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Rebecca RyanYou care about the future. We love that about you. Here are the weak signals, trends, people, and innovations shaping tomorrow.
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Signal of the Week: The Little Boy
El Ninõ - unusually warm ocean temperatures in the Pacific - occurs every 2-7 years and affects climates around the world. Europe experienced its hottest summer on record in 2026, and El Ninõ’s effects are expected to extend into 2027.
Wh...
The 200-Year Present: The Foresight Tool Elise Boulding Invented | Futures Friday with Rebecca Ryan
Elise Boulding died in 2010 at 90, having invented two techniques Rebecca uses constantly — and never knew were hers. The first is the “200-year present”: the span between the birth year of the oldest person you remember and the death year...
Signal of the Week: 1 in 4
Did you have a job during college to help cover tuition? I did. I worked in the rec center and I’ll never forget it - on my first day, I had to clean up after someone who’d retched during a lunchtime pickup basketball game. {Blech}
Some th...
Is the AI Boom Already Over, or Just Getting Started? | Futures Friday with Rebecca Ryan
The short answer
The AI boom isn’t over, but the version most people are familiar with — the big, branded, consumer chatbots like Chat and Claude — are showing cracks. Only 5% of ChatGPT users pay. Uber burned through its annual AI bud...
How Can Powerful Questions Make You a Better Futurist? | Futures Friday with Rebecca Ryan | August 19, 2026
This week’s shout out:
Dutch Sociologist Fred Pollack and the Pollack Game, which shows your OPTIMISM about the future, and how much AGENCY you feel about the future.
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