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Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality, the rise of Micro-Clans and the death of mortality: These are a few of the Future-leaning topics you’ll find in our TrendBlog. Here we compile the latest articles and thinking from Faith Popcorn’s BrainReserve. Articles here chronicle the places and events Faith’s team of Futurists trek to, as well as new products that reveal how the Future is leaking into the present. The common thread that weaves through everything you’ll read here is a fascination with Tomorrow, and a provocative lens onto culture.

April 20, 2019 Chasing the Chill: The New Need State

Trend: FutureTense

Are you in the liquor industry? Run a hospitality brand? Market a CPG? Or manage pharmaceutical drugs? Then read on. Actually, whichever industry you’re in,...

April 17, 2019 How High Will We Go?

Trend: Icon Toppling

The Future spells Cannabis in every nook and cranny of the new product and marketing world. There’s no doubt that the legalization of cannabis will...

March 26, 2019 Your Gender-Free Future

Trend: Egonomics

Here’s what it means to your brands and your business. Most of us are used to a binary view of the world when it comes...

March 16, 2019 Mood Modulation

Trend: Anchoring

Forty-six percent of teens today say they’re so stressed, they feel hopeless. They’re sad, mad, discouraged. They wish they felt better. Do you know the...

March 14, 2019 When Everyone Lives to be 130

Trend: Down-Aging

It’s a very good time to be very old. We’re entering an era in which the elderly will have extraordinarily long lives and a position...

March 5, 2019 Welcome to the Emo-Surveillance Era

Trend: FutureTense

Beyond tracking where we roam, tech can now monitor how we feel, and mining our moods will become big business. Are you in the socio-emotive...

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A nobel prize winner for chemistry launched a luxury skin care brand. Will ... consumers trust science-backed skincare over herbal or homeopathic products?

Nobel Prize Winner for Chemistry launches luxury skin care brand

Sir Fraser Stoddart has unveiled his debut skin care line Noble Panacea

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It's time death was approached with the attention-to-detail every other aspect ... of our lives is. High-tech funeral startups make saying goodbye (and keeping in touch) with our loved once better.

The millennials taking on France's funeral business

As societies age, death will be a growth business. Now young French entrepreneurs are introducing new services to the traditionally conservative indus...

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Fluidity is key to diversity - new generation do not want to be pigeonholed says... @FaithPopcorn @investec @VirginAtlantic @ChangeAgentSA @LeadingGuru

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This video game helps players understand mental illness by creating a temporary ... experience of psychosis.

This Award-Winning Video Game Lets You Experience Psychosis

In the video game "Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice," players see the world through the eyes of a young warrior suffering from severe mental health issues...

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United Airlines is partnering with app Timeshifter to help prevent jetlag for ... every passenger.

United wants to help you beat jet lag with customized sleep plans for every passenger

United Airlines is helping travelers prevent that immediate urge to take a nap or a longtime travelers’ prolonged grogginess when stepping off t...

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7 Nov 1192567086540902407

So honored to be part of this wonderful discussion on diversity today with ... @thando_hopa, @clairemawisa, Dr. Tashmia Ismail-Saville, and Dr. Marc Kahn. Thank you @richardbranson, @virginatlantic, and @investec. #BusinessIsAnAdventure

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New York City has banned fois gras from being offered in restaurants. Next, the ... government will be banning inhumanely raised meats.

Animal rights supporters cheered passage of the bill, whose sponsor, Councilwoman Carlina Rivera, said would end a violent and “inhumane process.”

Foie Gras, Served in 1,000 Restaurants in New York City, Is Banned

Animal cruelty concerns led the City Council to approve the ban, which takes effect in 2022. One chef’s reaction: “What’s next? No m...

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7 Nov 1192241510605033475

Kraft Heinz is investing in cannabis.

Kraft Heinz leads $23m investment in cannabis startup Flowhub - FoodBev Media

Kraft Heinz has made its first move into the cannabis sector, as its Evolv Ventures arm has co-led a $23m funding round in cannabis tech startup Flowh...

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6 Nov 1192112172526166017

Blame Amazon for NYC's congestion.

1.5 Million Packages a Day: The Internet Brings Chaos to N.Y. Streets

The push for convenience is having a stark impact on gridlock, roadway safety and pollution in New York City and urban areas around the world.

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Instagram is banning plastic surgery-effect filters.

instagram is banning plastic surgery-effect filters

It's the latest attempt to counter Insta-dysmorphia.

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