Blogs about Futures

photo caption: a section of the sculpture Eagle by Alexander Calder. eagle sits facing the water here in seattle. it’s fun to look at and nice even when the birds are using it as a …

I’m usually not very timely here in terms of commenting on hot-off-the-press type of events, but I’m going to do it today! Canadian futurist Ruben Nelson shared a piece from the Cascade Institute called “Introduction …

Dave Bengston is an environmental futurist and social scientist with the Strategic Foresight Group, Northern Research Station, US Forest Service in St. Paul, MN. He is a Graduate of the UH Professional Certificate in Foresight …

“Motivation is overrated in the face of better insight!” – Futurist Jim Carroll “Are you a motivational speaker?” Hell yes! But not really. That’s the question I always get from new people I meet when …

by Chris Mayer By introducing students to multiple disciplines, a general education curriculum provides students opportunities to acquire the knowledge, skills, and habits of mind necessary for meaningful lives as citizens and members of the …

The point of Children of a Modest Star, the new book by Jonathan Blake and Nils Gilman of the Berggruen Institute, is simple: planetary crises require planetary solutions. But what does it mean to think …

Jon Alexander, who wrote the book Citizens back in 2022, has been on a bit of a quest this year. As a result of the book, he has been around the world talking to citizens—usually …

Some things are said to be good servants but bad masters. Consider applying this warning to culture. Culture is humanity’s superpower; it is what makes humans so much more capable than other animals. When we …

Synanon cult leader Charles Dederich in a screenshot from an undated movie that appears in the new docuseries The Synanon Fix (HBO) I’ve long been interested in utopian societies and the way that cults often …

In one sense, the concept of progress is simple, straightforward, and uncontroversial. In another sense, it contains an entire worldview. The most basic meaning of “progress” is simply advancement along a path, or more generally …

Thomas Tichar at SOIF 2023. A guest post by Thomas Tichar, SOIF 2023 retreat participant and advisor in socio-economic inclusion and foresight in food systems at Wageningen University & Research. A few years ago, a …

On March 1, 2024, World Futures Day, the Singapore Hub launched its Hub and its first Teach the Future event simultaneously by participating in World Futures Day - Young Voices 2024. It is very exciting …

Six years ago I celebrated my 68th birthday by gifting my children 68 bits of advice I wished I had gotten when I was their age. Every birthday after that I added more bits of …