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May 1, 2023

Playing the Future

A little-known board game of forecasting and the futures that might have been.

Playing the Future

Scott Smith

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Aug 5, 2022

Transformers: Robot Writers in Disguise

Developers are in experimental mode with GPT-3, a powerful new AI language model, but there’ll soon be a time when one of its successors…

Transformers: Robot Writers in Disguise

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Practical Futuring

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Scott Smith

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Nov 23, 2021

The Perils of Prediction

There is a downside to too much certainty.

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Practical Futuring

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Scott Smith

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Nov 23, 2021

The Time to Talk About the Future is Before You Need It

Pre-hearsing the future includes getting comfortable with new words

The Time to Talk About the Future is Before You Need It

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Practical Futuring

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Scott Smith

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Feb 25, 2021

Making Space for Futures

Creating a physical terrain of anticipation

Making Space for Futures

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Practical Futuring

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Scott Smith

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Aug 11, 2020

Calibrating the Future

Designing Purpose Into Provocations

Calibrating the Future

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Practical Futuring

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Scott Smith

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Jun 1, 2020

Managing Abyss Gaze In a Time of Difficult Futures

Listening for signals when the news is dark

Managing Abyss Gaze In a Time of Difficult Futures

Scott Smith

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May 12, 2020

In Devs, Silicon Valley Gets Its Own Well-Deserved Folk Horror

Science and supernatural collide in technological idyll

In Devs, Silicon Valley Gets Its Own Well-Deserved Folk Horror

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Practical Futuring

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Scott Smith

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Mar 15, 2020

Mapping Impacts and Implications

A simple tool for sketching possible futures — in a crisis.

Mapping Impacts and Implications

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Phase Change

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Scott Smith

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Mar 12, 2020

Sailing the Seas of Superdensity

Thoughts on making a collaborative map of uncertainty

Sailing the Seas of Superdensity

Scott Smith

Scott Smith

Futures, uncertainty, risk. Author “How to Future: Leading and Sense-making in an Age of Hyperchange” http://changeist.com

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