Obsessions

As globalization, automation, and inequality challenge the status quo, disruptions are emerging in trade, economics, and immigration.

New technology, services, and caregiving concepts will be necessary to address the needs of an aging population.

Self-driving cars, ride-hailing apps, shared electric vehicles, and new mass-transit options are reshaping the world as we know it.

The new luxury is a mindset, defined by the pursuit of products, services, and experiences that express our values and aspirations.

The internet's ubiquity is making it harder to form human connections, and stay in touch with ourselves.

Campaigns, companies, and countries have unprecedented tools and tricks for influencing our choices.

If the first age of television was defined by broadcasters and the second by cable, the third age of TV is dominated by streaming.

Humanity’s relationship with computers is dramatically changing, but the societal and economic impact remains unclear.

How do we provide our growing global population with healthy diets, in ways that don’t harm the planet?

Automation, AI, and the gig economy are dramatically changing the nature of work, and what it means to be an employee.

The severity of the climate crisis has finally sunk in, and it's inspiring individuals and industries to take action.

Can private-sector space business be profitable, or is it just an exciting way for billionaires to live out their fantasies?

Observing China's superpower in action presents countless opportunities, tensions, innovations, and dangers.

New technology is upending everything in finance, from saving to trading to making payments.

How do we preserve the best of what an open internet gives to the world, while preventing humanity’s worst impulses from destroying it?