Send us a text What if luck isn’t random — but designed? In this episode of FUTUREPROOF., we sit down with Judd Kessler, Wharton economist and author of Lucky by Design, to explore how hidden markets quietly decide who gets what — from job interviews and college spots to concert tickets, dating matches, and even organ transplants. Kessler argues that what looks like “good fortune” is often the result of understanding — and leveraging — the invisible systems that govern access to opportunity. ...
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Send us a text What if luck isn’t random — but designed? In this episode of FUTUREPROOF., we sit down with Judd Kessler, Wharton economist and author of Lucky by Design, to explore how hidden markets quietly decide who gets what — from job interviews and college spots to concert tickets, dating matches, and even organ transplants. Kessler argues that what looks like “good fortune” is often the result of understanding — and leveraging — the invisible systems that govern access to opportunity. ...
Why Our Biggest Future Assumptions Are Probably Wrong (ft. author Nick Foster)
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Why Our Biggest Future Assumptions Are Probably Wrong (ft. author Nick Foster)
Send us a text Guest: Nick Foster, futures designer, former Head of Design at Google X, and author of Could Should Might Don’t Episode Summary: Everyone’s talking about the future, but few are thinking about it well. Nick Foster, one of the world’s most influential futures designers and former Head of Design at Google X, argues that our imagination about what’s next is often shallow, clichéd, and dangerously incomplete. In his book Could Should Might Don’t, Foster introduces a powerful frame...
FUTUREPROOF.
Send us a text What if luck isn’t random — but designed? In this episode of FUTUREPROOF., we sit down with Judd Kessler, Wharton economist and author of Lucky by Design, to explore how hidden markets quietly decide who gets what — from job interviews and college spots to concert tickets, dating matches, and even organ transplants. Kessler argues that what looks like “good fortune” is often the result of understanding — and leveraging — the invisible systems that govern access to opportunity. ...
