The past was a time of cockeyed optimism, the present is uncertain and pessimistic, and the future consists of a world that is barely recognizable but evolves directly from our own. That's a vastly ...

Part 4 of the TED Radio Hour episode How we experience time. Pioneering and controversial psychologist Philip Zimbardo passed away in 2024. In this remembrance, we revisit his talk on how our sense of ...

Back in 2021, I had the chance to attend the 100th anniversary celebration of Hughes Brothers, a manufacturer in Seward, Nebraska, known for its wood and steel structures used in electric utility ...

Every organization's strategic planning involves its desired future, present situation and unique history. Some planning strategies called “future-back” envision the longer-term, broad landscape and ...

To celebrate Eater’s 20th anniversary, we polled some of our favorite chefs and culinary pros to get their takes on the past, present and future of dining. We also wanted to know—as we gathered for ...

In a previous post, we examined the anxiety inherent in the human condition. Our capacity for self-reflection, we argued, causes us to often dwell upon the various possibilities that lie both before ...

In 2019, I made a broad projection for an order of battle for the PLAN of 2030. Although it is four years early, reviewing this estimate can help to contextualize the situation in 2026. In terms of ...