
07 2023 October
Is AI Creating More Monoculturalism?
The opposite of multiculturalism is monoculturalism – a society in which there is only one acceptable religion, mindset or system of behavior. Academic researchers around...
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31 2023 July
The Dark Side of “Sharenting” (And Why You Should Avoid Posting About Your Kids On Social Media)
European telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom launched a campaign using deepfakes to scare parents into being more careful about what they share online. The effort is meant...
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05 2023 July
Will Humans Inevitably Turn Faith in AI Into a Religion?
Imagine a future where AI was all-knowing and all-understanding. These are abilities humans have typically ascribed to Gods worthy of worship. Soon, they may also...
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13 2022 August
A Scientist’s Joke Goes Horribly Wrong When People Take Him Seriously
Just because a piece of information comes from a "credible" source, we don't live in a world where any media source should be trusted blindly--no matter how credible they seem.
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23 2021 February
25 Non-Obvious Things I Learned About Diversity, Inclusion and Equity
It took me three weeks to write this article. Sometimes you just need a little more time listening before speaking. What I was listening to (and...
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12 2020 August
Problemshifting and the Myth of Food Shortages
Every few months, there are stories about an impending food crisis. From the death of the humble banana, to the loss of fertile farming land to doomsday stories...
Read Now27 2020 July
Netflix’s Controversial New Show On Indian Arranged Marriages
A new Netflix eight-part mini-series called Indian Matchmaking has been sparking a big debate online because of how it shines a spotlight on what one observer called...
Read Now26 2020 July
World Population Will Decline Starting In 2064, Shifting the Current World Order
After peaking at 9.7 billion people in the year 2064, researchers believe that the world’s population will begin to decline. The primary reason cited is more...
Read Now21 2020 July
How Researchers Trained and Created AI With Psycopathic Tendencies
What happens when you train an AI algorithm only with murderous images from horror films or macabre photos from the Internet? A seriously disturbed AI,...
Read Now17 2020 July
How Afrofuturists Think Different and Why the Questions They Ask Matter
“Futurists labor over questions about the nature of Android consciousness and empathy. Afrofuturists ask how race might be wired into Android consciousness and whether the...
Read Now26 2019 December
5 Non-Obvious Megatrends Changing Our World In 2020
For the past ten years I have gone through an annual ritual of publishing a book about trends that describe our shifting culture and business...
Read Now13 2018 December
The 2018 Non-Obvious Book Awards – Top 50 Business Books Of The Year
Every year my team and I read and review hundreds of books in the process of curating ideas to incorporate in our annual list of...
Read Now08 2018 October
Most Online Content Is Crap. How Will We Decide What To Save?
This week the Library of Congress mapped out an ambitious vision to expand its collection of digital content and broaden access to all of it. On the...
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