Negotiate Anything What No One Tells You About the Future (AI, Uncertainty & Staying Grounded)
Feb 4, 2026
Jared Weiner, futurist and co-founder of The Future Hunters, and Erica Orange, futurist, author and co-founder of The Future Hunters, discuss why uncertainty fuels anxiety. They explore AI’s upside versus workforce disruption. They explain the pilot vs passenger mindset, how to mix data with human judgment, and practical ways families and leaders talk about change.
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Blend Data With Human Judgment
- Combine human judgment with data instead of relying on one alone.
- Jared Weiner advises leaders to integrate empathy and analytics for sustainable decisions.
Pilot Versus Passenger Mindset
- Use 'pilot vs passenger' to separate macro uncertainty from micro control.
- Jared Weiner says accept being a passenger on big trends while piloting your personal and organizational choices.
Rejected For Not Using Only Data
- Erica shared receiving terrible feedback at a business school for not being purely data-driven.
- She used the experience to argue that future thinking needs nuance beyond statistics.
