The Inevitable/Human
Being Boy Future, I often get asked by people of all types, “What do I need to know to stay ahead of the future?” Of course, it’s much more of a rolling answer than it is a one-time rebuttal. But, when the African American Chamber of Commerce of Wisconsin asked me to give the keynote […]
If you don’t live in a major US city or haven’t visited one in the past year, then there’s a good chance you’ve never heard of the e-scooter sharing economy. It’s just like Uber and Lyft except the vehicles are electric scooters. Flashy or not, their rise has been meteoric. The two frontrunners – Lime […]
We’ve all had the unfortunate restaurant experience of aimlessly poring over the menu for 15 minutes and nothing stands out. We go so far as reading the ingredients, praying that our taste buds will speak up. It’s a painful feeling. Conversely, we’ve all been to a restaurant where the menu speaks to us and within […]
The Internet has evolved to the point where we can share and communicate almost anything we want across space and time. We find love through apps. We trust our digital neighbors to give us the best suggestions for food and housing. We place our most precious photographic memories in the hands of digital giants to […]
You are likely to put on AR glasses at work long before you put them on at home. Kevin Kelly, Wired It’s a little bit heartbreaking, especially as a technophile, knowing that Augmented Reality is going to satisfy enterprise/commercial needs long before it enters the consumer market. But Kevin Kelly’s statement is right on point. Whether […]
The goal of any new technology is to remove friction from people’s lives. This is especially the rallying cry of smart speakers, voices assistants, and the tens of thousands of voice skills they possess. The Amazon Echo and Google Home lineups exist to make our lives easier. So how is it that a fictional character […]
One of the greatest skills that anyone can develop is the ability to look into the future while living in the present. Foresight has benefits in so many ways – from planning life goals to determining the best way to invest savings and it even bleeds into our careers, whether you’re selling products or planning […]
Earlier this month, Forbes named Kylie Jenner the youngest self-made billionaire ever. Most people got frustrated in the semantics of “self-made”, but what caught my attention was this new era that she personifies – the Ecommerce Entrepreneur. We’re in the midst of a phenomenon where anyone and everyone can design a virtual storefront and potentially […]
Earlier this week, Mark Zuckerberg gave us his first meaningful, action-oriented response to all of the privacy and data-misuse issues that Facebook has encountered over the past two years. In his letter titled A Privacy-Focused Vision for Social Networking, he outlines a transition of Facebook toward: Increase in private interactions through encryption Message ephemerality – […]
About once a year, usually after pushing my body to its limits and traveling way too much for work, I’m reminded of the importance of my health over everything. I fall into a sickness that takes every bit of energy out of me and stymies the momentum I’ve gathered. Health is unfortunately one of those […]
What are your plans for 12pm Central next Friday (March 1st)? Because I was hoping we could meet up virtually for a chat about an issue affecting you and your digital identity. Now, I realize that depending on where you’re living/visiting right now, 12pm Central might not be lunchtime for you, but I hope you’ll […]
We’re reaching a point in time where the warnings of a dystopia led by AI are starting to actually reflect the current times. It’s no longer just the Luddites and sci-fi writers that are shouting these worries. The pioneers of AI are realizing that the gravity of this situation is setting in now. Google’s pulled […]
We’re reaching a point in time where human-machine interactions are going far beyond us tapping on a screen or typing on a keyboard. Every keystroke and behavior is being used to teach machines to get better at predicting us and therefore better serving our needs. You may not realize it, but apps, websites, and our […]
Evolution hasn’t stopped now that we’re here. We’re entering an era where we may take evolution into our own hands and steer it the way we’d like it to go. This is the reality of the transhuman technologies being developed all around us. Brain-computer interfaces, implantable RFID chips, and exoskeletons are just a few transhuman […]
At our worst, we’re programmed to think only of ourselves. At our best, we consider the impact of our actions on others. Unfortunately, when we do consider others, it tends to be only of the people that look and think like us. The beauty of the Internet and our devices is that it has exposed […]
Being in Japan for three weeks with really no one to talk to led me to do a lot of introspection. One realization I had is the importance of being myself in the world, especially in 2019 and moving forward. I know this is a cliche’ that takes us back to our formative years. But, […]
A topic that comes up in my conversations a lot is the addictive nature of entertainment technology, specifically YouTube and Netflix. My friends are always curious about how these services designed a craving among hundreds of millions of people. It’s clear that the culprit is their content recommendation algorithms. However, to truly understand these addictions, you must […]