Jake's research examines the accelerating transformations of individuals, culture, and governance. In particular, he explores societies are adapting to the Neurocentric age, a time of unprecedented ability to view and modify the mind.  Recently, he has written and lectured on comprehensive cognitive design, judicial foresight, kids' technologies, neuroscience and the ocean, alternative energy futures, social media, and the future of work. Jake also designs artifacts, games, immersive experiences of future worlds, and produces guerilla public engagement projects that inject the future into the mental ecology of the present.

Being a Futurist has always been Jake's destiny. His birthday is October 26--the day Marty McFly time-travels in Back to the Future. Jake received his Ph.D. at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa, where he studied neuropolitics, governance design, alternative futures, and communication of foresight. He received an M.A. from Temple University, and a B.A. from Auburn University, both in Visual Anthropology. He is currently an adjunct professor at the California College of Arts' MBA Design Strategy Program, where he teaches Strategic Foresight and Tactical Media. 

• Future of Persuasion
• Health Horizons
• HH2010 Internal Research
• IFTF Staff Posts
• Technology Horizons
• Ten-Year Forecast