Continuing Visualizing Futures, a series published by Ka Wai Ola. The future can feel far away. But the changes that will shape it are already happening all around us. In Visualizing Futures: Part 2 | Signals of Change, Dr. Lum explores why paying attention to emerging trends and transitions matters, not because they tell us exactly what will happen, but because they can expand our understanding of what could happen. From artificial intelligence to less obvious shifts already

The challenge of being an incumbent, of being king of the hill, is that you don’t want change. You like things the way they are. The...