The Nature of the Future

decisions based on their representations.

the ethos of the commons is undermined when the commons are traded as commodities, which occurs when these platforms go public or are sold,

This powerful combination gives us hope for not only making better decisions today but also fulfilling what is, according to Jonas Salk, the discoverer of penicillin, our greatest responsibility: to be “good ancestors,” people who maximize not only our individual well-being but also the well-being of a larger community today and of future generatio

To construct a perfect scenario would require having answers to all the uncertainties—and if we had those answers, we wouldn’t need to create scenarios!

Thus we can enter into a new partnership with smart machines that amplifies our ability to deal with complexity and enhances the quality of our decisions.

Hybrid Wisdom)

At its best, socialstructing is about humanizing our lives, allowing us to be fully human rather than organizational men and women.

almost nothing makes us happier than good, hard work that we choose for ourselves.”11

We are not passive bystanders in the unfolding of the future; we have some responsibility for and agency in shaping the kind of future we want to live in.