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In the News

Here you will find a linked listing of articles that feature IFTF researchers and / or the Institute for the Future itself.

PODCAST: Marina Gorbis on Universal Basic Assets

"Colleges Need to Work Together to Build Competencies of the Future"

"What will grocery shopping look like in the future?"

"Where Is Tech Taking Us? A Complete Merger of Our Digital, Physical Worlds"

"85% Of Jobs That Will Exist In 2030 Haven’t Been Invented Yet""

"Forecasting How Humans Will Interact with Machines by 2030"

"How California’s community colleges are changing"

"What Amazon and Whole Foods Tell You About Your Future"

Andrew Trabulsi quoted in "Tech giants are under fire for facilitating terrorism"

Jane McGonigal: "Our Puny Human Brains Are Terrible at Thinking About the Future. And that has consequences."

Marina Gorbis: "There Could Be a Real Solution to Our Broken Economy. It’s Called 'Universal Basic Assets.'"

PODCAST - Bob Johansen: "Shapeshifting Companies of the Future"

Marina Gorbis: "Our Gutenberg Moment"

"Will Algorithms Erode Our Decision-Making Skills?"

"Will the Telecommunications Act get a much-needed update as it turns 21?"

"Robots that hire and fire staff could soon be employed by the world's largest hedge fund...""

"Marina Gorbis’s Required Reading"

"Wanted: Creative Solutions to Shape a Workable Future"

"5 New Rules For Managing A Digital Workforce: Ditch The Resume, Skip The Training"

"The Pros and Cons of the On-Demand Economy"

"Can We Design An On-Demand Economy That Will Work For Everyone?"

"Voices from the on-demand economy" highlights new IFTF report, Voices of Workable Futures

"This Is the Backup Career For More and More U.S. Workers" features IFTF's Workable Futures Initiative research

Marina Gorbis pens "Why There’s No Such Thing As A Skills Gap"

"Ep. 07 Marina Gorbis at PDF2016"

Prosperity By Design, by Marina Gorbis + Devin Fidler, featured in Democracy Journal

Kickstarter by David Pescovitz + friends reissues Carl Sagan's Voyager Golden Record

Mark Frauenfelder talks with Tech Insider about "10 strange inventions that could exist in 10 years"

Marina Gorbis' article highlighted in "Why all of us need to be futurists"

Natalie Foster talks with KQED Forum about universal basic income

Devin Fidler interviewed for "These Are The Labor Promises The Presidential Candidates Should Be Making"

Mark Frauenfelder: "What I learned after spending 2 days with futurists + positive psychologists"

Natalie Foster writes "Uber's major step forward for workers"

Marina Gorbis writes "Thinking about the Future of Work to Make Better Decisions about Learning Today"

Rachel Hatch quoted in "How Airbnb Could Change Life for City Residents"

David Pescovitz writes "The Supergroup Remaking Star Wars and Jurassic Park in VR"

Devin Fidler talks with FastCo about the top jobs + skills in 2025

Jane McGonigal speaks with USA TODAY about how games help with extreme stress

Future for Good Fellow Tim Hwang writes about the digitation of politics in SLATE

epicurious interviews Sarah Smith about future supermarkets

THE GUARDIAN features Future for Good Fellow Pia Mancini's work to reshape democracy in the digital age

Wired UK asks Rebecca Chesney about the future of food

NPR talks with Lyn Jeffrey about hoverboards

"The future of work intensifies – can a platform be ethical?" responds to Marina's recent op-ed in Medium

Marina Gorbis on "Designing a New Operating System for Work"

Jane McGonigal writes "How Video Games Can Teach Your Brain to Fight Depression"

Listen to Public Radio International's interview with Marina Gorbis about IFTF

Rachel Maguire featured in "8 Ways to Design Health Care"

See Jane McGonigal on CBS This Morning discussing how to become more resilient with "SuperBetter" quests

Devin Fidler writes "What We Need To Know About On-Demand Work Platforms Before Regulating Them"

IFTF Future4Good Fellow Melina Uncapher's project in "New neuroscience-based platform to get to know your mind"

IFTF in "Will the On-Demand Economy Raise Global Living Standards?"

Jane McGonigal's new book, SuperBetter, profiled in "High Score"

Mike Liebhold quoted on useful forecasting techniques

Podcast: Tim Ferriss talks with Jane McGonigal about the benefits of gaming and more

IFTF's iCEO prototype discussed in "Managers Beware: AI Is Coming For Your Job As Well"

Marina Gorbis, Devin Fidler, & Natalie Foster participate in US Department of Labor policy forum to imagine a bright future of work for all

Marina Gorbis contributes to the debate: "Is Silicon Valley Saving the World or Just Making Money?"

Richard Adler believes Tech policy belongs on the 2016 campaign agenda

Marina Gorbis + Devin Fidler go beyond the W-2 vs. 1099 debate