– Peter H. Diamandis, Metatrends substack, 17 July 2026
Why are people so pessimistic about the future – and view the past as some form of pastoral utopia? On these pages we promote hope – not cope or mope.
An interesting insight is from Peter H. Diamandis in his substack, where he identifys a concern and offers solutions. A quick taster of his thoughts:
“Star Trek’s communicator became the flip phone. Its PADD tablet became the iPad. Its tricorder is now a real clinical device you can hold in your hand — I know, because I ran the XPRIZE that built it. That’s not a run of luck. Humans build what they first imagine, which means fiction is the R&D department of civilization. The problem: for two generations our most vivid, most-watched, most-loved fiction has been dystopian. We have been running a global simulation of failure and calling it entertainment. I think that’s a design flaw, and I’m working on fixing it.”
Read on to discover the background stories about mobile phones and iPads – and now a medical tricorder!
What other future tech will come from Star Trek?
Will you be one of the future inventors?
“Take your imagination seriously. It isn’t a distraction from the real work. It is the real work.”
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In the meantime, take care of yourself and if you can, someone else, too, because as Adam Smith said, “we naturally desire not only to be loved but to be lovely”.
Remember, hope lives here.
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