New Year’s Resolutions? Uncertainties at a Tipping Point in 2024
The 2020s have been a wild ride. The bright side is that extreme events and uncertainty, though difficult, carry potential for lasting positive change in their aftermath. This is similar to the logic behind personal new year's resolutions, by which intention brings order to the chaos of your budget, health, bad habits, or relationships. Successful resolutions upgrade an aspect of life in some desirable way. Sometimes we are inspired and mindful about life goals, like at New Year's. Other times we wait for the red flags and warning signs that something should be done. Similarly, there are signals that certain societal and technological forces are ripe with the potential to gather intention this year, 2024, and beyond. Their ensuing resolution could bring about more hope for the future on a collective level. Why focus on uncertainty instead of trends? To use the trending topic of 2023 as an example, artificial intelligence has opened a Pandora’s Box of gray areas: pause or no pau
