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Students help predict the future

None of us know what the future holds. Frank Romano teaches a class in print media trends, and he asked his students to look into their crystal balls. Here's what they thought the future might hold.

Friday, May 07, 2010

Every year I have my online Trends course develop future scenarios in order to sensitize them to making predictions.

Here are some of the more interesting predictions they came up with. My comments are in brackets.

Human beings will not be needed to run Wall Street. Automatic machines or robots will run the business. This will not eliminate future recessions, but it will save millions of dollars around the world. [Will robots get million dollar bonuses?]


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About Frank Romano

Frank Romano has spent over 60 years in the printing and publishing industries. Many know him best as the editor of the International Paper Pocket Pal or from the hundreds of articles he has written for publications from North America and Europe to the Middle East to Asia and Australia. Romano lectures extensively, having addressed virtually every club, association, group, and professional organization at one time or another. He is one of the industry's foremost keynote speakers. He continues to teach courses at RIT and other universities and works with students on unique research projects.

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