Analysing satellite data, he can rank the 30 largest cities by the percentage of infrastructure at risk from sea level rise.
Paying for Parking, Or, We’re All Shoupistas Now
And frankly, this has been so normalised for us now that it is possible to forget how strange it actually is.
And frankly, this has been so normalised for us now that it is possible to forget how strange it actually is.
Creating a Politics of the Future
The research suggests that this lack of alternatives affects voting level because people start abstaining from voting, and that the more disadvantaged are the first to drop out.
The research suggests that this lack of alternatives affects voting level because people start abstaining from voting, and that the more disadvantaged are the first to drop out.
‘Power and Interest’ as an Actor Mapping Tool
It helps you to understand what is happening with the different actors involved in the second horizon, and those that are relevant even though they seem uninvolved.
It helps you to understand what is happening with the different actors involved in the second horizon, and those that are relevant even though they seem uninvolved.
The Steps to an American Oligarchy
What we’ve seen in a host of other countries is that where you get an oligarchy in control, you also have a more autocratic leadership. You start to see the chipping away of the rule of law. You start to see the squeezing of the economy, as there’s deregulation in favor of particular interests and then a much more reduced space for other people to enter into the economy.
What we’ve seen in a host of other countries is that where you get an oligarchy in control, you also have a more autocratic leadership. You start to see the chipping away of the rule of law. You start to see the squeezing of the economy, as there’s deregulation in favor of particular interests and then a much more reduced space for other people to enter into the economy.
Understanding the So-Called Obesity ‘Wonder Drugs’
Once of the consequences of this, apparently, is that diabetes patients, who really need the drugs, have difficulty ensuring their supply.
Once of the consequences of this, apparently, is that diabetes patients, who really need the drugs, have difficulty ensuring their supply.
Books of 2024–Some Old, Some New (From a Futures Writer)
Before we get into the swing of the new year, I’m going to write briefly about some of the books that left an impression on me in 2024. These aren’t in any particular order, and there’s a mix of non-fiction and fiction.
Before we get into the swing of the new year, I’m going to write briefly about some of the books that left an impression on me in 2024. These aren’t in any particular order, and there’s a mix of non-fiction and fiction.
Big Food, Big Tobacco, and Ultra-Processed Foods
An extensive selection of the companies that make them have just been served with a lawsuit in an American court.
An extensive selection of the companies that make them have just been served with a lawsuit in an American court.
States Have a Shelf Life of About 200 Years
One of the things that popped up in the chat while I was talking immediately caught my attention, given my interest in long waves and futures.
One of the things that popped up in the chat while I was talking immediately caught my attention, given my interest in long waves and futures.
Creating Paths for Change
The manuscript for Braving Uncertainty was drafted by Ewing before his death and for that reason we can think of this as his “legacy” book, even if publication has been delayed for a decade.
The manuscript for Braving Uncertainty was drafted by Ewing before his death and for that reason we can think of this as his “legacy” book, even if publication has been delayed for a decade.
The Great Fertility Shift
This change is being driven by a deep-rooted collapse in fertility in most parts of the world.
This change is being driven by a deep-rooted collapse in fertility in most parts of the world.
Six Narratives About Trump’s Election
One of the more persuasive charts on the election was shared by John Burn-Murdoch of the Financial Times.
One of the more persuasive charts on the election was shared by John Burn-Murdoch of the Financial Times.
Soft Simulations and the Next Attack on the Capitol
This was an exercise or “game” to better understand the seriousness of the threat.”
This was an exercise or “game” to better understand the seriousness of the threat.”
Designing Organisations That Work
The question that Davies starts out with is about how it is that the modern organisation has become structured in structured in such a way that when bad things happen, to customers, or users, or suppliers, no one can be found to be accountable for these poor outcomes.
The question that Davies starts out with is about how it is that the modern organisation has become structured in structured in such a way that when bad things happen, to customers, or users, or suppliers, no one can be found to be accountable for these poor outcomes.
Keeping Students in School, Instead of Failing Them
Overall, 18% of British schoolchildren—100,000 young people—leave school each year without any usable qualifications. (In the best-in-class Netherlands, the comparable figure is 4.4%).
Overall, 18% of British schoolchildren—100,000 young people—leave school each year without any usable qualifications. (In the best-in-class Netherlands, the comparable figure is 4.4%).
Wrestling With Britain’s ‘Stagnation’ Crisis
Because this chart (taken in this version from the Financial Times) is really the only thing you need to know about British politics at the moment.
Because this chart (taken in this version from the Financial Times) is really the only thing you need to know about British politics at the moment.