Insights · March 3rd, 2021
This archive futurist.com article was written by Glen Hiemstra, Futurist Emeritus.
Glen Hiemstra founded Futurist.com in the 1990’s and is now Futurist Emeritus in the Think Tank. An internationally respected expert on creating preferred futures, long-range planning and assessing future trends, Glen has advised professional, business, community, and government organizations for three decades. He is available to work with incredible clients on futurist keynotes and foresight consulting projects.
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Late in 2020 I had the opportunity to sit down for an interview by Nikola Danaylov, host of his long-running podcast, Singularity Weblog. In an incredibly wide-ranging hour we discussed, as Nikola summarized it…
“…we cover a variety of interesting topics such as: what being a futurist means; major failures of futurism such as the collapse of the USSR; Francis Fukuyama’s The End of History and Peter Turchin’s cliodynamics; the probable, possible and preferred future; science fiction as Greg Bear’s sugar-coated pill; why science helps us live more comfortable lives but the humanities give us reasons to live for; genius and stupidity as roommates; collective decision making as the #1 problem we are facing today; the Fermi paradox and the McDonald’s Theory of Peace; declaring wars and other national emergencies as a way of maintaining power; Barbara Marx’s futurist vision; compassion as the way for diminishing polarization; Ray Kurzweil’s concept of the singularity; technological unemployment and a guaranteed minimum income.”
Nikola is a talented and brilliantly well-read interviewer and I think you will enjoy watching.
https://www.singularityweblog.com/glen-hiemstra/
Or watch here:
https://youtu.be/9DdrXgjbB7A
Also see more insights from futurist.com’s Chief Futurist Nikolas Badminton at nikolasbadminton.com.
