Some history today … for those of who haven’t clicked away yet, thanks 😊 Good futures work is all about …
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A Participatory Economy
Robin Hahnel provides us with a wonderful and useful handbook on the Participatory Economy that “demonstrates concretely …
Ten Books for Prospective Futurists, Updated
It’s time to update my list of ten books that a prospective futurist should read. The principle is the individual is …
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Change: Confusing movement with progress
[we are guilty of] confusing rapid movement with meaningful progress. Oh my … having truer words been spoken? We have …
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Investing that aligns with the emerging future
As a teacher in the Houston Foresight program, I hope to see students apply what they learn on whatever journey they …
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Visions of the future over time
Back in 1995, influential economist Robert Heilbroner was given the opportunity to look at the role of visions in …
Scenario Based Strategy
I am still hunting for strategy books that team up with – or at least consider – foresight. I reviewed Thinking in Bets …
I bet you can be a better futurist
A bet is a decision about an uncertain future. Perhaps we futurists could learn something from those who make a living …
10 Reflections on the Future of Foresight
At the Knowledge Base of Futures Studies 2020 launch last week, I reflected on some things I learned about the Foresight …
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Knowledge Base of Futures Studies 2020 launches
About a year-and-a-half ago, I shared my excitement about being asked to join Richard Slaughter and co-edit the …
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Knowledge Base of Futures Studies 2020
I am excited to share that I accepted Richard Slaughter’s offer to be the Associate Editor of the next update of the …
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The boiling frog future….to 2052?
I finally got around to 2052: A Global Forecast for the Next Forty Years by Jorgen Randers. Randers has been part of the …
A healthy fear of superintelligence
Homo Deus explored the possibility of a new human species emerging. If that wasn’t enough to persuade you that we need …
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Abundance: Tech to the Rescue
The title says it all: Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think. If you’re a true believer in technology …
State of the Future, 19th edition
Jerry Glenn asked me to alert the APF that the Millennium Project’s new State of the Future report is out. I confess …
Balanced View of Emerging AI & Automation
One the one hand, “we are at an inflection point—the early stages of a shift as profound as that brought on by the …
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Thinking about the Future in the UAE
I am very pleased to announce that I’ve reach an agreement with the Future Foresight Foundation to translate the 2nd …
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The Next Book: What’s After Capitalism?
After five or so years of keeping one eye on concepts for what might follow capitalism, it's time! The topic is so super …
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Revisiting the End of Work
I published an “End of Work as We Know It” piece back in 2015 for the Career Planning and Adult Development Journal. A …
Four Futures After Capitalism
An interesting set of scenarios “after capitalism” from “Four Futures: Life After Capitalism.” The two key …
Money money money & capitalism
Framework Foresight and other foresight methods suggest that any exploration into the future be accompanied by a look …
Geeking out on Three Horizons
Just finished Bill Sharpe’s Three Horizons: The Patterning of Hope, 2013. I often refer to a slide below as my “desert …
Postcapitalism: It isn’t just the economy
I’m grateful to Andrew Curry for the recommendation for Paul Mason's Postcapitalism: A Guide to Our Future. My journey …
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Whiplash: A Tale of [One of] Two Worlds
As a consumer of future visions, one is typically offered one of two main dishes: the super-fast, blurry, world of …
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Your story and your work
How does your life story fit with your work? That question stuck with me after reading Bob Johansen’s “Get There Early.” …
Foundations of plenty challenged
Continuing on the next economy theme this week with The Birth of Plenty: How the Prosperity of the Modern World was …
Foresight classics: 20/20 foresight characterizes uncertainty
Not surprisingly, we discussed uncertainty during Futures Research class this semester. Hugh Courtney’s 20/20 Foresight: …
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Luck, practice, and the futurist
Success in the future is directly related informed preparation and hard work, right? And the futurists who succeed got …
Translation and Transformation
I previously wrote [rather briefly] about letting go, translating, and transforming as three major roles of futurists. …
Future of income inequality via Picketty
Every now and then, perhaps more than I care to admit, I defer reading a book that attains some degree of popular …
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