Why the world cannot afford the rich nature.com/articles/d4158… The evidence in incontrovertible: "large differences in income are a powerful social stressor that is increasingly rendering societies dysfunctional"

"language of climate change remains an elite, technical language. It is opaque and impenetrable to most people, and it excludes the working class." How do we make that discussion about our future accessible to, and inclusive of, a broader range of voices?

Same Old Song: Private Equity Is Destroying Our Music Ecosystem nytimes.com/2024/03/18/opi… Another segment of our society/economy being gobbled up

Journalists, out of necessity, discovering #equitableenterise theguardian.com/media/2024/mar…. Many more workers in creative and knowledge sectors will have to do so.

"A company must be, first, a platform for human contribution if it is to be anything else at all." It shouldn't be a "corporate blender." nytimes.com/2024/03/21/opi…

"AI could create situations where workers might retain their jobs, but critical aspects of their roles that they find enjoyable or meaningful could be replaced by technology, leaving them with tasks that feel tedious or alienating." iftf.org/projects/three… A must read!

Nearly all work will be transformed by AI-enabled tools. IFTF's foresight research takes a close look at AI's effects in the context of Transportation, Construction, Real Estate, Insurance, Media, & Consumer Goods in Japan. Explore each deep forecast here: bit.ly/3Jbh3Lz

Where does the phrase “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” come from? Listen to the full conversation between author Alissa Quart and IFTF Executive Director @MGorbis, about Quart’s new book “Bootstrapped,” on the Future Now podcast. apple.co/3Q2sER3

"Capitalists don't want market economies, where they have to compete with one another, eroding their margins and profits – they want a planned economy, like Amazon, where Party Secretary Bezos and his commissars tell merchants what they can sell and tell us what we must pay" !!!

Congratulations to a visionary, a movement maker, and one of my favorite collaborators Natalie Foster on publishing her much needed book! You can listen to my conversation with Natalie here soundcloud.com/institute-for-…

Time--number of hours per day--is one invariable in our lives and we are remarkably consistent in how we spend it (unless we eliminate sleep, in which case all bets are off!) linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

It’s Time to Tax the Billionaires nytimes.com/interactive/20… Today, the superrich control a greater share of America’s wealth than during the Gilded Age of Carnegies and Rockefellers.That's partly because taxes on the wealthy have cratered.

“Foresight tools can help social sector orgs become future-ready: turning them into sensing and sense-making entities.” Marina Gorbis (marina gorbis @mgorbis .bsky.social) of Institute For The Future outlines how #foundations and #nonprofits can use futures thinking to ensure a more equitable world: ssir.org/articles/entry…

New from Brennan Center The Elections Group and Institute For The Future: How election officials can prepare for AI threats to 2024 elections. Read and share major set of solutions, plans, and checklists for the public servants who run them ⬇️ brennancenter.org/our-work/resea…

A devastating loss of an incredible human being who’s inspired so many of us at Institute For The Future and throughout the world. Keeping that blue marble close Dr. Wallace J. Nichols 💔

Looking forward to this!

"Mathematica Research compared people who had received job training under the 1998 law, now known as the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, with a randomly selected control group. Thirty months later, the training had zero effect on earnings." theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Why I Always Vote: my response to the irresponsible and astounding oped by Matthew Walther in the The New York Times linkedin.com/posts/marinago…

.marina gorbis @mgorbis .bsky.social.bsky.social and mgorbis on threads

This broke my heart. “Why would one of the richest men in the world commit such an act of injustice?” Halimi asked. “Sometimes I think that if Elon Musk himself were fully informed about this matter, he would likely be deeply ashamed.” Feeling shame Elon Musk @NateCavanaugh?!