Mark Stevenson introduces a progressive movement everyone can sign up to: the energy democracy. Given my job as a futurologist a lot of fearful, liberally minded types have been asking me what I think about the future in light of the new US president-elect. The world, some of them believe, is over. That’s it. The most powerful nation on Earth has chosen a childlike, racist and sexist bigot for its highest office. One parent I know was so worried he told his children (much to his wife’s and their dismay) that there was definitely going to be a nuclear war. There is confusion and disbelief that millions of Americans could vote for such a candidate. Even the Republican party didn’t believe he could win. First they ask me how it’s possible — and I agree with the prevailing analysis that democracy as currently practiced has failed many of its citizens terribly (something I explore in more detail in this post), so much so that 42% of US population eligible to vote couldn’t be bothered to do so. … Continue reading The arc of history still bends towards justice