19 2026 August
The Unintended Consequences of Dumb Solutions
In urban planning, the idea of the “desired path” is the one that people will take and often create for themselves, which differs from the...
Read Now18 2026 August
The Dating App That Gives You One Date and No Swiping Left
Online dating, in one way or another, has always been about swiping right or left. You go through lots of profiles, choose some that seem...
Read Now17 2026 August
Why Roku’s 24/7 AI TV Channel Could Be Better Than You Think
This month, one of the free channels rolled out on Roku (which comes pre-loaded on all new Smart TVs) promises to offer a 24/7 feed of...
Read Now12 2026 August
The Foreign Language Learning Problem in Schools
I speak Spanish averagely well. Yet I would rank the four years I spent “learning” the language as one of the bigger wastes of time...
Read Now11 2026 August
The Newest Dumbphone May Be Smarter Than Your Current Phone
As the popularity of so-called dumbphones has surged, the use case was pretty simple. It was a phone for anyone who wanted to avoid social...
Read Now10 2026 August
Climate Scientists Save Important Data from Disappearing
After the Trump administration shut down the official government source of weather data at Climate.gov last year, a group of scientists promised to save years...
Read Now06 2026 August
The Non-Obvious Future Word of the Week: Abdicare
What’s the right amount of usage for AI when it comes to parenting? Open AI founder Sam Altman’s answer may be different from most of...
Read Now05 2026 August
GAP Opens Influencer Programs to Their Own Employees
This story shouldn’t feel revolutionary, but it still does. GAP opened up their online influencer program for their employees to become paid creators posting about Old Navy,...
Read Now23 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 Now02 2026 July
Summer Heat Waves Create the “Problem” of Negative Energy Prices
Here’s a “problem” you don’t hear that much about yet: negative energy prices. This is what happens when a green energy initiative such as solar...
Read Now30 2026 June
The Non-Obvious Book of the Week: Algospeak by Adam Aleksic
As I work on Future Words, I’ve become even more of a student of language, and this book was one of my favorites on the...
Read Now29 2026 June
The Indianis Dentris and Other Big Winners from Cannes
There’s a new flower discovery that has been shifting perspectives in India. Well, actually, it’s not really a new flower but rather a closeup of...
Read Now25 2026 June
3 Reasons Commencement Speakers Should Be Comedians
Over the past few weeks, I’ve attended two graduations in person and watched more than a dozen clips from others that have been circulating online....
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