9 days ago
philgyford : Foundation for the Future - "Was established with the mission to increase and diffuse knowledge concerning the long-term future of humanity." Less long-term than Long Now is, but perhaps more focused?
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2 month ago
philgyford : Houston Futures Home - Houston Futures - A new unofficial student / staff / alumni-generated wiki about the Future Studies course I did in Houston.
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2 month ago
philgyford : Drivers of Change - A thing from Arup that would be directly up the street of me eight years ago. And maybe sometime in the future. (via City of Sound)
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2 month ago
Andy Baio : Kevin Kelly and Brian Eno predict unthinkable futures from 1993 - "it costs half a day's pay to drive your car into the downtown area of a big city"
philgyford : Conceptual Trends and Current Topics - Unthinkable Futures - I like this kind of "thinking the unthinkable" as a way to come up with new ideas about what the future could be. So easy to get stuck thinking about the most likely outcomes otherwise.
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Linkorama : ROOT and CBOT = Lead Futures - Very interesting, what if this exchange had ten times the liquidity of Google AdSense, do you think they would seek an investment, or stay in the position of market maker for the spot market?
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29 month ago
philgyford : Has Futurism Failed? - Good long summary of the history of futurism (not the art movement) and the state of the industry now. (via Blackbeltjones)
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35 month ago
philgyford : Fads are so yesterday - Los Angeles Times - On how "coolhunters" are doing. I find the whole trend-spotting-in-order-to-sell-more-stuff thing pretty sickening. (via Boing Boing)
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35 month ago
philgyford : Wired News: The Future Needs Futurists - On the need for professionalising futurism. (via Annie)
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39 month ago
philgyford : The Speculist - Future-oriented weblog I hadn't come across before.
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