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The Clickbait Economy of Tomorrow - Start Now!
Hey! You there! Yes, you. I know what you're thinking: "Isn't clickbait already dead?" Well, yes and no. While most of us aren't writing crappy headlines for Facebook anymore, we're still spending our days trying to get clicks on things - whether it be links or other kinds of content. What if I told you that there was a way to make money off of other people's curiosity? It sounds like clickbait, but it's not quite that simple. Here's how it works:
By Courtanae Heslop2 years ago in Futurism
Name a More Iconic Trio Than Adam, Eve, and the Snake
Who hasn’t been facinated by the sultry story of Adam and Eve? A tale of serpents, romance, and forbidden fruit? Even as a kid I knew that the fruit must have been so sweet and juicy it would make your eyes roll back on the first bite. The Apple would have had to be absolutely decadent, if it was delicious enough to make Adam and Eve realize they were naked.
By Alyissa M. Lore2 years ago in Futurism
A City of the Future in the Arizona Desert
Arcosanti is a self-described “urban laboratory” situated in the Arizona desert, approximately seventy miles from the sprawling suburbs of Scottsdale (a mega-suburb of Phoenix). In 1970, Paolo Soleri and a small band of volunteers broke ground on this architectural experiment in arcology (a Soleri neologism combining architecture and ecology). Soleri believed that arcologies would eventually displace the automobile, the suburbs, and the single-family home in favor of vertically designed, compact, three-dimensional city structures that addressed problems such as pollution, resource depletion, and food scarcity. In the Age of Aquarius, these utopian ideas attracted a steady migration of young people, hippies, and drop-outs who were willing to donate labor in exchange for getting in on the ground floor of the city of the future.
By The GenX Joint2 years ago in Futurism
In 2030, Western Values Will Have Been Tested To the Breaking Point
The headline to this story is from Klaus Schwab, the Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation. He is the mastermind behind the World Economic Forum that organizes the well-known Davos Summit.
By Kenan Kolday2 years ago in Futurism