The History of the Future
In 1848, twenty years before Jules Verne published his first novel and decades before H.G. Wells was even born, Karl Marx did something unprecedented. He didn't just critique capitalism—he invented a new way of seeing the future.
The Creation Consumption Ratio
When we can create so quickly with generative AI, it creates unintended consequences, one of which I call the Creation-Consumption Paradox.
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From Talos to ChatGPT, from Marx to Musk, from steam engines to silicon chips—the patterns repeat. The questions remain. The future keeps arriving.
The History of the Future
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