Futurist Thomas Frey: In 1791 when Mozart died, his 29-year-old wife, Constanze Weber, was forced to earn a living, so she began selling her late husband’s manuscripts and turned the former messy paper scraps lying around the house into a tidy income stream.
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“Worker bee, where were you when I needed you?”
Quote of the Day: “If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can’t it get us out?” – Will Rogers
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Futurist Thomas Frey: A thousand years from now, what is it that the human race will need to have accomplished?
Yes, I realize that this is a huge question and many of you reading this are living paycheck-to-paycheck worrying about who’s going to win the big game this weekend. But if we don’t begin to frame our role of humanity inside a much bigger picture, we are likely to remain in sputter-mode until we eventually do.
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I’m pretty sure your profile on Match.com didn’t say anything about you living in a bubble!
Quote of the Day: “There’s nothing wrong with being shallow as long as you’re insightful about it.” – Dennis Miller
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Futurist Thomas Frey: Over the past few days I’ve been listening to news reports about the devastating fires burning in Colorado.
Record heat, high winds, low humidity, and large amounts of beetle-killed trees have created “perfect storm” conditions for multiple wildfires to rage across the State.
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Young pigs are taught at an early age how to survive in a cruel, bacon-loving world!
Quote of the Day: “My one regret in life is that I am not someone else.” – Woody Allen
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Futurist Thomas Frey: Let’s first start off with a different question. “Who controls the bread supply in London?”
This was the opening question that Jonas Eliasson started with in his TED talk titled “How to solve traffic jams.”
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Futurist Thomas Frey: Over the past few days I’ve been wrestling with a very troubling thought.
It started with the simple question, “Ten years from now, anyone who is frustrated with those in power, whether it’s a local, national, or international issue, what options will they have for protesting what they see as an injustice, inequities, or outright corruption?”
Skateboarding off the side of a mountain seemed like a such a great idea! Funeral is Friday at 4:00!
Quote of the Day: “Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.” – Peter Ustinov
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Futurist Thomas Frey: What does it mean to “own” something?
I’m sure there are legal definitions, but most of us believe that once we purchase an item, we own it. Our relationship with that object shifts from ogler to owner in the blink of a cash register transaction.
Continue reading… “The End of Theft”
Steven King’s wife. No, not that wife, the other one!
Quote of the Day: “I like a woman with a head on her shoulders. I hate necks.” – Steve Martin
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Hmmm, now which car did I drive to work?
Quote of the Day: “I never said most of the things I said.” – Yogi Berra
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