Art Garfunkel to use their AI tools to compose and perform all-new...
Read Now27 2026 January
The Non-Obvious Book of the Week: The Exceptional Presenter by Timothy Koegel
A few years ago, I was asked by Georgetown University to teach a course on public speaking. I politely declined but said if they would...
Read Now26 2026 January
Gen Z Doesn’t Want to Be the Boss. They May Have a Point.
Disruption is the name of the game in the workplace today which means the future is very uncertain. As a result of this uncertainty, new...
Read Now22 2026 January
Social Media Followers Have Never Mattered Less
There’s a mind-bending conclusion that many social media industry analysts are now exploring: your follower count doesn’t matter. According to a recent article in TechCrunch,...
Read Now21 2026 January
The Unexpected Problem With E-Bikes Might Start with the Name
The dangers of e-bikes are starting to get more attention. Crashes involving these bikes are more serious, have a higher likelihood of fatality and are...
Read Now20 2026 January
The Non-Obvious Book of the Week: Live To See the Day by Mark Medley
What causes some people to devote their lives to an impossible quest? From hopeless candidates who keep running for office to NASA explorers trying to...
Read Now19 2026 January
America’s Data Blind Spot Is Real … and Getting Worse
One way to control the story about what’s happening in the world is to remove any data that can prove otherwise. That seems to be...
Read Now15 2026 January
5 Non-Obvious Takeaways from the World’s Largest Tech Show
I spent several days touring the trade show floor talking with tech experts, trying out demos, encountering lots of weird robots and interviewing people about their visions...
Read Now06 2026 January
People Are Paying to Get Their Chatbots High on ‘Drugs’
If AI models are trained on human language and behavior, could they be similarly affected by psychedelics or other drugs? That’s the question that led...
Read Now02 2026 January
The Data on Driverless Cars Says They Reduce Crashes, So What’s Missing?
Recently, a compelling article that came out, written by a trauma surgeon who has had to deal with the aftermath of bodies shattered from car...
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