Future Fast
Accelerating Tomorrow's Innovations Today
Welcome to the Fast Lane
I've spent thirty years watching technology reshape industries. The first time was in 1995—a Wired magazine in my hands, a dial-up modem humming in the background, and a sense that something enormous was beginning. Most people around me dismissed it. "Just a fad," they said.
They were wrong then. And they're wrong now.
What's different about 2026?
This isn't one technology disrupting one industry. This is multiple exponential curves—AI, robotics, autonomous systems, gene editing—all hitting their steep ascent at the same moment. Each powerful alone. Converging together? Civilization-altering.
The numbers tell part of the story:
- •AI investment exceeded $109 billion globally in 2025
- •Humanoid robots moved from lab demos to factory floors in twelve months
- •Autonomous vehicles now deliver over a million rides per week
- •Gene therapies are being customized to individual DNA
The physical world is waking up. At CES 2026, attendees called it "the ChatGPT moment for robotics"—the instant when AI stopped being software you talk to and became intelligence that moves through space, makes decisions, and acts.
The pioneers who built this technology are sounding alarms. Two hundred of them—not Luddites, the builders—issued an open letter calling for red lines. Risks including engineered pandemics. Autonomous weapons. Loss of human control.
So how do you navigate a year like this?
You don't panic. You prepare.
FutureFast exists to filter the noise, surface the signal, and help you build the mental models that turn disruption from threat into opportunity. Technology has always converted scarcity into abundance—what was once available only to elites becomes accessible to anyone. That pattern hasn't changed. The velocity has.
I choose abundance. I hope you will too.
Ready? Let's move.
Weekly Intelligence Digest
Video/Interviews
The best ideas don't live in reports. They live in the minds of people who've spent years—sometimes decades—in the trenches.
This is where you'll find them: deep conversations with the builders, investors, and researchers shaping what comes next. No soundbites. No hype. Just the signal you'd get if you could sit across from them at dinner.
Resource Library
I wish I'd had access to this when I started.
This is the intelligence layer—the reports, frameworks, and field guides I've collected over years of tracking exponential technology. From Deloitte's Tech Trends to Stanford's AI Index, from ARK's Big Ideas to the research most people never find.
Some of these documents will confirm what you suspected. Others will break your assumptions entirely. Both are useful.
Learning Lab
Everyone starts somewhere.
Whether you've never touched an AI tool or you're already building agentic workflows, the Learning Lab meets you where you are. I've organized it into three tracks: Start Here (for the curious), Go Deeper (for the committed), and Build (for the hands-on).
The fastest path through disruption isn't panic. It's preparation.
For those new to AI—no coding required, just curiosity.
AI Fluency: Framework & Foundations
Anthropic
Learn to collaborate with AI effectively, efficiently, ethically, and safely. Certificate available.
Elements of AI
University of Helsinki
Platform-neutral conceptual foundation. What AI is, how it works, what it can (and can't) do.
Introduction to Generative AI
Google Cloud
Quick primer on GenAI concepts, use cases, and how it differs from traditional ML.
ChatGPT Academy
OpenAI
Official tutorials for getting started with ChatGPT—prompting, custom GPTs, and practical use.
AI for Business Specialization
Coursera/Penn
Non-technical overview of AI applications, strategy, and implications for work.
Pick your track. Let's go.
About FutureFast
I've been building companies at the intersection of technology and human need since before most people had email.
Six ventures. Three decades. One consistent question: How can technology serve our deepest needs—not replace them?
The first time I sensed exponential change was 1995. A Wired magazine. A dial-up modem. The unmistakable feeling that the world was about to reorganize itself. I was right then—and I've spent the years since learning to recognize that feeling when it returns.
It returned in 2022 when ChatGPT launched. It's intensifying now.
FutureFast is the next evolution of a personal journey. I'm not an academic. I'm not a journalist. I'm a builder who's spent decades translating complex technology into practical strategy—first for myself, then for clients, and now for anyone willing to pay attention.
If you're looking for hype, there are plenty of places to find it. If you're looking for signal—curated by someone who's lived through multiple technology cycles and emerged with pattern recognition you can't fake—you're in the right place.
The future moves fast. I can help you move faster.
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