PinnedScott SmithPlaying the FutureA little-known board game of forecasting and the futures that might have been.22 min read·May 1, 2023--2--2
Scott SmithTransformers: Robot Writers in DisguiseDevelopers 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…6 min read·Aug 5, 2022----
Scott SmithinPractical FuturingThe Perils of PredictionThere is a downside to too much certainty.4 min read·Nov 23, 2021----
Scott SmithinPractical FuturingThe Time to Talk About the Future is Before You Need ItPre-hearsing the future includes getting comfortable with new words4 min read·Nov 23, 2021----
Scott SmithinPractical FuturingMaking Space for FuturesCreating a physical terrain of anticipation7 min read·Feb 25, 2021--2--2
Scott SmithinPractical FuturingCalibrating the FutureDesigning Purpose Into Provocations6 min read·Aug 11, 2020----
Scott SmithinPractical FuturingManaging Abyss Gaze In a Time of Difficult FuturesListening for signals when the news is dark8 min read·Jun 1, 2020--1--1
Scott SmithIn Devs, Silicon Valley Gets Its Own Well-Deserved Folk HorrorScience and supernatural collide in technological idyll13 min read·May 12, 2020----
Scott SmithinPractical FuturingMapping Impacts and ImplicationsA simple tool for sketching possible futures — in a crisis.5 min read·Mar 15, 2020--2--2
Scott SmithinPhase ChangeSailing the Seas of SuperdensityThoughts on making a collaborative map of uncertainty6 min read·Mar 12, 2020----