Is there a formula to predict the future? Not just the future, but THE INEVITABLE? Here's my draft. It challenges everything we believe about ideas, innovation & our future. And explains why Elon Musk and Donald Trump are powerless against fate. But we are not. A feast for your imagination...with a few halfway-decent jokes sprinkled in.

Links from the episode:

Mike Bloomberg energy editorial

Who killed the electric car? documentary

Calestous Juma’s excellent book ‘Innovation and Its Enemies: Why People Resist New Technologies’

Amy Schumer, thief? You decide.

 -> Hyperloop?

Why Even Musk Can't Trump The Inevitable

I started thinking about inevitability when President Trump signed an executive order to consummate his weird love affair with “clean coal”. Trying to breathe life into their black lungs is like me trying to impregnate Betty White. Not happening, no matter how I phrase the consent form. (I’m not her type. Word on the street is she’s really into Shaq.) Coal is never coming back. Neither are typewriters, VHS tapes, or Cato Cailin. As Mike Bloomberg explained in the New York Times, alternative fuels have already won. Wind, solar and hydro are cheaper, cleaner, and in-demand. Entire countries like Germany, are almost completely converted. Hell, Kentucky’s Coal Museum runs on solar! You can’t make this stuff up! So, no matter what Trump does, clean fuels are inevitable. But so is everything else.

Then I started thinking about all the other battles we're fighting right now.

Taxis versus Uber

China against free speech, or basically any kind of freedom

Islamic fundamentalists versus women. Working or voting or pretty much doing anything outside the house.

Vegans vs carnivores

Robots/AI vs workers

Climate skeptics vs climate fixers

Health insured vs uninsured

Pro-gun vs anti-gun

Pro-pot vs hardliners

CRISPR superbabies vs regular dumb babies

What if every one of these outcomes, policies and innovations is both foreseeable and inevitable. Just like renewable energy.

I even created a formula that could help predict all this. How to predict the future; all the things that cannot be denied. I call it the 3I’s of Inevitability, which is really weird, considering that inevitability literally has four I’s in it. I didn't say I was finished. Or damn mathematician.

Actually, there is a fourth “i”. That's something I'll leave you a hint at the end - and reveal over the course of this season of The McFuture. I’d be curious to see if you can guess it.

Hot Tub Time Machine

First, hop into my Hot Tub Time Machine. We're going to the year 1788. To visit Thomas Jefferson, you know the wise founding father…and slave owner. What do you think would happen if you and I sat down on his super uncomfortable couch and asked, “Hey Tom, do you think your great grandkids are still going to own slaves to work your fields for free?”

Take a second. What do you think he'd say?

Now let's jump back into the hot tub. We're going to go to the year 1900. And all these American dudes are casting ballads for President William McKinley versus William Jennings Bryan. Two big Willie's. What percentage of these guys, if you ask them, would think women - who are half the population and half of their own households - would still not be allowed to vote in let's say, 50 years? Or 100? or 200?

The Founding Fathers based the Constitution on freedom and equality. They knew slavery was wrong. Same goes for American men in the late 1800’s. They knew that if Europeans couldn’t keep women away from polls, neither would they.

Even when they didn’t create them, beneficiaries of lopsided rules are fully aware of their good fortune. How could they not be? Deep down, every single person with some sort of advantage, knows it won't last. What they don't know is exactly when or how our luck will run out. Might be a warning shot, like a wikileak or billion-dollar dick pic. Or,

More often than you think, the battle you're fighting isn't what you think it is. Our healthcare debate isn't about healthcare at all. It's not about facts, numbers, or technologies. It's not even about saving lives. It's a test for something bigger that looms over us, like the Batman logo. You'll know exactly what I mean when you hear this last episode in our universal healthcare series. 

Don't forget, we'll be releasing all the detailed content that we couldn't stuff into the episodes, with charts, calculations, and hyperlinks as an e-Book. It will be out on Amazon Kindle shortly. Sign up to our email list to get a discount code and release notification. Aside from being a great read, it's a great, inexpensive way to support us producing even more content like this on The McFuture. 

Sign up for our email list on this page to find out when our e-book (with all research, links & charts) is out.

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In case you missed previous parts of this special 6-part series of The McFuture Podcast, The Capitalist Solution to Universal Healthcare, check out:

PART 1: Wrong Question 

PART 2: The 13 Economic Crimes of American Healthcare 

PART 3: Would You Trust A Schizophrenic? (With Your Healthcare)?

PART 4: Something Terrific!!

PART 5: Vampires, Oligarchs & Dr. Facebook

You didn't think it was going to be that easy to get that terrific system we proposed last episode, did you? To make universal healthcare work for Americans, providers and insurers, we came up with $3 TRILLION in efficiency, growth and prevention innovations. We did all the hard work, so you can go right back to flipping through Emily Rotajakowasakjdiski’s Instagram.

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In case you missed previous parts of this special 6-part series of The McFuture Podcast, The Capitalist Solution to Universal Healthcare, check out:

PART 1: Wrong Question 

PART 2: The 13 Economic Crimes of American Healthcare 

PART 3: Would You Trust A Schizophrenic? (With Your Healthcare)?

PART 4: Something Terrific!!

Remember to subscribe to get the big finale 'PART 6: The Last Bastion'

Sign up for our email list on this page to find out when our e-book (with all research, links & charts) is out.

You wanted it, you got it. Here's the solution to universal healthcare in the US. And it's Something TERRIFIC!!

I eagerly await your vitriol gratitude.

– – –

In case you missed earlier parts of this special 6-part series of The McFuture Podcast, The Capitalist Solution to Universal Healthcare, check out:

PART 1: Wrong Question 

PART 2: The 13 Economic Crimes of American Healthcare 

PART 3: Would You Trust A Schizophrenic? (With Your Healthcare)?

Remember to subscribe to get next week's big 'PART 5: Vampires, Oligarchs & Dr. Facebook'

You wanted it, you got it. Here's the solution to universal healthcare in the US. And it's Something TERRIFIC!!

I eagerly await your vitriol gratitude.

– – –

In case you missed earlier parts of this special 6-part series of The McFuture Podcast, The Capitalist Solution to Universal Healthcare, check out:

* PART 1: Wrong Question 

* PART 2: The 13 Economic Crimes of American Healthcare 

* PART3: Would You Trust A Schizophrenic? (With Your Healthcare)?

Remember to subscribe to get next week's big 'PART 5: Innovate This! A $3 Trillion Gift From Me to You'

Like any authentic pinata, Part 3 of The Capitalist Solution For Universal Healthcare is packed with candy and nails.

So many expect so much from government, especially healthcare. But what can this monster actually deliver? A cynic (or libertarian) might say, "NOTHING!! GIVE ME MY MONEY BACK!" But you're in luck. This is a balanced report card rant on The Great Intervener.

We'll cover the seven ways government intervenes in - and creates - business - and the four ways it screws up. I guarantee you haven't been facted this good in a long time. Together, we can decide if we're dealing with a savior, a simpleton, or schizophrenic. Plus, you'll want to meet my eternal Government Grandma.

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The Capitalist Solution to Universal Healthcare is a special 6-part series of The McFuture Podcast

Next week, you'll recognize many of these lessons baked into PART 4: Something Terrific.

In case you missed it, here's Part 2: The 13 Economic Crimes of American Healthcare and PART 1: Wrong Question.

Like any authentic pinata, Part 3 of The Capitalist Solution For Universal Healthcare is packed with candy and nails.

So many expect so much from government, especially healthcare. But what can this monster actually deliver? A cynic (or libertarian) might say, "NOTHING!! GIVE ME MY MONEY BACK!" But you're in luck. This is a balanced report card rant on The Great Intervener.

We'll cover the seven ways government intervenes in - and creates - business - and the four ways it screws up. I guarantee you haven't been facted this good in a long time. Together, we can decide if we're dealing with a savior, a simpleton, or schizophrenic. Plus, you'll want to meet my eternal Government Grandma.

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The Capitalist Solution to Universal Healthcare is a special 6-part series of The McFuture Podcast

Next week, you'll recognize many of these lessons baked into PART 4: Something Terrific.

In case you missed it, here's Part 2: The 13 Economic Crimes of American Healthcare and PART 1: Wrong Question.

The ultimate, 100% organic, locally-sourced, gluten-free business case for why our healthcare system is an economic nightmare.  And why those who think they’re safe – the insured – are most vulnerable. By the time we’re done, every citizen, capitalist, entrepreneur, artist and cripple will want to rise up and smash our system to bits…with their homemade crutches.

So sit back, take an expired Valium, and let me make you mad.

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The Capitalist Solution to Universal Healthcare is a special 6-part series of The McFuture Podcast

Don't miss next Thursday - PART 3: Would You Trust a Schizophrenic?

(If you missed it, here's PART 1: Wrong Question)

The ultimate, 100% organic, locally-sourced, gluten-free business case for why our healthcare system is an economic nightmare. I guarantee you haven't heard these arguments before. They're based on something our ancestors called "facts". By the time we're done, every citizen, capitalist, entrepreneur, artist and cripple will want to rise up and smash our system to bits...with their crutches.

Most important - those who think they're safest - the insured - will learn why they're the most vulnerable.

So sit back, take an expired Valium, and let me make you mad.

Don't miss next Thursday - PART 3: Would You Trust a Schizophrenic?

(If you missed it, here's PART 1: Wrong Question)

The McFuture is back!! I'm extremely excited to bring you a new 6-part series called The Capitalist Solution to Universal Healthcare. In this episode I explain the real reason nothing's being fixed: we're asking the wrong question.

Remember to subscribe - you won't want to miss next week's episode: The 13 Economic Crimes of American Healthcare