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Playing the Future

A little-known board game of forecasting and the futures that might have been.

May 1, 2023

Playing the Future

May 1, 2023

Transformers: Robot Writers in Disguise

Developers are in experimental mode with GPT-3, a powerful new AI language model, but there’ll soon be a time when one of its successors…

Aug 5, 2022

Transformers: Robot Writers in Disguise

Aug 5, 2022

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Practical Futuring

The Perils of Prediction

There is a downside to too much certainty.

Nov 23, 2021

Nov 23, 2021

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Practical Futuring

The Time to Talk About the Future is Before You Need It

Pre-hearsing the future includes getting comfortable with new words

Nov 23, 2021

The Time to Talk About the Future is Before You Need It

Nov 23, 2021

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Practical Futuring

Making Space for Futures

Creating a physical terrain of anticipation

Feb 25, 2021

Making Space for Futures

Feb 25, 2021

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Practical Futuring

Calibrating the Future

Designing Purpose Into Provocations

Aug 11, 2020

Calibrating the Future

Aug 11, 2020

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Practical Futuring

Managing Abyss Gaze In a Time of Difficult Futures

Listening for signals when the news is dark

Jun 1, 2020

Managing Abyss Gaze In a Time of Difficult Futures

Jun 1, 2020

In Devs, Silicon Valley Gets Its Own Well-Deserved Folk Horror

Science and supernatural collide in technological idyll

May 12, 2020

In Devs, Silicon Valley Gets Its Own Well-Deserved Folk Horror

May 12, 2020

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Practical Futuring

Mapping Impacts and Implications

A simple tool for sketching possible futures — in a crisis.

Mar 15, 2020

Mapping Impacts and Implications

Mar 15, 2020

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Phase Change

Sailing the Seas of Superdensity

Thoughts on making a collaborative map of uncertainty

Mar 12, 2020

Sailing the Seas of Superdensity

Mar 12, 2020

Scott Smith

Scott Smith

Futures, uncertainty, risk. Author “How to Future: Leading and Sense-making in an Age of Hyperchange” http://changeist.com

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