This bimonthly newsletter offers concise forward-looking insights into topics we believe are important for the future. It includes information confirming trends (“strong signals”), “weak signals” heralding possible changes, disruptive developments worth considering (“What if…”), interesting debates about the future, and a selection of recent publications that we consider particularly insightful. This newsletter does not claim to be exhaustive. The topics covered may be explored in greater depth in other Futuribles publications.
Contributors to this newsletter:
François Bourse, Cécile Désaunay and Quentin Bisalli.
CONTENT
Strong signals (confirmation of trends)
- Addictions among young people: the great shift in risks
- From “always connected” to selective disconnection: young adults facing digital fatigue
- One in eight Americans is on anti-obesity medication: what are the consequences?
- Towards hyper-personalised consumption thanks to agent-based Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- “Sitting is the new smoking” what recent data reveals about our “sedentary lifestyle”
- Robots here, workers elsewhere: toward a global market for remote physical labour (“telemigration”)?
Strong Signals (Confirmation of Trends)
Addictions among young people: the great shift in risks
Published in autumn 2025, the results of the latest ESPAD survey (European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs) show that substance use among young people in Europe is ch
