The end of the conservative era, the beginning of the dominance of progressive Blue America and the economic consequences to follow from 2020 to 2050. — Editor’s Note: We continue with the 4th installment of our interview with the one-and-only Stuart Rand who tells the story of America through to 2050 now that he’s reached a wise old age in 2100. Here he explains the dramatic shift in politics in the 2020s and the consequent changes…

The epic story of how America made the shift to clean energies, electric transportation & sustainable everything as seen from 2100 — Editor’s Note: We pick up with our third installment of our interview with renowned author Stuart Rand as he looks back on the story of America from 2020 to 2050 from his vantage point towards the end of his life in 2100. He gives his version of how America reinvented…

The overview from 2100 on how we solved the pandemic & climate crises, drove the global long boom, & reinvented a much better world by 2050 — Editor’s Note: To mark the arrival of the year 2100, Medium is embarking on a series of deep-dive interviews with writers, thinkers, scientists, and technologists who will look back on the remarkable events of the last century. First up: Stuart Rand, a journalist working mostly for Medium for three decades…

The introduction to a positive and plausible scenario about how we could solve our many challenges and transform our world for the better in the next 30 years — By Peter Leyden How will we ever get beyond this coronavirus crisis? How will we dig ourselves out of this economic hole? And even if we somehow do get beyond the pandemic, how will we solve mounting economic inequality? Or deal with longstanding racial inequities? Or get past our political…

I’m giving a talk about the ideas behind the Medium Series about the future history of America from 2020 to 2050 — I’m honored to be giving the next talk in the prestigious Seminar Series for Long-term Thinking at the Long Now Foundation that will be streamed to the public this coming Tuesday, Feb. 9th, at 5 pm Pacific. I have attended dozens of these talks over the last 20 years featuring…

The case that over the entire life of Generation Z we will go through a transformation that will end in a new and better civilization — Why 2100? Why tell the story of America’s future from 2020 to 2050 from the perspective of a person in 2100? …

Trump’s defeat marks the end of the conservative era & the beginning of an era dominated by Blue America in the next story of America’s future to 2050 — This week’s story in The Transformation series makes the controversial case that the 2020 election will be seen as a watershed in American history and join the ranks of other iconic years like 1932 or 1980 that mark the beginning of a new political era.

The story out now in my new series The Transformation shows how Americans absolutely could turn the corner on climate change in the next 30 years — If there is one challenge most responsible for causing our pervasive feelings of despair and fear of the future, it’s climate change. …

The next story in my new series told by a character in 2100 lays out how new tools like AI & genetic engineering helped us solve our many challenges — and led to an explosion of innovation — I’m trying out the new newsletter feature in Medium to help launch my new series of stories that lay out a overarching narrative of a much more positive future for the next 30 years — so bear with me as I get my sea legs.