Trendspotting: Home Alone
In the U.S., the number of folks living alone is almost eight times greater now than in 1950. Today, when people tend to couple up and marry later and find divorce more acceptable and accessible if things don’t work out, 51 percent of Americans are single. That translates to roughly one in four living alone, [...]
Looking (Back) into the Future
In my last post I shared The Futurist magazine’s top trend forecasts for 2010 and beyond. Admittedly, some of it seems a little out-there, from brain-to-brain telepathy to extraterrestrial life. But one person’s science fiction is another person’s getting to the future first. The Futurist has a compelling track record—its editors have been compiling the [...]
