24 2018 July
Why The Joy Of Missing Out (JOMO) Is So Hot Right Now
Facebook recently added a feature to help you track how much time you spend on the platform. Instagram will now show a checkmark when you...
Read Now18 2018 July
Can Hyperlocal Apps Actually Make Us Interact With Our Neighbors?
The idea that neighbors might want the food you won’t eat might seem far fetched depending on where you live. Yet the hyperlocal food sharing app...
Read Now15 2018 July
How The Backlash Of Superfans Might Ruin Entertainment For The Rest Of Us
Logan director James Mangold is worried that “the fear of upsetting an eager mob” of online fans might drive smart, creative people out of creating...
Read Now05 2018 July
Masculinity Evolving: What Does It Mean To Be A Man Today?
What do men think it means to be a man today in the era of #metoo? This is a question that has been receiving a...
Read Now08 2018 June
How Twitter Is Killing Our Culture (And Why We Probably Won’t Fix It)
Is Twitter useful anymore (or was it ever)? Most of us who have been on the platform for some time have likely experienced a downward...
Read Now04 2018 January
7 Exciting Trends To Watch From CES 2018
In the first years of publishing my annual trend report, I used to wait until early in the year just so I could go to...
Read Now07 2017 November
What I Learned By Predicting Trends For 8 Years (And Almost Becoming A Futurist)
I have often resisted describing myself as a futurist. To me, a futurist was someone who offered an ambitious prediction of the far future —...
Read Now24 2017 October
Why You Can Focus In A Noisy Coffee Shop, But Not A Noisy Office
For years one of my favorite tools for writing is a website called Coffitivity which simulates the background noise of a coffee shop. I find this little...
Read Now21 2017 September
Refugees Use Airbnb To Book Trump’s Childhood Home
When Oxfam learned that Trump’s childhood home in Queens, NY was available to book on Airbnb, they sent refugees to stay there and share their...
Read Now07 2017 September
How Libraries Might Save Humanity’s Soul (Or At Least Preserve It)
We expect libraries to maintain an archive of humanity’s best thinking, but what if a library decided to put so-called “pulp fiction” on the shelves?...
Read Now05 2017 September
Why Millennials Hate The Doorbell
When you ask Millennials to describe the doorbell, a surprising number use phrases like “panic-inducing,” “hateful” and “terrifying.” Sound overblown? It turns out many millennials...
Read Now01 2017 September
Canada Offers Third Gender Option Of “Intersex” For Passports
On August 24th the Canadian government approved a provisional measure to allow individuals who identify as neither male nor female to select a gender neutral...
Read Now31 2017 August
Cursive Writing Is Making A Comeback. And It Might Make You Smarter.
While it may seem nostalgic, a growing number of schools are going back to teaching cursive to children thanks to growing evidence that writing by...
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