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Airship Hub

Take a look at this article on recent advances in airship technology: http://www.communitytransformer.com/f economy and scale of this technology makes it a very viable potential future. Imagine I...

Started by Bruce LaDuke Oct 23.

Recession, Depression, or The End of the American Empire?

The current economic situation is disturbing on many levels, but in my research on this, a few facts in particular jumped out at me. First, the housing bubble that started all of this is only the ...

Started by Bruce LaDuke Oct 13.

Current State?

A big part of understanding the future is to identify exactly where you are in the present. I'd like to know people's thoughts on where is Indiana right now in terms of things like governance, econ...

Started by Bruce LaDuke Sep 6.

The Future of Indiana as a Transportation Hub

Warren Buffet has recently started buying up railroad stocks (click here) because the technology is advancing and the feasibility of this means of transport and transportation could have a resurgen...

Tagged: future, transportation

Started by Bruce LaDuke Mar 24.

Economic Worst Case Scenario? 5 Replies

Its easy to become enamered by a positive view of the future in terms of things technological advance. But what if the future isn't so bright? What then? One possible meltdown is economic. There h...

Tagged: future, economy

Started by Bruce LaDuke. Last reply by Bruce LaDuke Sep 20.

My Fantasy Emerging Technology Company 4 Replies

If I was suddenly wealthy, and could start any business I wanted, I would create an emerging-technology research & development engineering firm that would synthesize emerging technologies from ...

Tagged: alternative, emerging, technology, energy, biofuels

Started by Daniel Andrew Young. Last reply by Jack Pincus Mar 16.

Re-Imagining and Retro-fitting Today's Suburbia for the Future 5 Replies

Read this article on my blog page Part Two: Suburbia Guzzles Gasoline D.A. Young

Started by Daniel Andrew Young. Last reply by Bruce LaDuke Apr 8.

The Future of Indiana Education 2 Replies

Let's talk about the future of education in Indiana. What do you think we have that is good? What is lacking? What needs to change to prepare us for the future? In terms of what we need for the f...

Started by Bruce LaDuke. Last reply by Arifah Aronson Mar 3.

Futures Generative Dialogue - Coming to the Table 'Together'

I'd really encourage everyone in this group to take a look at Ken Sweigel's posting. Will We Learn Our Lessons Before We Kill Ourselves? Please read the comments I've added to this posting. I'd l...

Started by Bruce LaDuke Feb 17.

Indiana as a Cultural Center

In "Beyond the "Third Wave" - The Nine Eras of Economic Sector Dominance, Futurist Graham T.T. Molitor predicts that Leisure (hospitality, recreation, and entertainment) will have economic sector d...

Started by Bruce LaDuke Feb 9.

Future Indiana: Revised Vision

I've been digging into state long-range planning resources and have learned a lot about the current state of affairs for futuring in Indiana. There are a lots of really neat programs going on, but ...

Started by Bruce LaDuke Feb 3.

Indiana as an Information Highway Hub 20 Replies

Indiana is at the physical crossroads of this nation, but in terms of physical development, we haven't really become a premier urban center. I don't want to go into the issues as to why this is the...

Started by Bruce LaDuke. Last reply by Matt Theobald Mar 18.

Delphi Study: Indiana Brain Drain 3 Replies

Steve Willis and I have been working on the front-end design for an Indiana brain drain modified delphi study to use as an example of the kind of output we'd like to begin to develop as part of Fut...

Started by Bruce LaDuke. Last reply by Aaron M. Renn Mar 18.

The Starting Gate 7 Replies

The Primary Goal of this Effort The primary goal of Future Indiana is to establish an initially volunteer research initiative that provides research reports on specific topics related to the Futur...

Started by Bruce LaDuke. Last reply by Bruce LaDuke Feb 1.

The Future of Indiana

I've created this group as a working area for a long-range policy research, futures institute, or futures dialogue center for the state of Indiana. An Indiana futures insitute would be an effort t...

Started by Bruce LaDuke Jan 20.

Welcome!

Welcome to the Future Indiana group. The goal of this group is to start a long-range policy research, futures institute, or futures dialogue center for the state of Indiana. An Indiana futures ins...

Started by Bruce LaDuke Jan 20.