Futures Thinking
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Are you ready for a world where “zero waste” is the new normal?
At Urgent Optimists, we look back from ten years into the future (2033) and remember what it’s like to live in an imagined world of a “zero waste” future that’s likely to happen based on signals of change. Here’s an example. And for this future scenario, we imagine a world where throwing your garbage is Read more
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Letter no. 33
Dear reader from the future, We are now at an “inflection point,” according to Arati Prabhakar, director of the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy. By that, she meant, “All of history shows that these kinds of powerful new technologies can and will be used for good and for ill.” I live in Read more
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Short audio ang gaining trust
If you’ve had enough of quick messages that doesn’t often require deep thinking (because you can unsend it anyway), you might like to explore sending short audio messages. And what’s fascinating about them is that they can actually hear what you mean. With transactions that can be easily exchanged online, it becomes difficult to trust Read more
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Letter no. 32
Dear reader from the future, The distress we all experienced from government-imposed lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic really feels far gone now. We are all living our lives forward, with masks on during some occasions, and less anxious when somebody sneezes or coughs publicly. Although I’m starting to miss the times when we do things Read more
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Food pill for the poor
What if, by just taking a pill, you’ll never go hungry again for the next few days? This question was raised by a lawmaker in the Philippines during the confirmation hearing of the Department of Science and Technology Secretary Renato Solidum Jr. When I first heard it, I found the idea attractive because it seemed Read more
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