The Foresight Lab Updates - August 2026
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Welcome to 2040 (and beyond)! The Foresight Lab is a substack centered on futures research and design innovation.
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The One-Person Company Is the New Dream Job
For Gen Z, entrepreneurship may be less about building an empire and more about building a life.
Who Does the Internet Think You Are?
Gen-Z grew up knowing the internet remembers everything. Now employers are learning to do the same.
Agency in an Uncertain World w/ Lisa Kay Solomon
Podcast - Undisciplined by Design
The Foresight Lab's 2026 Summer Reading List
Here are 5 books we recommend checking out this summer
The New Rules of Fairness
Is fairness about ensuring everyone follows the same process, or about ensuring everyone has a meaningful opportunity to reach the same outcome?
The “Visible Effort” Effect
How visible labor is becoming a new signal of value in culture and media
The GLP-1 Ripple Effect
When altering appetite begins to alter everything else.
The Return of the Barter Economy
How skills, services, and assets are becoming alternative forms of currency in a cash-constrained economy.
The Emergence of Shared Control w/ Matt McElvogue, President of Teague Design
Lightning Talk from The Foresight Lab @ SXSW 2026
The New Tech Frontier Isn’t in Silicon Valley. It’s in Rural Texas.
Backed by wealthy investors and frontier-minded founders, a small Texas town is becoming a hub for hard tech ambition.