Blogs about Futures

close up of the painting ‘untitled (united states marine hospital)’ by the artist Firelei Báez. blue, white, black, and yellow paint swirl like turgid water over a rendering of the marine hospital, distorted by the …

Or both? Populism is in full force and [mostly] promising a return to the good old days of market capitalism, sans regulations or other pesky interventions. [NOTE: See Polanyi’s Great Transformation, which argues that there …

Book Now Available [limited] & Paperback Launching February 10, 2025. It took over a decade, but perhaps that timing is perfect? There is much concern and plenty of gloom-and-doom about the future. I’m reminded of …

“Beware the dangerous illusion of invincibility!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Futurist Jim Carroll is writing a series, “25 Things I’ve Learned That Will Carry Me Into 2025.” He is putting this together based on his …

by Mete Yazici The ongoing phase of industrial transformation, known as the fourth industrial revolution, aims to merge the physical, digital, and biological domains through extensive digital innovation (Saldanha, 2019). The pervasive incorporation of digital …

We’ve recently returned from Long Now’s Nevada Bristlecone Preserve, a mountain habitat of the world’s oldest living trees. Time feels different up there at 11,000 feet, nestled among these ancient organisms that have borne witness …

I gave a talk on collapse earlier this autumn to the community of futurists that is co-ordinated by DEFRA, the British government’s Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. It was based on an article …

During my graduate studies (’93-97), I looked at the history of prizes in science. I learned that from ~1600-1800, prizes funded science lots, and much more than did grants. But ~1830, science elites controlling top …

Illustration from the July 27, 1889 issue of Scientific American (Novak Archive) On the morning of July 18, 1889, Professor Edward D. Hogan went up in what can only be described for the time as …

Tl;dr: The first progress conference was a huge success. Progress Conference 2025 will happen in October 2025, in Berkeley. More info early next year! We’re hiring an Event Manager to help us make this an …

Photo by Shubham Dhage on Unsplash Scenarios are not the only way in which organisations can get a handle on how the future may evolve, and what they should do about it. In this short …

For the first time, through Teach the Future's advocacy, young voices weren't just present but were genuinely heard and valued at one of the world's premier foresight gatherings. The Dubai Future Forum 2024 made history …

Hook a bar code scanner to a speaker and then make music from bar codes. Playing Music With Barcode ScannersI am leaning into JOMO instead of FOMO. JOMO is the “joy of missing out.” Started …