Tag Archives: Humanity Unshackled

Anticipating better futures

Posted on 23 March, 2023 by David Wood

Dear Futurists, At times, anticipating the future can be emotionally distressing. There seem to be many paths to terrible future outcomes. If we feel that the future is likely to be unpleasant, it’s no surprise if our horizons shrink and … Continue reading →

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The cure for aging is within grasp

Posted on 11 February, 2023 by David Wood

Dear Futurists, What’s the best way to tackle a really huge challenge, like, for example, curing aging? Divide and conquer. Split the really huge challenge into chunks which, whilst still huge, are each more fathomable than the challenge as the … Continue reading →

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Key questions and key answers

Posted on 17 June, 2022 by David Wood

Dear Futurists, Two of the most important questions facing all of us just now are: How can we learn new skills? How can we pass on to others the skills that we know? What prevents us learning new skills is … Continue reading →

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Debating priorities

Posted on 17 January, 2022 by David Wood

Dear Futurists, Please find below a few quick notes ahead of the two London Futurists events that are taking place this week. 1.) Our first Twitter Space experiment – Tues 18 Jan Normally our online meetings are held on Zoom, … Continue reading →

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Anticipating combinations (again)

Posted on 27 October, 2021 by David Wood

Dear Futurists, If we just use a single tool to explore future possibilities, we’re likely to blinker ourselves. No one description – no one analytical framework – can do full justice to the rich complexity of what might lie ahead. … Continue reading →

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Futurism on a Sunday morning

Posted on 8 May, 2021 by David Wood

Dear Futurists, Yes, I know it’s actually a Saturday morning as I write and distribute this newsletter, whereas the headline refers to Sunday morning. The headline refers to a new experiment for London Futurists, taking place tomorrow, which is to … Continue reading →

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Fork In The Road

Posted on 4 April, 2021 by David Wood

Dear Futurists, The first item in this newsletter is a copy of a manifesto created by three distinguished futurists: Gerd Leonhard, David Houle, and Glen Hiemstra. They call the manifesto “Fork in the Road”, and are inviting people to read … Continue reading →

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Reinventing democracy, reinventing education

Posted on 4 December, 2020 by David Wood

Dear Futurists, 1.) Reinventing democracy “An evolved system of liberal government that incorporates direct citizen participation in policy decision-making, while adopting and using human-centric automation technologies to provide equal opportunities for personal and collective growth and economic development.” That’s how … Continue reading →

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Alternative pasts, alternative futures

Posted on 6 November, 2020 by David Wood

Dear Futurists 1.) The pandemic that should never have happened It’s the view of the speaker at tomorrow’s London Futurists webinar, journalist Debora MacKenzie, that COVID-19 is “the pandemic that never should have happened”. In the five weeks since tomorrow’s … Continue reading →

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