Crackdowns on Internet content make clear the need for an anonymized Web. Now, someone just needs to implement it.

Everything we think about regarding sustainability - from energy to agriculture to manufacturing to population - has a water footprint. Almost all of the water on Earth is salt water, and the remaining freshwater supplies are split between agricultural use and human use - as well as maintaining the existing natural environment.

Resilience is all about being able to overcome the unexpected. Sustainability is about survival. The goal of resilience is to thrive.

By ignoring tomorrow, we undermine today.

When we developed written language, we significantly increased our functional memory and our ability to share insights and knowledge across time and space. The same thing happened with the invention of the printing press, the telegraph, and the radio.

Futures thinking is hard work. Fortunately, you do get better at it with practice. It's worth the effort.

Intelligence augmentation decreases the need for specialization and increases participatory complexity.