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Re-assessing the IT Revolution in the Age of AI - Reflections from Richard Slaughter
From IT to AI - how can we re-apprise the IT revolution in the modern era? By James Balzer In a thought-provoking webinar hosted by the...
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1 day ago4 min read


DESIGNING FOR AN AI FUTURE: AVOIDING THE DYSTOPIA II
What Can Designers Learn from Medicine? by Rachel Magaji Image by freepik We may already be slipping into the future our grandparents...
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6 days ago4 min read


Can We Imagine Utopias Anymore?
By Grace Okubo We can quickly call to mind popular dystopian stories today because they dominate contemporary media. But can we say the...
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Jul 24 min read


News Archive 2025–2075: A Chronicle of the Post-Work Transition in the Age of AI
by Wensupu Yang Preface In discussions about AI and the future of work, it’s become common to reassure ourselves that AI is not going to...
APF Community
Jun 244 min read


POLYCRISIS OR POLYPREPARED? WELCOME TO METARUPTIONS
By Roger Spitz In 2023, the Cascade Institute launched its new polycrisis website, which includes the Disruptive Futures Institute as...
APF Community
May 198 min read


From Input to Interbeing
Part 2: Composting What Is, Cultivating What Could Be By amalia deloney This is Part 2 of “From Input to Interbeing.” If you haven’t read...
APF Community
May 95 min read


Seeing the Unseen: Backbones, Resilience, and the Future
by James Balzer In the May Oceania Association of Professional Futurists (APF) webinar, we had the pleasure of hosting Patricia Lustig -...
APF Community
May 94 min read


Foresight for All: Bringing Future Thinking to Informal Communities
By Grace Okubo The call to democratize foresight must expand beyond the boardroom to engage those who are most exposed to uncertainty....
APF Community
May 64 min read


From Input to Interbeing
Part 1: Reframing Public Participation as a Living System By amalia deloney Photo by Tara Winstead: https://www.pexels.com/photo/red-chec...
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Apr 184 min read


The Power of Networks in Foresight: Lessons from Aotearoa New Zealand
by James Balzer Complexity requires diverse participation Foresight isn’t about predicting the future. Rather, it’s about anticipating...
APF Community
Apr 54 min read


A Call to Action: Building a Public Interest Futures Brigade
By amalia deloney In the evolving landscape of societal transformation, the concept of public interest has long ensured that essential...
APF Community
Feb 136 min read


Words of Tomorrow: How Language Shapes Our Vision of the Future
by Elena Krafft Picture generated by AI Anyone who has lived and worked internationally can tell their own stories about how speaking the...
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Feb 104 min read


Emboldening the Pacific: Foresight, Security, and Engaging with a Brave New World
by James Balzer On 5 February 2025, the APF enjoyed hosted a compelling webinar with Brett Peppler as the guest speaker. Brett explored...
APF Community
Feb 93 min read


Metacrisis Futures
By Khai Seng Hong If you are paying attention to the news and the world out there, there is a good chance that you might be feeling...
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Jan 143 min read


Interdisciplinary Futures
As Futures Thinking gains wider recognition and awareness, it is natural for people from other disciplines to become curious about the...
APF Community
Jan 143 min read


Futures as an Antidote to Hopium
by Khai Seng Hong Hope is a key emotion and mood that provides the fuel for people to imagine multiple futures. Hope by Nick Youngson ...
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Jan 143 min read


Echoes of democracy in a tech future
By Cesar Perez In a future where democracy fades before the might of technological progress and corporate dominance, one man's mind...
APF Community
Jan 103 min read


The Future of Auditory Art
THE APOLLO TRILOGY PART 3/3 By Samista Jugwanth “Music is a moral law. It gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the...
APF Community
Jan 105 min read


The Future of Performing Art
THE APOLLO TRILOGY PART 2/3 By Samista Jugwanth At its core, theatre is about storytelling, but it offers more than just tales that we...
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Dec 30, 20244 min read


The Future of Visual Art
THE APOLLO TRILOGY PART 1/3 By Samista Jugwanth Visual art has evolved significantly throughout human history: from early humans using...
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Dec 30, 20244 min read
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