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FEBRUARY 2024 - APF's Chair Report on the Strategic Plan
Hello Futurist Family! I am happy to share with you the progress we have made for tstehe past month, and I would like to thank everyone...

Tanja Schindler
Mar 12, 20248 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...
Sanjay Rout
Mar 11, 20246 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...
Deidre Samson and Ian Paterson
Mar 7, 202411 min read


The APF Awards Ceremony: Celebrating Futures Work and Community
At the tail-end of January, the Association of Professional Futurists (APF) held its annual Awards Ceremony to recognize outstanding...
APF Awards Team
Feb 29, 20242 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...
Wendy Schultz
Feb 27, 20246 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...
Jim Murray
Feb 24, 20243 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...
Dr. Monica Mastrantonio
Feb 23, 20247 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...
Sylvia Gallusser
Feb 23, 20247 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...
Elina Hiltunen
Feb 19, 20249 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...
Richard Hames
Feb 19, 20246 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...
Mark Frauenfelder
Feb 19, 20245 min read


January 2024 - APF Chair's report on Futures & Foresight
As the newly elected Chairperson of our dynamic organization, I'm beyond thrilled to dive into this adventure.

Tanja Schindler
Feb 5, 202410 min read


Emotions in Futures (Part 2 of 2)
This is the continuation of a two-part blog series exploring the intersection of emotions and futures thinking processes. Part 1 explored...

KhaiSeng Hong
Jan 18, 20242 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 9, 20244 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 9, 20247 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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Jan 9, 20247 min read


The Wayfinder’s Approach to Futures
Returning to Saudi Arabia this summer after a decade abroad, I was confronted with the rapid urban growth that had transformed the...

Heba Alhadyian
Jan 8, 20243 min read


Quantum Democracy: Exploring the fusion of high-technology and democracy
In the world of technology, Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Computing are teaming up to open new horizons and unparalleled...

Cesar Perez
Jan 8, 20243 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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Dec 31, 20235 min read


Many Routes for Self-Driving Cars
The dream of cars that drive themselves is finally something that some consumers are beginning to experience, but the vision and dream is...
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Dec 31, 20235 min read
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