The future of ________
All the ways about how the future can and will be different.
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Are you ready for a world in which facial recognition technologies allow regular people to face search you on the internet?
This scenario is based from our monthly scenario club at the Urgent Optimists. Urgent Optimists is a community that brings “together people who want to feel authentically hopeful about the future, and who are working to create positive transformation in society and in their own lives.” I’m a member of Urgent Optimists, and I think Read more
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Meet your future guide
Can you imagine what your day looks like tomorrow when you get out of bed? How about imagining yourself ten years into the future? Can you imagine yourself as far as 2050? If you’re wondering what 2050 might look like, take this interactive “digital museum” from the future. Open your mind to a world of Read more
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How to make futures thinking a part of your life?
It was quite a different evening for me because I was able to talk to two people about futures thinking. It didn’t even start as a classroom lesson. I only began by sharing what I learned from a course I took at the Urgent Optimists. What is Urgent Optimists? Here’s a blog post where I Read more
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They look like real people
We consume media and allow it to tell us what truth means. But seeing the truth through its lens isn’t as truthful as we hoped. Admit it or not, we Google for almost everything. And in this way, we allow Google to define truth. We have trained ourselves to trust the first result we get from Read more
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Trying out plant-based meat inspired by the Alpha-Gal Crisis, a simulation scenario from the Urgent Optimist
As I played with The Alpha-Gal Crisis, the year 2035, a simulation scenario from the Urgent Optimist, I thought about all the things meat that is a part of my everyday diet. Chicken meat, pork, beef, goat, mollusks, cephalopods, vegetables, and fruits. Hmm… Did I miss anything? Can you account for all the natural foods Read more
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Are you excited about the future of aviation?
Now that borders are easing up, we are starting to look forward going back to our flights and travel. There was even an evening that I felt nostalgic after browsing through the travel photos I had across Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, and Australia. Ever since airfares became more affordable for the masses, all we could ever Read more
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Mobility is attractive
And people get more comfortable getting outside of their homes too. Perhaps it’s the reason why innovators push for sustainable ways of transportation. Yes, like electric vehicles, for example. And it’s impressive to see early adopters (from 15 years ago) talk in this documentary film about how electric vehicles could change the future of transportation. Read more
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