We are caught up in prutures—iterations of the present dressed up to look like progress. They’re infused with just enough novelty to convince us that we’re moving forward, yet they don’t truly challenge us. And as comfortable as they may be, prutures are holding us back.
Metaphors are like keys that unlock hidden doors in the mansion of the mind (a metaphor to explain metaphor, oh dear). Behind each door lies a room full of potential, complex ideas, abstract emotions, and unspoken truths.
This piece explores how the resilience and adaptability of dandelions illustrate the benefits of Futures Work in business, promoting innovative strategies and embracing disruptions for growth.
To think is to forget a difference, to generalize, to abstract.(Jorge Luis Borges) This quote is from the short story "Funes el Memorioso", dating back to 1944,about a young man named Ireneo Funes who, after an accident, gains the ability to remember everything in vivid detail,
The world needs futures. In a world teeming with complexities and uncertainties, the profound words of Spanish poet Suso Sudón resonate with an unexpected clarity: "El mundo ni siquiera necesita poetas, el mundo necesita poesía." (The world doesn't even need poets; the world needs poetry.) This
Futures Work is still considered somewhat esoteric since it deals with the yet-to-come, the unknowable. In a world that deals usually in facts or fiction, and right or wrong, futures are all probability and possibility. I can relate to that. I am an engineer by training. In my formative years,
The Future is Female. Every time and in every context this sentence irritates me. The Future is Female. I perfectly understand the symbolic value of this phrase, as a metaphor for female empowerment. However, describing the future as inherently female overlooks the broader concept of futures being a space of
Proposition of a guiding principle for an in-between world. Welcome to the hamster wheel Humanity faced scarcity over centuries of their history. Therefore modern, and also partly postmodern values and guiding principles were based on this environment. It was deemed progress to have more.
In a world where polarity, tension, stress, and pressure are often seen as negative, can they be reimagined as the drivers of innovation, growth, and progress? Explore how embracing these opposing forces can lead to transformative change and sustainable solutions in our societies and organizations.
"Philosophy-gyms, likened to an ecosystem with mycelium, tackle the metacrisis by embracing diverse philosophies. Through daily practice, they foster cooperation, adaptation, and continuous improvement in philosophical approaches."
Philosophy navigates truth amidst blurred lines of fact and fiction, crucial in an uncertain future. Technology reshapes our fluid present, highlighting the quest for truth's importance in fostering trust. Embracing the unknown, we design futures with curiosity, courage, and open minds.
It is an Iron Man. I was thinking recently a lot about the skill sets we need, to proceed from this point. My core belief is, that thinking is here our superpower. What I talk about when talking about thinking, is thinking in the full holistic way. Both our, admittedly