24 2025 March
Astronauts Are Leading the Quest to Prevent Space Advertising from Filling the Sky
The Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS), is a beautifully imagined group within the United Nations that aims to make sure space...
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21 2025 March
Can Brand America Be Destroyed?
Diplomats and trading partners don’t trust the word of America anymore. Countries are hosting summits and meetings to discuss alliances specifically omitting the US. Politicians...
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19 2025 March
The Tesla Resistance Is Real. Here’s What It Means …
Tesla owners are disguising their cars as a sign of resistance. There are plenty of YouTube videos with tips on how to hide the evidence that you’re...
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14 2025 March
The 7 Non-Obvious Secrets of Understanding People to Predict the Future
This past week, I debuted a new keynote talk at SXSW, and it was all about understanding people. I will share the full video when...
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10 2025 March
How a Pharma Ad Ban Could Shift the Landscape of Television Advertising
The advertising industry is anxiously awaiting potential news that newly appointed HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. who started his term by single-handedly bringing the...
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07 2025 March
The Inside Story of Elon Musk’s Takeover of the US Government and Why It Matters
Here’s the TLDR version of this story: Elon Musk is a visionary who believes he alone knows what humanity needs to thrive in the future and...
Read Now06 2025 March
Inside the Blind Box Phenomenon Fueling the Resurgence of the Art Toy Industry
Outside a Pop Mart store in Vietnam there is a line around the block at 2am. The cause for all this excitement is the latest blind...
Read Now03 2025 March
Unemployment Is Low, But No One Is Hiring. Experts Are Calling It The Big Freeze.
What do you call it when unemployment is at record lows at the same time that hiring is similarly stalled? Actually, there’s no word for...
Read Now28 2025 February
The Truth About the Penny
No one wants one. People will walk past a penny lying on the street, a real-life demonstration of just how worthless it is for most...
Read Now20 2025 February
What Meta’s Latest Effort to Help Kids Spot Predators Really Tells Us
There is a question that journalists learn to consider often which we should all get better at asking: why now? Any time a story crosses...
Read Now07 2025 February
What The AI-Enhanced Beatles Grammy Award Win Tells Us About the Future of Memories
In case you missed it, at this past weekend’s Grammy Awards, the Beatles took home the win for Best Rock Performance for the AI-assisted track...
Read Now29 2025 January
The Non-Obvious Media Recommendation of the Week: Dubai Future Foundation
One of the most forward-looking nations invests heavily in future planning, and much of their planning, research, insights and project efforts are all published freely...
Read Now27 2025 January
DEI May Be Dying … But Here’s What Could Replace It
When Jennifer Brown and I first published our book Beyond Diversity in 2021 it was moment of big momentum for DEI. Amongst the many other books published...
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