Living in the Future Tense

After taking one year off to teach “Forums for a Future” as a university 
honors course, I have resumed the series. The continuation applies the 
concepts developed in the first 16 episodes to an open-end list of contemporary social 
issues. As a way to get started, I created a three-part “Review and Transition”  
(Podcasts 17-19) to provide a brief summary and introduction for those new to the series. 
Podcast #34 marks the beginning of a new series (Part VIII) on "Living in the Future Tense."

Today’s podcast (#38) concerns our inability to speak the truth about our $14 trillion 
national debt. The national debt as a percentage of GDP has historically risen during times 
of war and depression while being offset by increases in the highest marginal tax rate. 
Since 1981 the relative debt has increased due to internal policy decisions, rather than 
external events as before, while the highest marginal tax rate has been reduced.

38 - Speaking the Truth and the National Debt

After taking one year off to teach “Forums for a Future” as a university 
honors course, I have resumed the series. The continuation applies the 
concepts developed in the first 16 episodes to an open-end list of contemporary social 
issues. As a way to get started, I created a three-part “Review and Transition”  
(Podcasts 17-19) to provide a brief summary and introduction for those new to the series. 
Podcast #34 marks the beginning of a new series (Part VIII) on "Living in the Future Tense."

Today’s podcast is part of a three part series on the world summit negotiations to combat 
climate change. Part 1 in this series, Podcast 35, explains why the proposals of both the 
US and China at Copenhagen and Cancun were self-serving and why neither could expect the 
other to agree with them. Part 2 in the series, Podcast 36 provides a rationale for an 
alternative world standard that is equally fair to both countries. And, Part 3 in the series, 
Podcast 37, explains why neither the US nor China have been able politically to reach an 
agreement, and it will provide a means for achieving mutual cooperation.

37 - Part VIII D: Climate Change Summit, Part 3

36 - Part VIII C: Climate Change Summit, Part 2

35 - Part VIII B: Climate Change Summit, Part 1

After taking one year off to teach “Forums for a Future” as a university 
honors course, I have resumed the series. The continuation applies the 
concepts developed in the first 16 episodes to an open-end list of contemporary social 
issues. As a way to get started, I created a three-part “Review and Transition”  
(Podcasts 17-19) to provide a brief summary and introduction for those new to the series. 
Podcast #34 marks the beginning of a new series (Part VIII) on "Living in the Future Tense."

Today’s episode, Podcast # 34, is the first in the series on: Living in the Future Tense.
This series will look at specific examples of exponential changes that are taking life in the
Post-Modern Era to the limit. These will be the defining moments for taking America forward 
(not back). The key concept in today’s podcast is to understand that today is tomorrow: the
choices we make to day will be our own future.

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