Blogs about Futures

photo caption: a row of antique pinball machines at the Seattle Pinball Museum. these are all from the early 20th century. while many are still in playable condition, they’re all quite old. i had to …

I’ve been horizon scanning for After Capitalism for more than a decade now, albeit a bit sporadic in some years. The book is in the hands of the publisher but I continue to scan and …

Guest Contributor Vinny Tafuro, Futurist & Economist Vinny is a founder of the Institute for Economic Evolution. A polymath and curious by nature, he is a pioneering advocate for the twenty-first-century economy that is disrupting …

“If you can’t dream big, why bother dreaming at all?” – Futurist Jim Carroll Out on the fringe of exploration are a lot of ‘crazy‘ ideas – that is until they aren’t so crazy anymore! …

by Epaminondas Christophilopoulos The exploration of the future, a tradition as ancient as humanity itself, has evolved from oracular predictions to sophisticated, data-driven forecasts, reflecting a deep-rooted concern for what lies ahead. The 20th century’s …

One evening in the early 01970s, Long Now cofounder Stewart Brand found himself at a meeting where a young environmental activist named Peter Berg was speaking. According to Brand’s biographer John Markoff, Berg made a …

As May Day approached this year I finally got round to a small project I’d been meaning to do for a few years now. This was to read Peter Linebaugh’s book The Incomplete, True, Authentic, …

Our civilization depends on many key systems, such as for electricity, water, sewage, communication, transportation, news, law, education, marriage, elections, and regulations. We depend so much on such systems that we are reluctant to consider …

Classroom interior circa 1910-1930 (Library of Congress) What will the world look like 50 years into the future? That was the question posed in 1930 to 25 faculty members at Long Island University, along with …

Today we’re opening applications for the 2024 cohort of The Roots of Progress Blog-Building Intensive, an 8-week program for aspiring progress writers to start or grow a blog. Last year, nearly 500 people applied to …

SOIF convened delegates in Wales to participate in co-designing the Wales Protocol for Future Generations at the Wales Future Generations Forum Last week, over 100 delegates travelled to Cardiff, Wales, to participate in the first …

Peter's European Trip to Romania, Poland, Turkiye, and Hungary then Concludes at University of Houston As I return to the U.S. on April 19, 2024, I can tell you that Teach the Future is strong …

An update on the nearing completion of the 10,000-year clock as it begins ticking underground in west Texas. Danny Hillis answers frequently asked questions about the 10,000-year clockI am all for the Enhanced olympics. It’s …