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By the year 2050, some 7 billion people will be living in cities. As many people who live on the planet today will be city dwellers just 38 years from now. Two years ago, for the first time in human history, over 50 percent of the population of the world now lives in cities, and that trend is accelerating. Every month, 1 million people in the world move to a city. If we don't get cities right, we're kind of - don't have a very bright future as humankind.

About 3.5 billion people across the globe live already live in cities - and the director of the United Nation's Human Settlement Program says that population will grow by 2.5 to 3 billion people by 2050.

Solo living across the generations

comments on inner city apartment living from the perspective of a "kidult" living in Australia

Progress doesn't always lead to positive outcomes.

... more than 35 million people are living with dementia, according to recent World Health Organization (WHO) estimates.1 This number is expected to more than triple to reach 115 million by 2050 in the wake of world population aging.

Three cheers for ranch homes, for all generations (and, fortunately, I already live in one)!

The designers figured out the perfect come-on to get the group they were looking for and then supported them activities that played to the reason people came to participate.

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A technique that delivers a dried live vaccine to the skin without a traditional needle could support the global fight against diseases such as HIV and malaria.

Smarter travel combined with alternative working practices could ease strains on infrastructure and transport and turn cities into smarter places to work and live.

second hit of the day citing the impact of photography on our day to day lives

The Shift Age is about humanity's new era. As the Information Age gives way to the Shift Age, we are entering a time of transformation and change that offers both great risk and incredible opportunity. Why do things happen so fast? Why do we feel unsettled, even out of control? David Houle identifies and explains the dynamics and forces that already have reshaped and will continue to reshape our world for the next 20 years. He comments from the front lines of the Shift Age on issues and topics that affect our lives. We have entered the final, global stage of humanity's cultural, social, and economic evolutionary journey: the Shift Age.

What will be the major causes of death in 2030?  What diseases will people be living with?

Interesting description of what the availability of a "third space" might have meant to a young person as he was growing up:  a space that Jordan could have used to talk about how he felt while on his journey. It could have been used as a platform for Jordan and his peers to discuss what he was comfortable and uncomfortable with.

I wonder how museum professionals would respond to future planning?  Perhaps why the Leader of the Future project is important?