Futurist Thomas Frey
Architect of the Future.
Google’s top-rated futurist speaker.
Futurist Thomas Frey
Architect of the Future.
Google’s top-rated futurist speaker
Why a futurist?
As a futurist, my goal is to expand our understanding of the future. Every day, thousands of emerging technologies spring to life, thousands of researchers make new discoveries, and thousands of new trends start to reveal themselves.
As we move down the path of advancing technology, our relationship with the future has never been clearer; making this both the most exciting and scariest time to be alive, in all human history. There is a constant battle being waged over the needs of the present vs. the needs of the future.
Naturally the future cannot be our only priority; otherwise, we lose our ability to function in the present. Near-term issues invariably take precedent over long-term potential; yet, our ability to prioritize importance is directly tied to our vision of the future. Still, it is our vision of the future that determines our actions today.
I use this phrase a lot: “The future creates the present!” Yes, this is just the opposite of what most people think. They believe the work we’re doing today will automatically create the future, but from a little different perspective, it is the images of the future that we hold in our head that determines the decisions we’ll make today.
When I change someone’s vision of the future, inevitably, this changes the way they make decisions today!
Latest Blog Posts
The Neighborhood Becomes the Data Center
The Age of the Hyperscale Monolith Is Ending — and the Next Internet May Be Hiding on the Side of Your House By Futurist Thomas Frey The Power Wall Has Arrived For thirty years, the internet's physical infrastructure followed a single organizing principle: bigger is...
The Data Centers That Will Float
Why the Most Radical Solution to the AI Energy Crisis Is Already at Sea By Futurist Thomas Frey The Ocean Has Been Waiting for This Conversation There is a moment in every infrastructure crisis when the most obvious solution turns out to be the one nobody was willing...
Twelve Inventions That Prove the Future Has a Sense of Humor — And Means Business
By Futurist Thomas Frey Every few years, a cluster of technologies arrives that makes you stop and ask whether the people building them are solving real problems or simply demonstrating that the problems can be solved. The twelve innovations I want to walk through...