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Life in 2050: An Infographic

Life in 2050: An Infographic

Thanks to the smart people at GOOD, we now have a beautiful infographic displaying the crowd-sourced visions of the future. Using data from Pew Research and the Smithsonian Magazine, the visual map indicates the most vital breakthroughs we can expect to see. The over-arching message is that technological advancement will surge ahead offering up conversation-ready...
Natural Disasters in 2050 - Episode 1: Floods

Natural Disasters in 2050 – Episode 1: Floods

With city-wide flood disasters predicted by 2070, it has become ever more paramount that humans hone their abilities to accurately predict and counter-act the dangerous forces of nature. Most of us are beginning to realize that if we treat the world as well as we possibly can, as a collective unit, the devastation will be...