Futures of American Governance
Here are four scenarios about the futures of American governance.
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VFS Team
- May 17
- 2 min
Me is Everywhere, All at Once
A scenario exploring the evolution and application of virtual alter egos.
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VFS Team
- Mar 22
- 2 min
Practical Foresight: Discuss the Trends
Fortunately, it doesn’t take very long to have a good discussion about the future. In fact, ninety minutes will do just fine.
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Richard Lum
- Nov 27, 2023
- 1 min
Resisting the Machines
We should not be surprised by groups resisting the arrival of powerful machine and automation tools.
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VFS Team
- Nov 14, 2023
- 1 min
Bioprinting a "mini-brain" Neural Network
Researchers from Monash University recently announced an interesting success in using digital fabrication (in this case, 3D bioprinting)...
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VFS Team
- Nov 3, 2023
- 1 min
Making Sense of Crisis and World Order
Big picture discussions on war and the changing world order.
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Lindsay
- Sep 29, 2023
- 1 min
Praise for 4 Steps to the Future
“4 Steps to the Future” by Dr. Richard Lum is a thought-provoking and insightful guide..."
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Richard Lum
- May 12, 2023
- 2 min
Where are You Squeezing to Predict, Where are You Relaxing to See Possibilities?
Sometimes we are trying to predict a specific future thing, and other times we are trying to see more of what is possible.
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Richard Lum
- May 5, 2023
- 2 min
Practices for Everyday Futures Thinking
Two practices to help with everyday foresight.
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Richard Lum
- Mar 3, 2023
- 1 min
Repo in an Autonomous Future
Good foresight requires continuous scanning and emerging issues analysis.
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Richard Lum
- Feb 24, 2023
- 1 min
Rebalancing Your Foresight Portfolio
Is it time to rebalance your team’s view of the future threats and opportunities for your organization?
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Richard Lum
- Sep 23, 2022
- 1 min
Opening the Aperture
To do good foresight work, especially in today’s turbulent context, one of the things we need is more information about the wider world.
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Richard Lum
- Sep 2, 2022
- 1 min
10 Things #4: Automation and Autonomization
Number four on our list of ten things that your upcoming scenarios or forecasts need to account for is machines doing things without us. ...
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Richard Lum
- Aug 19, 2022
- 2 min
Shifting Your Model
Thinking critically about the future is not simply identifying events that are possible. It is also about shifting between the best models.
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Richard Lum
- Jul 22, 2022
- 1 min
10 Things #3: Synthetic Biology
Synthetic biology is an amazing (or terrifying, depending upon your point of view) new field that you need to understand.
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Richard Lum
- Jul 15, 2022
- 2 min
Knowing What Kind of Foresight You Need
Now that so many more of us are becoming familiar with foresight, we have an opportunity to be more discerning about what we need.
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Richard Lum
- Jul 8, 2022
- 1 min
10 Things Your 10-Year Scenarios Need #2: Geopolitical Shifts
Geopolitics, far from being only the concern of national policy makers, can and does dramatically affect all of us
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Richard Lum
- Jul 1, 2022
- 1 min
10 Things You Need to Include in Your 10-Year Forecasts
10 important trends every long-term scenario needs to include.
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Richard Lum
- Jun 27, 2022
- 1 min
Not Challenging Enough
There are a number of very serious, long-run transitions underway that are reshaping our world in fundamental ways. Climate change is...
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Richard Lum
- Jun 14, 2021
- 5 min
Defense Futures: Why All Our Scenarios Should be Disruptive
(note: this article was originally published in 2016) I am often struck by the fact that, from a futures perspective, many of the...
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