Stewart Brand on Finding Where the Future is Being Made | Drew Breunig

If you want to know where the future is being made, look for where language is being invented and lawyers are congregating.

Aug 22, 2024 THE FUTURE STEWART BRAND NEGOTIATION Stewart Brand on Finding Where the Future is Being Made For at least a decade, I’ve frequently cited the quote: If you want to know where the future is being made, look for where language is being invented and lawyers are congregating. I’ve always attributed this quote to Stewart Brand. I think it’s brilliant. At once it provides a practical heuristic for finding areas of innovation –- both those unknown to you and ones you’re currently swimming within – and identifies the common quality they all share: active negotiation . When I studied cultu

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