Category: The future of ________
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Seine-Port, in the Seine-et-Marne area south of Paris, with a population of fewer than 2,000 people, last weekend voted yes in a referendum to restrict smartphone use in public, banning adults and children from scrolling on their devices while walking down the street, while sitting with others on a park bench, while in shops, cafes or eating…
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Can you imagine a world where the place you live today would be underwater? From the Sea Level Rise explainer by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Sea levels around the world are rising because of climate change. As humans burn fossil fuels, we release carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions, which warm the Earth and the…
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Can you imagine a world where you have to pay an additional tax if you want to consume unhealthy snacks (like your go-to chips), soft drinks (because you want that fizz), and certain processed meats (that are often cheaper than the unprocessed ones). Well, you don’t have to look far into the future because it’s…
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Navigating our careers through changing times could be daunting, especially when we go through it clueless. And if we do not prepare ourselves while we can, we become reactive to whatever is going on. We might flail our way to survival, but it wouldn’t be so when we know what to expect. The Institute for…
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When things are going well, it’s kind of challenging to imagine what it’s like to be in a world where everything seems to be falling apart. But with global catastrophic events increasing over time due to climate change, one could wonder what it would be like when systems are on the brink of collapse. Here’s…
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If you’re wondering where the concept of life stages learn, work, and retire (in order) came from, here’s a passage from my recent read: When the Prussian statesman Otto von Bismarck implemented the first national old-age social insurance plan, he was attempting to “domesticate” the working class by offering them something to look forward to.…
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You probably heard the buzz words like fake news and post-truth. And living in a world where truth could be proclaimed a lie, and lie screamed as the truth, how can we trust everything we interact with? The Institute for the Future identified seven future forces reshaping our familiar building blocks of trust and a map…