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Mike Bechtel

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Accidental Ikigai

or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Work

Jan 2, 2018

Accidental Ikigai

Jan 2, 2018

Honoring my mother Mary Jo Bechtel on the eve of her passing

Aug 19, 2023

Honoring my mother Mary Jo Bechtel on the eve of her passing

Aug 19, 2023

In memory of my dad, Ed Bechtel.

Jun 17, 2023

In memory of my dad, Ed Bechtel.

Jun 17, 2023

F-Words

On balancing family, fatigue, and fulfillment

May 20, 2023

F-Words

May 20, 2023

Communication Breakdown

My dad used to call the little icons on his ’88 Ford Escort’s dashboard “idiot lights”. Why? Because they substituted the nuance and…

Aug 14, 2021

Communication Breakdown

Aug 14, 2021

Laddering Up

On humility and perspective in politics

Nov 8, 2020

Laddering Up

Nov 8, 2020

The Starving Futurist

In 1997, I lived in a basement flat in Bayswater, West London, England. Broke as a joke, I spent what little walking-around-money I had on…

Jul 10, 2020

The Starving Futurist

Jul 10, 2020

Hamiltonian Apologetics

In defense of the greatest American artwork of the 21st century

Jul 4, 2020

Hamiltonian Apologetics

Jul 4, 2020

My Daughter, the Digital Detective

Field Notes from the Future, Vol. II

May 14, 2020

My Daughter, the Digital Detective

May 14, 2020

Unnerved

Putting a name to something that’s always been a part of me

May 1, 2020

Unnerved

May 1, 2020

Mike Bechtel

Mike Bechtel

I’m an inventor, investor, professor, and futurist. I try to make sense of “all things newfangled”. Medium writings and opinions my own.

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