If money is the most popular story, then capitalism is likely the 2nd most popular one. And if we are to capture its story in a single word it is growth.

I recorded this virtual keynote for a corporate client about 10 days ago and decided to share it publicly. Hope you enjoy it 😉    Technology is a Mirror, Not a Crystal Ball; It Reveals Who We Are, Not the Future   The 1st atomic bomb was nicknamed “gadget.” Does this say something about […]

A few weeks ago, a client asked me to give a virtual keynote on futurism. The client was pretty happy with how it turned out, so I thought I’d share it publicly. This way, you can hopefully enjoy, share, and benefit from it too. 😉  How to Be a Futurist [Without Predicting the Future] […]

The most popular and powerful technology is not the wheel. It is not the internet. It is not even money, even though almost everyone believes in money.

The story of our universe is called physics. Of atoms - chemistry. Of organisms - biology. Of human cultures - history. Our universe is made of stories, not atoms.

We are story-telling animals. And all of history is the human story, our story. This story takes many forms and shapes – religious, secular, scientific, economic...

The most important story, that which all other stories are derived from, is the story of the storyteller: the human story.

Humans are not Homo Sapiens. We are Homo Narrative. Because the biology of our story is the story of our biology.

Stories are not just stories. Stories matter. Because, to paraphrase Friedrich Nietzsche, if one has a sufficiently strong “why” one can endure any “how.”

No one is the villain in their own story. That's why the storyteller - i.e. he who writes history, is always good, benevolent, generous, right and wise.