Foresight as Activism: Researching vs. Making Culture
Faced with climate change and other interconnected existential crises in the twenty-first century, it is quickly becoming a cliché to say that there is a strong need to “imagine better futures.” But such a statement hides many questions and challenges. Who gets to imagine these futures? Who feels safe and supported enough, economically, politically... See more
Rahel Aima • Imagination Infrastructuring for Real and Virtual Worlds
... See moreMost critically, these roles tend to be self-reinforcing. Organizations using fear-based future narratives often develop risk-averse cultures that further reinforce defensive positioning. Conversely, organizations with aspirational future narratives tend to attract optimistic, innovation-minded talent that strengthens their future-positive culture.
Patrick Tanguay (Sentiers) • 📡 No.338 — Is AI Progress Slowing Down? ⊗ Future Orientation ⊗ the Power of Critical Sensemaking
Often, hope works best alongside tools for proactively tackling future challenges. If our work becomes a catalysing force for people to imagine things they would not have been able to imagine otherwise and act upon that imagination, then that’s powerful, and for me, this is a slow form of critical activism.
Medium • Calling for a More-Than-Human Politics
Many of us have clear visions of what kind of world we don’t want to live in, but are struggling to imagine the kind of world we would live in - let alone how to build that world. We need new narratives to illuminate what’s broken in our society and hands-on solutions for a more sustainable, equal and resilient world.
Marjolein Pijnappels • Designing the Future Using Science Fiction
