Collective Future 2025: Driving Massachusetts Forward
Collective Future reflects a simple belief: that Boston’s next century of breakthroughs will depend less on any single idea and more on our ability to communicate and develop them together.
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The Collective Future Library: Book Recs from Boston’s Brightest
From presidential biographies to cyberpunk classics, from the history of the microchip to the art of hospitality, each book on this list was handpicked by one of New England’s foremost decisionmakers.
When Chat Replaces Search: The Economics of AI-Mediated Information
When answers replace clicks, publishers, brands, and platforms face a new incentive structure.
The Rise of Reverse Acquihires
How Big Tech is gutting AI startups without actually buying them.
Speaking Out of Turn
On the social cost of thinking out loud.
If AGI Is Coming, Why Invest in Anything?
If you believe AGI is close, how do you justify backing a startup with a 5–10 year horizon? It’s a fair challenge, and one that deserves a better answer than: “We believe in founders.”