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A History of The Future



FutureVision is found when the most brilliant futurists, working with the most powerful foresight AI, apply a refined Trend taxonomy proven over five decades. 50-Years of Futures 50-Years of Data 50-Years of Accuracy

/ 2030

Pleasure Economy

With the human mind connected to the Internet and every craving immediately fulfilled by direct downloads, a new indulgent, feel-good marketplace emerges

/ 2025

Robotic Romance

25% of marriages will be between humans and bots. Dating services will create your perfect chatbot friend who manifests into a cyborg companion to satisfy every need

/ 2022

Virtual Voyaging

Billions are spent traveling through fantasy realms that blend past, present and future. Choose a holographic companion, from Winston Churchill to Lady Gaga, to join you

/ 2020

Avatar Existence

Predicted that virtual culture replaces “real life” and our digitized selves roam freely, socializing, sexualizing and consuming through the ether

/ 2019

Marijuana Market to Bloom

Advised Big Food and Pharma that Missing Cannabis is akin to Missing the Internet

/ 2018

“The Future of Masculinity”

Introduced Gender Fluidity in “The Future of Masculinity” at Cannes Lions

/ 2010

Embracing Feminism

Predicted the "SHE-cade," The era between 2010 to 2020 embracing feminine values, business style and ethical relationships with the consumer

/ 2000

Personal Ethics to Drive Consumer Decisions

Predicting consumers would begin shopping more with their hearts and minds and less with merely their wallets, brands were cautioned consumers would begin to buy only from companies whose ethics aligned with their own

/ 1998

"Fast Food" Becomes "Junk Food"

Warned McDonalds the Smoking Police would find a new target in Fast Food

/ 1993

Shopping Enters the Ether

Advised P&G that Internet buying and home delivery would quickly replace supermarkets

/ 1991

“The Popcorn Report” Debuts

Published Best Selling book, “The Popcorn Report”

/ 1990

"Do It Herself" Movement

In response to shifting trends and female empowerment, Stanley Tools was told to targeting women would increase their market share by breaking into a previously-untapped segment

/ 1989

Uncapping the Bottled Water Market

Advised Coke to Bottle Water because "blue" would be the next "green"

/ 1987

"Filmless Future" for Kodak

Despite dominating the photographic film market for most of the 20th century, Kodak was warned to prepare for the once-unfathomable "filmless future." It didn't

/ 1981

The Emergence of the "Cocoon"

Named and Framed the Trend Cocooning; meaning that humans would live, work and mainly live at home

/ 2030

Pleasure Economy

With the human mind connected to the Internet and every craving immediately fulfilled by direct downloads, a new indulgent, feel-good marketplace emerges

/ 2025

Robotic Romance

25% of marriages will be between humans and bots. Dating services will create your perfect chatbot friend who manifests into a cyborg companion to satisfy every need

/ 2022

Virtual Voyaging

Billions are spent traveling through fantasy realms that blend past, present and future. Choose a holographic companion, from Winston Churchill to Lady Gaga, to join you

/ 2020

Avatar Existence

Predicted that virtual culture replaces “real life” and our digitized selves roam freely, socializing, sexualizing and consuming through the ether

/ 2019

Marijuana Market to Bloom

Advised Big Food and Pharma that Missing Cannabis is akin to Missing the Internet

/ 2018

“The Future of Masculinity”

Introduced Gender Fluidity in “The Future of Masculinity” at Cannes Lions

/ 2010

Embracing Feminism

Predicted the "SHE-cade," The era between 2010 to 2020 embracing feminine values, business style and ethical relationships with the consumer

/ 2000

Personal Ethics to Drive Consumer Decisions

Predicting consumers would begin shopping more with their hearts and minds and less with merely their wallets, brands were cautioned consumers would begin to buy only from companies whose ethics aligned with their own

/ 1998

"Fast Food" Becomes "Junk Food"

Warned McDonalds the Smoking Police would find a new target in Fast Food

/ 1993

Shopping Enters the Ether

Advised P&G that Internet buying and home delivery would quickly replace supermarkets

/ 1991

“The Popcorn Report” Debuts

Published Best Selling book, “The Popcorn Report”

/ 1990

"Do It Herself" Movement

In response to shifting trends and female empowerment, Stanley Tools was told to targeting women would increase their market share by breaking into a previously-untapped segment

/ 1989

Uncapping the Bottled Water Market

Advised Coke to Bottle Water because "blue" would be the next "green"

/ 1987

"Filmless Future" for Kodak

Despite dominating the photographic film market for most of the 20th century, Kodak was warned to prepare for the once-unfathomable "filmless future." It didn't

/ 1981

The Emergence of the "Cocoon"

Named and Framed the Trend Cocooning; meaning that humans would live, work and mainly live at home

Clients & Case Studies

Leaders of The Fortune 500 Have Trusted Our Insights & Heeded Our Guidance for Over Four Decades.

We win assignments from the world’s top businesses and consistently deliver exceptional results. Through our practice of Applied Futurism, we have created the brands, products, strategies, and messaging that have built sustainable success for our clients.

The Latest

Tomorrow’s trends, Today

March 12, 2020 Events with Faith Popcorn

As the world is reeling with political/financial/environmental/cultural turmoil, creating emotional uncertainty, there has been extraordinary interest in an accurate view of the what’s coming.  It’s...

February 28, 2023 Swarm Intelligence

Can looking up and looking down give us insight into the future of human collaboration? Our recent JOLTY guests,  Louis Rosenberg and David Baltaxe, founders...

TrendBank

Our 17 lenses to the Future, honed and proven over 50-years, have come to be proven and relevant filters for Futures and foresight. They explain and predict fluctuating dimensions of the human experience. They accurately define the consumer behaviors of Tomorrow.

 

“You can trust a crystal ball about as far as you can throw it.“

— Faith Popcorn

TalentBank

Our proprietary TalentBank is comprised of an expert panel of over 10,000 of the planet's most brilliant visionaries and Future Thinkers, representing every industry and cultural arena—from media to medics to marketers; from visual artists to alchemists to academics.

 

“Today is yesterday.”

— Faith Popcorn

TechBank

Faith Popcorn’s BrainReserve has the most powerful AI and technology stack which we call the TechBank. The TechBank is constantly changing and updating, to ensure it leverages the most sophisticated digital tools available for foresight work.

 

“Too many marketers assume that future will hold back and wait until they’re ready for it. It won’t.“

— Faith Popcorn