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Future of Technology   Back to Top
future of technology image A general futurist look at how linear, exponential and discontinuous growth paradigms are shaping the future of technology     30 minute:   image PPT image PDF  Slideshare audio  Transcript       60 minute:   image PPT image PDF

Economics   Back to Top
finance image Markets 2.0  A description of how social finance and affinity capital are disintermediating traditional financial markets   image PPT image PDF image PPT image PDF ======================================================================== -->

Open Basic Research  An outline of how peer-to-peer funding models as proven in microfinance and consumer lending could be applied to basic research fundraising

Virtual Worlds   Back to Top
virtual worlds image Virtual Worlds Overview  An overview of the metaverse and how virtual worlds have become routine for business, academic and government use. The demographics, activities and advanced applications of virtual worlds.    image PPT image PDF  Slideshare audio Transcript  

Virtual Worlds Economy  A definition of virtual world asset classes, the virtual worlds ecosystem and the attendant accounting, valuation, taxation and legal issues that arise in virtual world economics.    image PPT image PDF  Slideshare audio

Biology   Back to Top
biotech image Nexus of Biology and Computing  A look at how biologically-inspired models are supplementing traditional linear computational methodologies    image PPT image PDF  Slideshare audio

Reviews of key futurist points in contemporary books   Back to Top
Starting a Futures Group   Back to Top
futures image A structured approach to thinking about the future and how an organization can organize and launch an internal futures group   image PPT image PDF

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