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Dr Mark van Rijmenam, CSP

Dr Mark van Rijmenam, CSP

Dr. Mark van Rijmenam, CSP, is a world-leading strategic futurist and award-winning global keynote speaker who helps Fortune 500 leadership teams navigate AI and emerging technologies. Recognized by Salesforce as one of 16 global voices shaping the future of AI, he holds a PhD from University of Technology Sydney and is the author of six books on emerging technology and judgment in the AI era, including his latest book: Now What? How to Ride the Tsunami of Change. He is the founder of Futurwise and the developer of the Intelligence Age Scorecard that helps individuals and organizations understand how prepared they are for the future.

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 six 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.

Larry Fink’s Blockchain Dream: Revolution or Cyber Nightmare?

Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock, predicts a financial revolution through “tokenization,” making assets like stocks and real estate tradable instantly on blockchain, thereby unlocking trillions of dollars in liquidity.

Europe’s AI Gamble: Gigafactories or Bust?

If Europe’s new AI plan doesn’t work, it won’t just lose to the U.S. and China, it risks becoming the museum continent of the digital age.

The Thinking Machine: When AI Gets Its Own Bureaucracy

If your AI has a better filing system than your CFO, it’s time to ask who’s really running the company, and whether the AI is about to schedule your replacement.

AI Experts Say Trust Us—The Public Says: ‘No Thanks.’

AI optimism is soaring, if you’re an expert. But for most people, it still feels like Silicon Valley is pushing autopilot on a plane no one asked to board.

Glitch in the Gallery: When AI Becomes Your Studio Assistant

If your next art show features a Baroque oil painting co-created by an evil AI speaking in invented glyphs… is that still your style, or your machine’s?

Objection, Your Honor: That Lawyer Doesn’t Exist

An AI just tried to argue a legal case in New York, and it wasn’t the judge who objected first, it was reality.

AI’s Billion-Dollar Surge Hides a Bigger Problem

AI isn’t taking your job, yet. But it is taking your lunch, your budget, and maybe your economic edge. And the 2025 Stanford AI Index just told us how.

From Scarcity to Abundance: How Tech Is Rewiring Reality

Change is not a threat but the engine of progress. In a world where technologies like AI, robotics, blockchain, and quantum computing converge, we face unprecedented opportunities. A digital renaissance is underway, reimagining industries and redefining human experience.

Watt’s Up: Clean Power Quietly Takes the Lead

While everyone was arguing about AI, elections, and trade wars, renewables quietly took over nearly a third of global electricity. Guess who didn’t notice?