Most of us who work as professional futurists never really stop gathering information - you never know when a provocative, potentially disruptive… — Jamais Cascio Development Copy Share Image
We've already seen digital picture frames pre-loaded with viruses; I'm not eager to have my refrigerator hacked or my alarm clock turned… — Jamais Cascio Against Copy Share Image
You need to recognize that the copyright date on a book reflects when it came out, not when it was written -… — Jamais Cascio Assume Copy Share Image
Human beings are social animals; we devote a significant portion of our brain just to dealing with interactions with other humans. — Jamais Cascio Animals Copy Share Image
It's remarkably easy to dig up enormous amounts of information about individuals, without their consent. — Jamais Cascio Amount Copy Share Image
Nearly every communication method we invent eventually conveys unwanted commercial messages. — Jamais Cascio Communication Copy Share Image
Participatory complexity may well be the key descriptor of the 21st century - in our economies, in our politics, and in our… — Jamais Cascio 21st century Copy Share Image
Preventing global warming from becoming a planetary catastrophe may take something even more drastic than renewable energy, superefficient urban design, and global… — Jamais Cascio Becoming Copy Share Image
Is there a better example of natural selection in action than 'Project Runway?' — Jamais Cascio Action Copy Share Image
Carbon dioxide isn't the only greenhouse gas out there. Other substances, such as water vapor and nitrous oxide, also trap heat to… — Jamais Cascio Also Copy Share Image
Futures thinking is hard work. Fortunately, you do get better at it with practice. It's worth the effort. — Jamais Cascio Better Copy Share Image
Technologists and futurists call the mashup of digital info and physical space 'blended reality.' — Jamais Cascio Blended Copy Share Image
Intelligence augmentation decreases the need for specialization and increases participatory complexity. — Jamais Cascio Complexity Copy Share Image
Fragile economies and weak infrastructures tend to worsen the results of climate disruptions, a problem exemplified by Bangladesh's vulnerability to monsoons, accelerating… — Jamais Cascio Accelerate Copy Share Image
Cloud computing offers individuals access to data and applications from nearly any point of access to the Internet, offers businesses a whole… — Jamais Cascio Access Copy Share Image
Nobody's going to fix the world for us, but working together, making use of technological innovations and human communities alike, we might… — Jamais Cascio Able Copy Share Image
As our various electronic devices gain more and more sensory awareness, we open up the potential for entirely new forms of interaction.… — Jamais Cascio Awareness Copy Share Image
Being connected to the Internet means being vulnerable to coordinated actions that can knock down walls of secrecy and shatter mechanisms of… — Jamais Cascio Action Copy Share Image
Remember, the goal of structured futures thinking is to come up with a picture of possible futures that will help to inform… — Jamais Cascio Come Copy Share Image
Computer programmers, biotechnologists, environmental scientists, neuroscientists, nanotech engineers - all of these fields, and more, should have at least a course in… — Jamais Cascio Computer Copy Share Image
Even if we were to stop putting out greenhouse gases right now, we'd still face decades of warming. — Jamais Cascio Decades Copy Share Image
Many of the cognitive enhancement drugs serve to increase focus and concentration. But 'letting your mind wander' is very often an important… — Jamais Cascio Cognitive Copy Share Image
In entertainment, zombies are so played out. I have a gut sense that people are getting tired of apocalyptic scenarios. — Jamais Cascio Entertainment Copy Share Image
The biggest potential and actual crises of the 21st century all have a strong, long, slow aspect with a significant lag between… — Jamais Cascio 21st century Copy Share Image
