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Can strategically controversial comms ever work? What's it's role in culture, and how does one do it right?

Dec 15, 2022

Post-pandemic, the prevailing cultural genre hasn’t been feel-good comedy, but instead horror. What's the role of the shocking, and why can't we get enough of the spooky?

Oct 24, 2022

Modern Religions For A Lonely World How the Carnivore Diet, Potter, Swifties and cyrpto grant us what we need most

Nov 28, 2022

The Creator Paradox: Cultural Stasis Amidst Creative Surplus How is it that reboot culture is winning, despite the radical hype around the Creator Economy and continued vision for the Long Tail?

Sep 19, 2022

3_TRENDS is an interview series with the world's leading cultural researchers and thinkers, sharing their favorite overlooked trends.

Jan 18

A discussion on how to approach, navigate and think about culture

Jan 6

3_TRENDS is an interview series with the world's leading cultural researchers and thinkers, sharing their favorite overlooked trends.

Nov 14, 2022

3_TRENDS is an interview series with experts studying culture, sharing what they think we’re not paying enough attention to.

Oct 17, 2022

We have the opportunity to bring FIVE critical, cultural analyses to SXSW 2023. Will you help support us and vote?

Aug 17, 2022

A_Framework_To: Find Overlooked & De-bias Trends The third episode in a series of pieces thinking about AI, cultural analysis, and humans' role in trend forecasting. Four questions to find the…

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Aug 1, 2022

How To Spot Trends with AI The second installment in a series of experiments with AI to trend forecast. When it comes to understanding the zeitgeist, what can AI do better than…

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Jul 25, 2022

Using AI To Quantify & Size Meta Trends The first installment in a series of experiments with AI to size, rank and prioritize cultural trends. When it comes to understanding the zeitgeist…

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Jul 18, 2022

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Research and explanations of overlooked trends for the culturally curious. Seen in WSJ.

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