Recent Articles from Thomas Frey
How coronavirus has altered the course of human history
This is a pandemic that will never end. It will leave deep scars on both the social and business fabric of society. For many industries, like those working in travel and vacation businesses, recovery will take years, maybe decades.
31 Ways AI Will Affect the Future of Entertainment
AI will infiltrate the entertainment industry and rewrite the rules for fame, engagement, accomplishment and, most importantly, our way of thinking about success.
Megaprojects: 4 Feats that will Rewrite the Future of Humanity
While things like this seemed extreme in the past, each new technology breakthrough makes past difficult projects seem infinitely more doable today.
59 Cruise Ship Features of the Future
With 27.2 million passengers projected for 2018 and only 20 percent of U.S. citizens having ever taken a cruise, there is an enormous untapped market left to conquer.
How Long Before We Reach Peak E-commerce?
Retail is rapidly evolving and many of yesterday’s storefronts no longer exist. Gone are the Woolworth’s, Radio Shacks, Mervyn’s and Montgomery Wards of a bygone era.
For Driverless Cars, the Hardest Design Problem is the One You'll Never Guess
With very few actual use case studies to guide our thinking, car designers are doing their best to guess how people will interact with the cars, van, trucks and buses of the future.
The Futurist: The Inner Vision Theory
We will all be spending the rest of our lives in the future, so we really should learn more about how we’re make the transition from the here-and-now to what-comes-next.
The Futurist: The Coming Era of AI-Enhanced Superhumans
We have entered into more of an augmented intelligence era. There’s a huge difference between augmenting a human and superseding them.
7 Ways Digital Twinning Technology Will Transform Life as We Know It
Any company that lags behind in this technology will soon find themselves on the outside looking in
The Future of Work: The New Age of Employment
We are entering an unusually creative period of human history. Those who embrace this kind of change will prosper, and companies that study and embrace this fluid “jobscape” will build flourishing enterprises in the years ahead.
Using Drones to Eliminate Future Forest Fires
Certainly not all fires are bad. For years we have debated whether to let nature take its course or intervene.
The Futurist: Mini Airports, Coming to a City Near You
The chief competition for drone taxis will be driverless technology. It’ll be a race to see which one develops faster.