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Dr Mark van Rijmenam, CSP

Dr Mark van Rijmenam, CSP

Dr. Mark van Rijmenam is a strategic futurist known as The Digital Speaker. He globally ranked as the #1 futurist. He stands at the forefront of the digital age and lives and breathes cutting-edge technologies to inspire Fortune 500 companies and governments worldwide. As an optimistic dystopian, he has a deep understanding of AI, blockchain, the metaverse, and other emerging technologies, blending academic rigor with technological innovation.

His pioneering efforts include the world’s first TEDx Talk in VR in 2020. In 2023, he further pushed boundaries when he delivered a TEDx talk in Athens with his digital twin, delving into the complex interplay of AI and our perception of reality. In 2024, he launched a digital twin of himself, offering interactive, on-demand conversations via text, audio, or video in 29 languages, thereby bridging the gap between the digital and physical worlds – another world’s first.

Dr. Van Rijmenam is a prolific author and has written more than 1,200 articles and five books in his career. As a corporate educator, he is celebrated for his candid, independent, and balanced insights. He is also the founder of Futurwise, which focuses on elevating global knowledge on crucial topics like technology, healthcare, and climate change by providing high-quality, hyper-personalized, and easily digestible insights from trusted sources.

Below, you can read all his articles.

The AGI Tipping Point: Are We Already Too Late?

Artificial General Intelligence isn’t coming in 50 years, it could be here in five. If you think that’s an exaggeration, so did the journalists who laughed at the idea of social media influencing elections. How’d that turn out?

AI’s Hunger for Power: The Race to Reinvent Computing

AI isn’t just eating the world—it’s devouring electricity, water, and billions of dollars. Tech giants are racing to reshape computing, but at what cost?

Quantum Internet Just Leveled Up—But Are We Ready for It?

The internet you know is already outdated. Quantum networks promise unhackable communication, and thanks to a Dutch-led breakthrough, you won’t even need to understand quantum mechanics to use it.

The First Operating System for Quantum Networks Arrived

The quantum internet just took a giant leap forward. A European team, led by TU Delft, built a quantum network operating system (QNodeOS) that allows anyone to program quantum applications, no physics degree required.

Vibecoding: The Art of Speaking Work into Existence

Forget Python, Java, or C++. The hottest programming language is English, and AI is now taking instructions like an overachieving intern on steroids. But as AI does more, do we actually need expertise anymore, or just a good “vibe”?

The Future of Supply Chains: Faster, Smarter, and (Mostly) Human-Free

AI and automation are reshaping global supply chains, making warehouses smarter, faster, and more efficient. The question is: Where do humans fit in?

AI Search: Confidently Wrong, Dangerously Inaccurate

If AI search engines were students, they’d be the ones confidently shouting wrong answers in class. Loud enough to convince everyone they were right.

AI Without a Moral Compass? The U.S. Just Rewrote the Rules

AI is now a geopolitical battleground, and America just took a sharp right turn. Under Trump, the US is scrubbing “AI fairness” and “safety” from policy, replacing them with a focus on economic dominance and eliminating ideological bias.

China’s Quantum Leap: A 1 Quadrillion-Time Wake-Up Call

Forget supercomputers. China just built a quantum processor that makes them look like abacuses. The Zuchongzhi 3.0 chip completed a task 1 million times faster than Google’s last-gen quantum chip and is 1 quadrillion times faster than the world’s top supercomputers.