As post-pandemic life starts to return to “normal,” we’re starting to look toward our long-term goals again. Alas, uncertainty remains.
So, how do we bring the long run into focus without getting derailed by the short run?
I made a quick video discussing 3 strategies you can use in the short term to help you win in the long term!
Imagine printing out your next meal or wearing contact lenses that know your thoughts and feelings. What if your house could learn about you … and then anticipate your needs?
Mind-blowing inventions like these could be just around the corner. And they’re not even the wildest things that we may see by 2050.
Advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality, and nanotechnology are putting the unbelievable on the horizon. This could change life as we know it in the not-so-distant future.
In fact, everything from our mundane routines to our fanciest gadgets may soon be obsolete. If that happens, we could have new and totally different ways of experiencing life. We could also have far better ways of improving it.
So, what’s the stuff of science fiction and what could really happen? There’s no way to know for sure, but we do have some clues about what may lie ahead.
Check them out in this month’s Visual Insights Newsletter and see how they could change our lives by 2050.
It appears we have a deal on infrastructure.
Maybe.
After weeks of grandstanding, posturing, and wrangling, it looks like a bipartisan infrastructure deal that both parties can live with is in the works. Good news: no tax hikes. But you'll want to read on because we're not out of the woods yet.
Before we dive in, I want to wish you a very happy Fourth of July. Wherever you are, and whoever you're able to spend it with, I sincerely hope it's fun, relaxing, and meaningful.
Now, onto the politics…
What happens when the predictions are wrong? Is it time to panic? Is it time to ditch our strategy?
It's a fascinating question because it cuts right down to the question of what it means to live in an uncertain world.
Humans are wired to dislike uncertainty. (1)
And we’re used to a fair amount of (often unwarranted) certainty in the models and paradigms we use to make sense of the world around us. We’re so attracted to certainty that when economic forecasts and reports come back with “surprises” (also known as being wrong), we tend to freak out.
