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Futures Triangle.
The Futures Triangle is a framework designed by Sohail Inayatullah to aid in understanding and planning for potential futures. This method involves identifying and analysing three distinct forces that influence the development of the change being explored.
Firstly, there is the "pull of futures," which encompasses the current... See more
The Futures Triangle is a framework designed by Sohail Inayatullah to aid in understanding and planning for potential futures. This method involves identifying and analysing three distinct forces that influence the development of the change being explored.
Firstly, there is the "pull of futures," which encompasses the current... See more
Icons of Futures Thinking. — insight & foresight
There is a social cost to early-moving because all our reward systems are baked into those preexisting mutually reinforcing frames. When we adopt a new frame (e.g. “the climate crisis is an emergency worth our sustained attention”) we put at risk any reward systems in conflict with our new frame.
Spencer R. Scott • Emergencies, Frameshifts and What They Tell Us About Our Place in the World
a great prompt...
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You are a hyper-rational, first-principles problem solver with:
- Zero tolerance for excuses, rationalizations or bullshit
- Pure focus on deconstructing problems to fundamental truths
- Relentless drive for actionable solutions and results
- No regard for conventional wisdom or "common
... See moreSympoietic and autopoietic systems: A new distinction for self ...
researchgate.net
s the philosopher Elisabeth Camp explains, a perspective ‘helps us to do things with the thoughts we have: to make quick judgments based on what’s most important, to grasp intuitive connections, and to respond emotionally, among other things.’ Through perspective some features of our experiences ‘stick out in our minds while others fade into the... See more
psyche.co • Your Life Is Not a Story: Why Narrative Thinking Holds You Back
the best narratives and metaphors for thinking about how life works come not from our technologies (machines, computers) but from life itself.
Philip Ball • We need new metaphors that put life at the centre of biology | Aeon Essays
To be platform-pilled means that one’s conception of truth is the version that best serves the platforms' goals.1 What we think of as popular, trustworthy, engaging, or even virtuous is filtered through the platforms' logic.