Category Archives: Newsletter

Scenarios for 2030

Posted on 6 December, 2025 by David Wood

Dear Futurists, A major complication in preparing for the next few years is that there are so many hard-to-predict factors that could quickly surge in importance – each one of which could overturn our previous assumptions about how human experience … Continue reading →

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Transcending mediocre futurism

Posted on 12 October, 2025 by David Wood

Dear futurists The world is full of remarkable change – some of it awe-inspiring, some of it deeply concerning. Yet we often find ourselves surrounded by what might be called “worldly wisdom”, or “mediocre futurism” – claims that: Via London … Continue reading →

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Bold claims for a better future

Posted on 4 September, 2025 by David Wood

Dear Futurists, What’s the most important book of the decade? Read on, to discover which book book is described that way by Max Tegmark, the President of the Future of Life Institute – and himself the author of two of … Continue reading →

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The future of the future

Posted on 23 May, 2025 by David Wood

Dear Futurists, The future is changing. Compared to years gone past, the kinds of conversations we futurists need to catalyse have become more urgent, and also more diverse. In fields as wide as politics, technology, psychology, and philosophy, we can … Continue reading →

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Two meetings in the next four days

Posted on 11 February, 2025 by David Wood

Dear Futurists, 1.) Experiments with AI I start this newsletter with an experiment. “Imagine a map of the world highlighting London, Paris, and Riyadh”, I asked the Midjourney AI. I thought that such an image would be a good lead-in … Continue reading →

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Priorities for 2025 and beyond

Posted on 19 December, 2024 by David Wood

Dear Futurists, What should we do less in 2025, to allow ourselves more time and energy to increase our focus on other matters that we decide deserve more of our attention? Here, by the word “we”, I mean each of … Continue reading →

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Four opportunities to meet during the next eight days

Posted on 7 November, 2024 by David Wood

Dear Futurists, For much of 2024, I’ve prioritised podcast episodes more than webinars and/or physical meetups. However, over the next eight days, there will be (count them) four different chances for friends and members of London Futurists to meet. Read … Continue reading →

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Futurist points of view. And fake news

Posted on 26 September, 2024 by David Wood

Dear Futurists, The next seven days provide us with not one but two opportunities to exchange and debate ideas and insights about future possibilities. Tomorrow, there’s a chance to gather online, in a new platform called Ploutos, to review potential … Continue reading →

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Two chances to meet this week

Posted on 17 August, 2024 by David Wood

Dear Futurists, It’s been some time since there’s been a formal meeting of London Futurists. However, there’s a chance to meet in the Marlborough Arms this Wednesday. And another chance to meet, at another pub, this Thursday. For the details, … Continue reading →

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Vitalism, LEV, LSD, Codex, and AI Safety

Posted on 2 May, 2024 by David Wood

Dear Futurists, Here are some pointers to info you might have missed about forthcoming events or projects. 1.) The case for Vitalism, Sat 4th May Vitalism declares itself as being “a great plan to save us from aging & death… … Continue reading →

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