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The Loss of Distance and Justification to Worry

Historically distance has limited what we must worry about. Our cave-dwelling ancestors only had to worry about being heard, seen or smelled by predators or enemies in their immediate surroundings. As time went by large human armies could retreat and separate themselves by 100 miles, which during the Roman era equated to 5 days of marching. That meant they didn't have to worry about a battle happening for at least 5 days. Today it is different. One hundred miles equates to mere seconds. The security of distance has died. Today, we must worry about wider circles.

The Cultural Trait that Changed the World

In Oded Galor's insightful book, The Journey of Humanity , she analyzes history to reveal patterns that led to accelerated progress and higher standards of living. Some of the cultural traits that positively impacted societies include cooperation, trust, higher levels of gender equality, an entrepreneurial spirit and a future-oriented mindset. In addition to the cultural traits, Galor identified good and bad geographies for food production, the kinds of institutions that are helpful, and the right amount of diversity that helps improve a region's standard of living. We learn that diversity helps up to the point where it jeopardizes social cohesion.

The Frontlines of Artificial Intelligence with Expert Giri Athuluru

In this episode, we visit the frontlines of AI with expert Giri Athuluru, Co-Founder and CEO of ExperienceFlow.ai . Most AI, as we have known it, has been used for very specific and narrow applications. Today, however, AI is moving up the value change and providing critical assistance to leaders and the C-Suite. Assisting leaders takes a unique application of AI that looks across a much larger set of data and KPIs to provide useful advice. Join us in this fascinating discussion about AI's limits and new capabilities for industry and ecosystem leaders. ************************************************************************ Kevin Benedict Partner | Futurist at TCS View my profile on LinkedIn Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict Join the Linkedin Group Digital Intelligence ***Full Disclosure: These are my personal opinions. No company is silly enough to claim them. I work with and have worked with many of the companies mentioned in my articles.

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The Loss of Distance and Justification to Worry

Historically distance has limited what we must worry about. Our cave-dwelling ancestors only had to worry about being heard, seen or smelled by predators or enemies in their immediate surroundings. As time went by large human armies could retreat and separate themselves by 100 miles, which during the Roman era equated to 5 days of marching. That meant they didn't have to worry about a battle happening for at least 5 days. Today it is different. One hundred miles equates to mere seconds. The security of distance has died. Today, we must worry about wider circles.

The Cultural Trait that Changed the World

In Oded Galor's insightful book, The Journey of Humanity , she analyzes history to reveal patterns that led to accelerated progress and higher standards of living. Some of the cultural traits that positively impacted societies include cooperation, trust, higher levels of gender equality, an entrepreneurial spirit and a future-oriented mindset. In addition to the cultural traits, Galor identified good and bad geographies for food production, the kinds of institutions that are helpful, and the right amount of diversity that helps improve a region's standard of living. We learn that diversity helps up to the point where it jeopardizes social cohesion.

The Frontlines of Artificial Intelligence with Expert Giri Athuluru

In this episode, we visit the frontlines of AI with expert Giri Athuluru, Co-Founder and CEO of ExperienceFlow.ai . Most AI, as we have known it, has been used for very specific and narrow applications. Today, however, AI is moving up the value change and providing critical assistance to leaders and the C-Suite. Assisting leaders takes a unique application of AI that looks across a much larger set of data and KPIs to provide useful advice. Join us in this fascinating discussion about AI's limits and new capabilities for industry and ecosystem leaders. ************************************************************************ Kevin Benedict Partner | Futurist at TCS View my profile on LinkedIn Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict Join the Linkedin Group Digital Intelligence ***Full Disclosure: These are my personal opinions. No company is silly enough to claim them. I work with and have worked with many of the companies mentioned in my articles.

The Future of Post-Retirement with Expert Paul Tyler

In the next 28 years, the global population of humans over the age of 65 will nearly double. In that same timeframe, the population of people over age 80 will triple. All of these developments are coming simultaneously as we are about to achieve significant life extensions. These developments will change the world. What will all this mean for the future of retirement, social services, healthcare, the economy, and elder care? Join us for this discussion with expert Paul Tyler, CMO with Nassau Financial Group, a company focused on term life, final expense policies, fixed annuities, delivering guaranteed income, protecting savings, and paying for healthcare costs. ************************************************************************ Kevin Benedict Partner | Futurist at TCS View my profile on LinkedIn Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict Join the Linkedin Group Digital Intelligence ***Full Disclosure: These are my personal opinions. No company is silly enough to claim

Time Passes On a One-Way Street

As a futurist, I spend my time studying the future, looking for signals that hint at what is to come. I also invest a lot of time looking for patterns and lessons from the past that can inform our future. The past is behind us and it's too late to change the present, so the future is our canvas - a place where we can create our artistic masterpieces. Many people that I have interacted with pine for the past. They wish to return to a mythical past nirvana. The challenge of course, with that way of thinking, is time only moves one way, and it is away from the past. It's a one-way street. T he progression of time moves like a train from the past, to the present, and on into the future. The arrow of time points in one direction only. In the direction of the universe's expansion. We cannot see, touch, hear or taste time, but we can measure its passage. Time can be marked, measured, documented and archived, but never returned to. The inevitable passaging of time, innoc

The Future of Our Human Experience

The world is increasingly a place that is both unfamiliar and unfriendly to our brains. Global networks, complex digital systems, massive volumes of data, digital speeds, automated decision-making and persistent communications have all emerged this century and they are challenging the quality of our human experience. Already nearing our mind's limits to absorb change, we must quickly find ways to adapt. The relatively slow speed of our physical and mental evolution over thousands of years seems to have been left behind in an instant by the unimaginable speed of digital evolution. How are today's humans to adapt in only a lifetime? It appears likely that our brains will increasingly be fed on digital stimuli. It doesn't take a futurist to look around and see that we are all being irresistibly drawn deeper into the digital world. The results being our future will increasingly involve our brains, and those of our children and grandchildren, being formed, influenced and sus

The Current and Future State of Social Media and the C-Suite

In this FOBtv episode, I interview social media expert Paul Parmley about the current and future state of social media in the context of the C-Suite. What has the C-Suite learned, how are today's leaders using social media and what are the trends. It is a fascinating discussion! ************************************************************************ Kevin Benedict Partner | Futurist at TCS View my profile on LinkedIn Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict Join the Linkedin Group Digital Intelligence ***Full Disclosure: These are my personal opinions. No company is silly enough to claim them. I work with and have worked with many of the companies mentioned in my articles.

Presentist vs. Futurist

Kevin Kelly, the founding executive editor of Wired magazine, has published several lists of lessons he has learned over his lifetime. One of the most interesting lessons was, "Forget trying to predict the future, we are still trying to predict the present." As a Futurist I understand Kelly's point! Perhaps it is time to create the role of Presentist. As we have all experienced with the global COVID-19 pandemic, it is all but impossible to understand or predict something while you are in the midst of it. It takes distance, it takes hindsight. Small changes to the COVID-19 virus can result in variants that exhibit different levels of severity and transmissibility. Scientist don't know the future until both time and data reveal the patterns. Along this line, Winston Churchill once said, "The further backward you look, the further forward you can see." Another voice of experience suggesting it takes a different perspective, often involving both time and

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