What are the megatrends that shape our future?
Insights
Breaking the internet, and the scientific paradox on The Future, This Week
This week: what we saw when the internet went down and changing minds about the scientific paradox.
How Australians’ commutes compare with cities overseas
A global study of 117 cities finds Australian capitals have fairly poor access by car. Public transport, cycling and walking access isn’t as good as in Europe and China.
Emerging innovation with cabbages, eyes, cows and EVs on The Future, This Week
This week: what do cabbages, eyes, cows and electric vehicles have in common? Stories of innovation and emerging industries on The Future, This Week.
After six months of darkness, what did Chinese cinemas come back with?
Will vengeance watching save the Chinese cinema industry, or will decreasing growth continue as consumers move to streaming platforms?
The business of bees on The Future, This Week
This week: bees, their economic impact and why it’s so important to protect them, with special guest Emily Remnant.
An employee, not a contractor: unfair dismissal ruling against Deliveroo is a big deal for Australia’s gig workers
The Fair Work Commission’s ruling that delivery rider Diego Franco was an employee of Deliveroo is a major legal win for Australia’s gig workers.
Bitcoin and dogecoin head to the moon. What’s the future of crypto?
Cryptocurrencies may be heading into space, but here’s some down to earth advice.
All work and no play in the future of virtual reality
Does treating VR only as a gaming technology underestimate its potential impact on society?
Politics at work on The Future, This Week
This week: Basecamp banning employees having political and societal discussions at work points to new challenges for leaders deciding what their business stands for.
In Elon Musk – the man most likely to be an alien – we trust
A time traveller, a stranded alien from Mars, or a Quixote with money who likes to make stuff? Just who is Elon Musk?
The latest from the COVID-19 business impact dashboard
Post-pandemic powerhouse
China is moving on
In this special report, China’s path through COVID-19 and beyond into economic growth.
Latest podcasts
Breaking the internet, and the scientific paradox on The Future, This Week
This week: what we saw when the internet went down and changing minds about the scientific paradox.
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Emerging innovation with cabbages, eyes, cows and EVs on The Future, This Week
The business of bees on The Future, This Week
Politics at work on The Future, This Week
Crime and punishment on The Future, This Week
AirTags and suburban retrofitting on The Future, This Week
Hybrid work on The Future, This Week
Unpacking the gig economy impact on The Future, This Week
Coming soon: The Future, This Week Season 9… part 2
Resources
We are curious about the future. We are committed to sharing our insights.
We have carefully curated lists of resources on the most interesting and important topics.
Contact tracing tech
Discover our new resource on contact tracing and how is technology being used to improve it
The Future of Power
Our series produced in collaboration with the Sydney Policy Lab.
The Future of Power is a new podcast series of discussions and interviews with thought leaders and acclaimed academics on how the nature of power is changing in the 21st century.
James Crabtree on India’s billionaire raj
With the rise of a billionaire superclass from the austere remnants of India’s state socialism, how will India handle rising inequality?
Joseph Stiglitz on the age of inequality
Joseph Stiglitz says our rising level of inequality is not the unfortunate by-product of economic development but is the result of deliberate policy choices. Who is making those choices?
Jonathan Haidt on good intentions and bad ideas
Internationally acclaimed US academic and author Jonathan Haidt is warning of a rising generation of social-media addicted, pathologically anxious ‘Gen Z’ youths.
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