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Jun 117 min read

HOW COMMUNITY GARDENS CAN ADDRESS FOOD, SUSTAINABILITY, AND CONNECTION CHALLENGES

By Grace Okubo Community gardens have become ubiquitous features of urban landscapes. Initially conceived to combat food insecurity, they...

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EATING TOMORROW: PODCAST LETS U.S. SOY START A CONVERSATION ON THE FUTURE OF FOOD

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Jun 116 min read

EATING TOMORROW: PODCAST LETS U.S. SOY START A CONVERSATION ON THE FUTURE OF FOOD

By Jeremy Nulik, Julienne DeVita and Matthew Jensen For as much as we try to move on, piece our lives together and soothe the fears of...

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SAFE SPACES TO CHART COLLECTIVE FUTURES: SHARED FOOD PREPARATION AS A PARTICIPATORY FUTURES METHODOLOGY

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Jun 116 min read

SAFE SPACES TO CHART COLLECTIVE FUTURES: SHARED FOOD PREPARATION AS A PARTICIPATORY FUTURES METHODOLOGY

By Estefania Simon-Sasyk The "bottom-up approach" resonates with the ideals of participatory democracy and community empowerment....

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DEEPER VISIONS OF FOOD FUTURES: HOW TO ESCAPE THE TRAP OF TECHNO-CENTRISM

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Jun 116 min read

DEEPER VISIONS OF FOOD FUTURES: HOW TO ESCAPE THE TRAP OF TECHNO-CENTRISM

By Quinault Childs With the explosion in accessibility of generative AI, one thing we’ve noticed at the Institute for the Future (IFTF)...

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SANKOFA: EMBRACING THE PAST FOR THE FUTURES OF FOOD SECURITY

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Jun 115 min read

SANKOFA: EMBRACING THE PAST FOR THE FUTURES OF FOOD SECURITY

By Fisayo Oyewale As our world grapples with a growing population, economic volatility, and the looming threat of climate change, the...

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THE AMAZONS OF FOOD OR FOOD FOR ALL: EMERGING ISSUES AND SCENARIOS

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Jun 118 min read

THE AMAZONS OF FOOD OR FOOD FOR ALL: EMERGING ISSUES AND SCENARIOS

By Sohail Inayatullah, Ivana Milojevic, and Hafeez Zainal Harnessing science, technology, and innovation (STI) is key to meeting the...

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LEVERAGING FORESIGHT TO ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITY

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Jun 119 min read

LEVERAGING FORESIGHT TO ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITY

By Ben Holt Food fuels everything that humans do. The calories we consume energise our bodies, and eating is deeply connected to culture...

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BREAKING THE BOUNDARIES OF REALITY: THE EMERGENCE OF IMMERSIVE TECHNOLOGIES

Sanjay Rout

Mar 116 min read

BREAKING THE BOUNDARIES OF REALITY: THE EMERGENCE OF IMMERSIVE TECHNOLOGIES

BREAKING THE BOUNDARIES OF REALITY: THE EMERGENCE OF IMMERSIVE TECHNOLOGIES By Prof. (Dr.) Sanjay Rout In thе еvеr-accеlеrating landscapе...

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THE FUTURE OF MOBILITY: A GLIMPSE INTO THE FUTURE

Deidre Samson and Ian Paterson

Mar 711 min read

THE FUTURE OF MOBILITY: A GLIMPSE INTO THE FUTURE

Exploring a vision of mobility for the City of Cape Town in 2050 “The shifts in thinking, shaped by our scenarios, have been widespread...

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Wendy Schultz

Feb 276 min read

COLLAPSE RINGS MANY CHANGES

Source: ChatGPT/Dall-E prompted by Wendy Schultz People often ask why so many catastrophe movies exist, and so few utopian/protopian...

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BOOKS AND MEDIA REVIEW: BRIDGE MAKERS: BECOMING A CITIZEN FUTURIST

Jim Murray

Feb 243 min read

BOOKS AND MEDIA REVIEW: BRIDGE MAKERS: BECOMING A CITIZEN FUTURIST

April Reagan encourages readers to think and act like a futurist in her new book, Bridge Makers: Becoming a Citizen Futurist. It serves...

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Dr. Monica Mastrantonio

Feb 237 min read

COLLAPSE: TO FALL TOGETHER

Collapse comes from the Latin verb "collabi," which means "to fall together." The prefix "col" is the root for "together," and "labi" is...

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Sylvia Gallusser

Feb 237 min read

WISDOM OF CODE: A FICTION

Source: MidJourney The day we buckled our seat belts in the helicopter is the date humanity 2.0 was set in motion. Six of us, crammed...

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USING SCIENCE FICTION AS A TOOL FOR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ORGANIZATIONS TO IMAGINE THE FUTURE OF WAR

Elina Hiltunen

Feb 199 min read

USING SCIENCE FICTION AS A TOOL FOR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ORGANIZATIONS TO IMAGINE THE FUTURE OF WAR

Image: Leonardo.ai "Go see the Harry Potter films; they'll give you some good ideas for product development," the head of an...

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Richard Hames

Feb 196 min read

THE CROSSROADS OF FATE AND DESIRE

We have reached a crossroads in human evolution. A juncture that goes to the heart of whether we are just another species on the path to...

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FIVE KEY PRINCIPLES FOR CRAFTING ENGAGING AND EFFECTIVE FORECASTS

Mark Frauenfelder

Feb 195 min read

FIVE KEY PRINCIPLES FOR CRAFTING ENGAGING AND EFFECTIVE FORECASTS

Image by Mark Frauenfelder using Midjourney Computer scientist Alan Kay is often credited for saying, “The best way to predict the future...

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Jan 94 min read

Overcoming Facilitation Dilemmas in Foresight

Facilitation is a greatly underappreciated skill. And rightly so. When done right, facilitation should go unseen – an invisible force...

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Jan 97 min read

Adjacency Theory: The Science of the Twigs, Discovering the Forgotten, and the Omens of the Present

Nuance is our birthright. If speculative futures paint a picture of the future using our senses, Adjacency Theory is an inward journey...

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Jan 97 min read

Techistentialism: Could Superstupidity be as Dangerous as Superintelligence?

In 2017, we named our strategic foresight practice Techistential,[1] a play on “technology” and “existential.” Today, humanity faces...

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Dec 31, 20235 min read

Foresight in Action – A Personal Story

This story starts with futurist Patricia Lustig and me thinking about existential threats, while we were discussing our next book...

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