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2012 phenomenon
The 2012 phenomenon comprises a range of eschatological beliefs according to which cataclysmic or transformative events will occur on December 21, 2012.
The 2012 phenomenon comprises a range of eschatological beliefs according to which cataclysmic or transformative events will occur on December 21, 2012.
2023 vision
The 2023 vision of the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is a number of goals for the year 2023, the year when Turkey will reach the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the...
The 2023 vision of the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is a number of goals for the year 2023, the year when Turkey will reach the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the...
Accelerating change
In futures studies and the history of technology, accelerating change is a perceived increase in the rate of technological (and sometimes social and cultural) progress throughout history, which ...
In futures studies and the history of technology, accelerating change is a perceived increase in the rate of technological (and sometimes social and cultural) progress throughout history, which ...
Acceleration Studies Foundation
Acceleration Studies Foundation is a nonprofit organization engaged in research, education, and selective advocacy of communities and technologies of accelerating change.
Acceleration Studies Foundation is a nonprofit organization engaged in research, education, and selective advocacy of communities and technologies of accelerating change.
Applied Foresight Network
The Applied Foresight Network (AFN) is a global web of university-based centres connected by a network of forums for professors, students, teachers, and concerned citizens.
The Applied Foresight Network (AFN) is a global web of university-based centres connected by a network of forums for professors, students, teachers, and concerned citizens.
As We May Think
As We May Think is an essay by Vannevar Bush, first published in The Atlantic Monthly in July 1945, and republished again as an abridged version in September 1945 — before and afte...
As We May Think is an essay by Vannevar Bush, first published in The Atlantic Monthly in July 1945, and republished again as an abridged version in September 1945 — before and afte...
Association of Professional Futurists
The Association of Professional Futurists is an organization that promotes futurists as valuable professionals through networking, conferences, and other activities involving its members.
The Association of Professional Futurists is an organization that promotes futurists as valuable professionals through networking, conferences, and other activities involving its members.
Augustine's laws
Augustine's laws were a series of tongue in cheek aphorisms put forth by Norman Ralph Augustine, an American aerospace businessman who served as Under Secretary of the Army from 1975 to 1977.
Augustine's laws were a series of tongue in cheek aphorisms put forth by Norman Ralph Augustine, an American aerospace businessman who served as Under Secretary of the Army from 1975 to 1977.
Backcasting
Backcasting starts with defining a desirable future and then works backwards to identify policies and programs that will connect the future to the present.
Backcasting starts with defining a desirable future and then works backwards to identify policies and programs that will connect the future to the present.
Battle Command Knowledge System
In order to better serve the soldier, Battle Command Knowledge Systems (BCKS) was subsumed by Center for Lessons Learned (CALL), Army Operational Knowledge Management (AOKM) Proponent and the Missi...
In order to better serve the soldier, Battle Command Knowledge Systems (BCKS) was subsumed by Center for Lessons Learned (CALL), Army Operational Knowledge Management (AOKM) Proponent and the Missi...
Battle command knowledge system
The battle command knowledge system is the change agent for implementing knowledge management capabilities into the training and military operations of the United States Army.
The battle command knowledge system is the change agent for implementing knowledge management capabilities into the training and military operations of the United States Army.
Behavioral ecology
Behavioral ecology, or ethoecology, is the study of the ecological and evolutionary basis for animal behavior, and the roles of behavior in enabling an animal to adapt to its environment (...
Behavioral ecology, or ethoecology, is the study of the ecological and evolutionary basis for animal behavior, and the roles of behavior in enabling an animal to adapt to its environment (...
Bioneers
Bioneers, also known as the Collective Heritage Institute, is a New Mexico-based nonprofit organization promoting practical and innovative solutions to environmental and social problems ba...
Bioneers, also known as the Collective Heritage Institute, is a New Mexico-based nonprofit organization promoting practical and innovative solutions to environmental and social problems ba...
Biosecurity
Biosecurity is a set of preventive measures designed to reduce the risk of transmission of infectious diseases, quarantined pests, invasive alien species, living modified organisms.
Biosecurity is a set of preventive measures designed to reduce the risk of transmission of infectious diseases, quarantined pests, invasive alien species, living modified organisms.
Bioterrorism
Bioterrorism is terrorism involving the intentional release or dissemination of biological agents (bacteria, viruses, or toxins), that may be in a naturally-occurring or in a human-modified form.
Bioterrorism is terrorism involving the intentional release or dissemination of biological agents (bacteria, viruses, or toxins), that may be in a naturally-occurring or in a human-modified form.
Carl Johan Calleman
Carl Johan Calleman, (born May 15, 1950, Stockholm, Sweden), is a toxicologist as well as an author and speaker on the millenarian New Age interpretation of the Mayan calendar known as Mayanism.
Carl Johan Calleman, (born May 15, 1950, Stockholm, Sweden), is a toxicologist as well as an author and speaker on the millenarian New Age interpretation of the Mayan calendar known as Mayanism.
Causal layered analysis
Causal layered analysis is one of several futures techniques used as a means to inquire into the causes of social phenomena and to generate a set of forecasts as to the future course of the phen...
Causal layered analysis is one of several futures techniques used as a means to inquire into the causes of social phenomena and to generate a set of forecasts as to the future course of the phen...
Citizen Cyborg
Citizen Cyborg: Why Democratic Societies Must Respond to the Redesigned Human of the Future is a 2004 non-fiction book by bioethicist and sociologist James Hughes, which articulates democrat...
Citizen Cyborg: Why Democratic Societies Must Respond to the Redesigned Human of the Future is a 2004 non-fiction book by bioethicist and sociologist James Hughes, which articulates democrat...
Club of Budapest
The Club of Budapest is an international organization founded in 1993 by Ervin Laszlo to expand beyond the exclusively scientific purpose of The General Evolution Research Group to try to mobili...
The Club of Budapest is an international organization founded in 1993 by Ervin Laszlo to expand beyond the exclusively scientific purpose of The General Evolution Research Group to try to mobili...
Club of Rome
The Club of Rome is a liberal global think tank that deals with a variety of international political issues.
The Club of Rome is a liberal global think tank that deals with a variety of international political issues.
Club of Vienna
The Club of Vienna is an international association which has 24 members and interested in social, scientific, economic and ecological issues.
The Club of Vienna is an international association which has 24 members and interested in social, scientific, economic and ecological issues.
Collective intelligence
Collective intelligence is a shared or group intelligence that emerges from the collaboration and competition of many individuals and appears in consensus decision making in bacteria, animals, h...
Collective intelligence is a shared or group intelligence that emerges from the collaboration and competition of many individuals and appears in consensus decision making in bacteria, animals, h...
Colonization of Antarctica
Colonization of Antarctica refers to having humans including families living permanently on the continent of Antarctica.
Colonization of Antarctica refers to having humans including families living permanently on the continent of Antarctica.
Computronium
Computronium is a material hypothesized by Norman Margolus and Tommaso Toffoli of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to be used as "programmable matter," a substrate for computer modelin...
Computronium is a material hypothesized by Norman Margolus and Tommaso Toffoli of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to be used as "programmable matter," a substrate for computer modelin...
Consensus forecast
Consensus forecasts are predictions of the future and apply to many every-day situations.
Consensus forecasts are predictions of the future and apply to many every-day situations.
Consilience (book)
Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge is a 1998 book by biologist E. O. Wilson.
Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge is a 1998 book by biologist E. O. Wilson.
Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies
The Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies was founded in 1970 by Professor Thorkil Kristensen, former OECD Secretary-General, Danish Minister of Finance and member of the Club of Rome.
The Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies was founded in 1970 by Professor Thorkil Kristensen, former OECD Secretary-General, Danish Minister of Finance and member of the Club of Rome.
Corporate foresight
Corporate foresight is an ability that includes any structural or cultural element that enables the company to detect discontinuous change early, interpret the consequences for the company, and ...
Corporate foresight is an ability that includes any structural or cultural element that enables the company to detect discontinuous change early, interpret the consequences for the company, and ...
Cyborg
A cyborg, short for "cybernetic organism," is a being that is part cybernetic machine and part organism, a term coined by two NASA scientists, Manfred Clynes and Nathan S. Kline.
A cyborg, short for "cybernetic organism," is a being that is part cybernetic machine and part organism, a term coined by two NASA scientists, Manfred Clynes and Nathan S. Kline.
Daisyworld
Daisyworld, a computer simulation, is a hypothetical world orbiting a star whose radiant energy is slowly increasing.
Daisyworld, a computer simulation, is a hypothetical world orbiting a star whose radiant energy is slowly increasing.
David Passig
David Passig is a futurist who received his Ph.D. in Anticipatory Anthropology from the University of Minnesota.
David Passig is a futurist who received his Ph.D. in Anticipatory Anthropology from the University of Minnesota.
Delphi method
The Delphi method is a structured communication technique, originally developed as a systematic, interactive forecasting method which relies on a panel of experts.
The Delphi method is a structured communication technique, originally developed as a systematic, interactive forecasting method which relies on a panel of experts.
Democratic peace theory
Democratic peace theory (or simply the "democratic peace") is the theory that democracies don't go to war with each other.
Democratic peace theory (or simply the "democratic peace") is the theory that democracies don't go to war with each other.
Differential technological development
Differential technological development is a strategy proposed by transhumanist philosopher Nick Bostrom in which societies would seek to influence the sequence in which emerging technologies dev...
Differential technological development is a strategy proposed by transhumanist philosopher Nick Bostrom in which societies would seek to influence the sequence in which emerging technologies dev...
Doomsday event
A doomsday event is a specific, plausibly verifiable or hypothetical occurrence which has an exceptionally destructive effect on the human race.
A doomsday event is a specific, plausibly verifiable or hypothetical occurrence which has an exceptionally destructive effect on the human race.
Dysgenics
Dysgenics (also known as cacogenics) is the study of factors producing the accumulation and perpetuation of defective or disadvantageous genes and traits in offspring of a particular popul...
Dysgenics (also known as cacogenics) is the study of factors producing the accumulation and perpetuation of defective or disadvantageous genes and traits in offspring of a particular popul...
Emerging technologies
In the history of technology, emerging technologies are contemporary advances and innovation in various fields of technology.
In the history of technology, emerging technologies are contemporary advances and innovation in various fields of technology.
Energy descent
Energy descent is the post-peak oil transitional phase, when humankind goes from the ascending use of energy that has occurred since the industrial revolution to a descending use of energy.
Energy descent is the post-peak oil transitional phase, when humankind goes from the ascending use of energy that has occurred since the industrial revolution to a descending use of energy.
Existential risk
Existential risks are dangers that have the potential to destroy, or drastically restrict, human civilisation.
Existential risks are dangers that have the potential to destroy, or drastically restrict, human civilisation.
Exocortex
An exocortex is a theoretical artificial external information processing system that would augment a brain's biological high-level cognitive processes.
An exocortex is a theoretical artificial external information processing system that would augment a brain's biological high-level cognitive processes.
Export Land Model
The Export Land Model, or Export-Land Model, refers to work done by Dallas geologist Jeffrey Brown, building on the work of others, and discussed widely on The Oil Drum.
The Export Land Model, or Export-Land Model, refers to work done by Dallas geologist Jeffrey Brown, building on the work of others, and discussed widely on The Oil Drum.
Femtotechnology
Femtotechnology is a hypothetical term used in reference to structuring of matter on a femtometer, which is 10-15 m. This is a smaller scale in comparison to nanotechnology and picotechnol...
Femtotechnology is a hypothetical term used in reference to structuring of matter on a femtometer, which is 10-15 m. This is a smaller scale in comparison to nanotechnology and picotechnol...
Flynn effect
The Flynn effect is the substantial increase in average scores on intelligence tests all over the world.
The Flynn effect is the substantial increase in average scores on intelligence tests all over the world.
Friendly artificial intelligence
A Friendly Artificial Intelligence or FAI is an artificial intelligence (AI) that has a positive rather than negative effect on humanity.
A Friendly Artificial Intelligence or FAI is an artificial intelligence (AI) that has a positive rather than negative effect on humanity.
Future car technologies
Potential future car technologies include new energy sources and materials, which are being developed in order to make automobiles more sustainable, safer, more energy efficient, or less polluting.
Potential future car technologies include new energy sources and materials, which are being developed in order to make automobiles more sustainable, safer, more energy efficient, or less polluting.
Future Character of Conflict
The Future Character of Conflict is a study produced by the UK Ministry of Defence's Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre (DCDC).
The Future Character of Conflict is a study produced by the UK Ministry of Defence's Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre (DCDC).
Future history
A future history is a postulated history of the future and is used by authors in the subgenre of speculative fiction (or science fiction) to construct a common background for fiction.
A future history is a postulated history of the future and is used by authors in the subgenre of speculative fiction (or science fiction) to construct a common background for fiction.
Future of Humanity Institute
The Future of Humanity Institute is part of the Faculty of Philosophy and the James Martin 21st Century School at University of Oxford, England.
The Future of Humanity Institute is part of the Faculty of Philosophy and the James Martin 21st Century School at University of Oxford, England.
Future of the Earth
The geological future of the Earth can be extrapolated based upon the estimated effects of several long-term influences.
The geological future of the Earth can be extrapolated based upon the estimated effects of several long-term influences.
Future proof
The phrase future proofing describes the exclusive process of trying to anticipate future developments, so that action can be taken to minimize possible negative consequences, and to seize oppor...
The phrase future proofing describes the exclusive process of trying to anticipate future developments, so that action can be taken to minimize possible negative consequences, and to seize oppor...
Future studies
Futures studies (also called futurology) is the study of postulating possible, probable, and preferable futures and the worldviews and myths that underlie them.
Futures studies (also called futurology) is the study of postulating possible, probable, and preferable futures and the worldviews and myths that underlie them.
Futures studies
Futures studies is the study of postulating possible, probable, and preferable futures and the worldviews and myths that underlie them.
Futures studies is the study of postulating possible, probable, and preferable futures and the worldviews and myths that underlie them.
Futures wheel
The Futures wheel is an instrument for graphical visualisation of direct and indirect future consequences of a particular change or development.
The Futures wheel is an instrument for graphical visualisation of direct and indirect future consequences of a particular change or development.
Futurism
Futurism was an artistic and social movement that originated in Italy in the early 20th century.
Futurism was an artistic and social movement that originated in Italy in the early 20th century.
Futurist
Futurists or futurologists are scientists and social scientists whose speciality is to attempt to systematically predict the future, whether that of human society in particular or of life ...
Futurists or futurologists are scientists and social scientists whose speciality is to attempt to systematically predict the future, whether that of human society in particular or of life ...
Futurology
Futurology is the study of postulating possible, probable, and preferable futures and the worldviews and myths that underlie them.
Futurology is the study of postulating possible, probable, and preferable futures and the worldviews and myths that underlie them.
Gas depletion
Gas depletion is the inescapable result of extracting and consuming natural gas since it is a nonrenewable natural resource.
Gas depletion is the inescapable result of extracting and consuming natural gas since it is a nonrenewable natural resource.
Gerard K. O'Neill
Gerard Kitchen O'Neill (February 6, 1927 – April 27, 1992) was an American physicist and space activist.
Gerard Kitchen O'Neill (February 6, 1927 – April 27, 1992) was an American physicist and space activist.
Global Alliance for Peace and Prosperity
The Global Alliance for Peace and Prosperity (GAPP ) is a nonprofit and nonpartisan membership organization founded on May 15, 2007 and based at Munich, Germany.
The Global Alliance for Peace and Prosperity (GAPP ) is a nonprofit and nonpartisan membership organization founded on May 15, 2007 and based at Munich, Germany.
Global brain
The Global Brain is a metaphor for the worldwide intelligent network formed by people together with the information and communication technologies that connect them into an "organic" whole.
The Global Brain is a metaphor for the worldwide intelligent network formed by people together with the information and communication technologies that connect them into an "organic" whole.
Global Consciousness Project
The Global Consciousness Project (GCP, also called the EGG Project) is a parapsychology experiment begun in 1998 as an attempt to detect possible interactions of "global consciousnes...
The Global Consciousness Project (GCP, also called the EGG Project) is a parapsychology experiment begun in 1998 as an attempt to detect possible interactions of "global consciousnes...
Gravity train
A gravity train is a theoretical means of transportation intended to go between two points on the surface of a sphere, following a straight tunnel that goes directly from one point to the other ...
A gravity train is a theoretical means of transportation intended to go between two points on the surface of a sphere, following a straight tunnel that goes directly from one point to the other ...
Group decision support systems
Group Decision Support Systems (GDSS) are a class of electronic meeting systems, a collaboration technology designed to support meetings and group work.
Group Decision Support Systems (GDSS) are a class of electronic meeting systems, a collaboration technology designed to support meetings and group work.
Home of the future
The home of the future, similar to the office of the future, is a concept that has been popular to explore since the early 20th century, or perhaps earlier.
The home of the future, similar to the office of the future, is a concept that has been popular to explore since the early 20th century, or perhaps earlier.
Hot stain
A hot stain is a region of the world where safe drinking water has been depleted.
A hot stain is a region of the world where safe drinking water has been depleted.
Hubbert peak theory
The Hubbert peak theory posits that for any given geographical area, from an individual oil-producing region to the planet as a whole, the rate of petroleum production tends to follow a bell-s...
The Hubbert peak theory posits that for any given geographical area, from an individual oil-producing region to the planet as a whole, the rate of petroleum production tends to follow a bell-s...
IBZL
IBZL - infinite bandwidth zero latency - is a thought experiment that asks: what will happen when bandwidth (for connecting to the Internet for example) is so great, and latency so small, that i...
IBZL - infinite bandwidth zero latency - is a thought experiment that asks: what will happen when bandwidth (for connecting to the Internet for example) is so great, and latency so small, that i...
Index of Theory of Constraints-related articles
This is a list of topics related to the Theory of Constraints.
This is a list of topics related to the Theory of Constraints.
Institute for Futures Research
Established in 1974, the Institute for Futures Research (IFR) is a research institution of the University of Stellenbosch specialising in futures studies, primarily as a support service for know...
Established in 1974, the Institute for Futures Research (IFR) is a research institution of the University of Stellenbosch specialising in futures studies, primarily as a support service for know...
Interdependence
Interdependence is a dynamic of being mutually and physically responsible to, and sharing a common set of principles with many others.
Interdependence is a dynamic of being mutually and physically responsible to, and sharing a common set of principles with many others.
Interplanetary Internet
The Interplanetary Internet (IPN) is a conceived computer network in space, consisting of a set of network nodes which can communicate with each other.
The Interplanetary Internet (IPN) is a conceived computer network in space, consisting of a set of network nodes which can communicate with each other.
Inverse consequences
The term "inverse consequences" or the "Law of Inverse Consequences" refers to results that are the opposite of the expected results as initially intended or planned.
The term "inverse consequences" or the "Law of Inverse Consequences" refers to results that are the opposite of the expected results as initially intended or planned.
Involution (esoterism)
The term involution refers to different things depending on the writer.
The term involution refers to different things depending on the writer.
Kardashev scale
The Kardashev scale is a method of measuring an advanced civilization's level of technological advancement.
The Kardashev scale is a method of measuring an advanced civilization's level of technological advancement.
Kaya identity
The Kaya identity is an equation relating factors that determine the level of human impact on climate, in the form of emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.
The Kaya identity is an equation relating factors that determine the level of human impact on climate, in the form of emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.
Long Now Foundation
The Long Now Foundation, established in 1996, is a private organization that seeks to become the seed of a very long-term cultural institution.
The Long Now Foundation, established in 1996, is a private organization that seeks to become the seed of a very long-term cultural institution.
Malthusian catastrophe
A Malthusian catastrophe (also phrased Malthusian check, Malthusian crisis, Malthusian disaster, Malthusian fallacy, Malthusian nightmare, or Malthusian theory o...
A Malthusian catastrophe (also phrased Malthusian check, Malthusian crisis, Malthusian disaster, Malthusian fallacy, Malthusian nightmare, or Malthusian theory o...
Matrioshka brain
A matrioshka brain is a hypothetical megastructure proposed by Robert Bradbury, based on the Dyson sphere, of immense computational capacity.
A matrioshka brain is a hypothetical megastructure proposed by Robert Bradbury, based on the Dyson sphere, of immense computational capacity.
Means-ends analysis
Means-Ends Analysis (MEA) is a technique used in Artificial Intelligence for controlling search in problem solving computer programs.
Means-Ends Analysis (MEA) is a technique used in Artificial Intelligence for controlling search in problem solving computer programs.
Megastructures (architecture)
Megastructures are an architectural concept popularized in the 1960s where a city could be encased in a single building, or a relatively small number of buildings interconnected together.
Megastructures are an architectural concept popularized in the 1960s where a city could be encased in a single building, or a relatively small number of buildings interconnected together.
Meme
A meme is "an idea, behaviour or style that spreads from person to person within a culture."
A meme is "an idea, behaviour or style that spreads from person to person within a culture."
Microfactory
A microfactory refers to a small dimension factory able to produce small dimension products.
A microfactory refers to a small dimension factory able to produce small dimension products.
Ocean colonization
Ocean colonization is the theory and practice of permanent human settlement of oceans.
Ocean colonization is the theory and practice of permanent human settlement of oceans.
Office of the future
The office of the future is a concept dating from the 1940s.
The office of the future is a concept dating from the 1940s.
Oil depletion
Oil depletion occurs in the second half of the production curve of an oil well, oil field, or the average of total world oil production.
Oil depletion occurs in the second half of the production curve of an oil well, oil field, or the average of total world oil production.
Olduvai theory
The Olduvai theory states that industrial civilization will have a lifetime of less than or equal to 100 years.
The Olduvai theory states that industrial civilization will have a lifetime of less than or equal to 100 years.
Outline of future studies
Future studies – study of postulating possible, probable, and preferable futures and the worldviews and myths that underlie them.
Future studies – study of postulating possible, probable, and preferable futures and the worldviews and myths that underlie them.
Outline of futures studies
Future studies – study of postulating possible, probable, and preferable futures and the worldviews and myths that underlie them.
Future studies – study of postulating possible, probable, and preferable futures and the worldviews and myths that underlie them.
Paleofuture.com
Paleofuture (also Paleo-Future) is a blog that documents historical ideas, visions, and predictions about the future.
Paleofuture (also Paleo-Future) is a blog that documents historical ideas, visions, and predictions about the future.
Peak car
Peak car or peak travel is the theory that car usage rates, or overall travel rates, are dropping in at least eight major developed countries including the UK, Australia, America and Japan.
Peak car or peak travel is the theory that car usage rates, or overall travel rates, are dropping in at least eight major developed countries including the UK, Australia, America and Japan.
Peak coal
Peak coal is the point in time at which the maximum global coal production rate is reached, after which, according to the theory, the rate of production will enter to a terminal decline.
Peak coal is the point in time at which the maximum global coal production rate is reached, after which, according to the theory, the rate of production will enter to a terminal decline.
Peak gas
Peak gas is the point in time at which the maximum global natural gas production rate is reached, after which the rate of production enters its terminal decline.
Peak gas is the point in time at which the maximum global natural gas production rate is reached, after which the rate of production enters its terminal decline.
Peak minerals
Peak minerals marks the point in time when the largest national production of a mineral will occur, with production declining in subsequent years.
Peak minerals marks the point in time when the largest national production of a mineral will occur, with production declining in subsequent years.
Peak oil
Peak oil is the point in time when the maximum rate of global petroleum extraction is reached, after which the rate of production enters terminal decline.
Peak oil is the point in time when the maximum rate of global petroleum extraction is reached, after which the rate of production enters terminal decline.
Peak uranium
Peak uranium is the point in time that the maximum global uranium production rate is reached.
Peak uranium is the point in time that the maximum global uranium production rate is reached.
Peak water
The term Peak Water has been put forward as a concept to help understand growing constraints on the availability, quality, and use of freshwater resources.
The term Peak Water has been put forward as a concept to help understand growing constraints on the availability, quality, and use of freshwater resources.
Physics of the future
Physics of the future: how science will change daily life by 2100 is a book by theoretical physicist Michio Kaku, author of Hyperspace.
Physics of the future: how science will change daily life by 2100 is a book by theoretical physicist Michio Kaku, author of Hyperspace.
Physics of the Future
Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100 is a book by theoretical physicist Michio Kaku, author of Hyperspace.
Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100 is a book by theoretical physicist Michio Kaku, author of Hyperspace.
Postgenderism
Postgenderism is a diverse social, political and cultural movement whose adherents affirm the voluntary elimination of gender in the human species through the application of advanced biotechnolo...
Postgenderism is a diverse social, political and cultural movement whose adherents affirm the voluntary elimination of gender in the human species through the application of advanced biotechnolo...
Potential superpowers
A potential superpower is a state that is speculated to be, or to be in the process of becoming, a superpower at some point in the 21st century.
A potential superpower is a state that is speculated to be, or to be in the process of becoming, a superpower at some point in the 21st century.
Predictify
Predictify.com was a Web 2.0 company based in Redwood City, California.
Predictify.com was a Web 2.0 company based in Redwood City, California.
Prediction
A prediction or forecast is a statement about the way things will happen in the future, often but not always based on experience or knowledge.
A prediction or forecast is a statement about the way things will happen in the future, often but not always based on experience or knowledge.
Proceedings (magazine)
Proceedings is a monthly magazine published by the United States Naval Institute since 1874.
Proceedings is a monthly magazine published by the United States Naval Institute since 1874.
Process decision program chart
Process Decision Program Chart (PDPC) is a technique designed to help prepare contingency plans.
Process Decision Program Chart (PDPC) is a technique designed to help prepare contingency plans.
Race of the Future
The Race of the Future theory/idea states that due to the process of miscegenation, the mixing of different races, especially in marriage, cohabitation, or sexual relations, all the races are bl...
The Race of the Future theory/idea states that due to the process of miscegenation, the mixing of different races, especially in marriage, cohabitation, or sexual relations, all the races are bl...
Redshift (theory)
Redshift is a techno-economic theory suggesting hypersegmentation of Information Technology (IT) markets based on whether individual computing needs are over or under-served by Moore's Law, whic...
Redshift is a techno-economic theory suggesting hypersegmentation of Information Technology (IT) markets based on whether individual computing needs are over or under-served by Moore's Law, whic...
Rimini protocol
The Rimini Protocol (also called Uppsala Protocol) is a proposal made by the geologist Colin Campbell in 2003.
The Rimini Protocol (also called Uppsala Protocol) is a proposal made by the geologist Colin Campbell in 2003.
Risks to civilization, humans and planet Earth
Various existential risks have the potential to destroy, or drastically restrict, human civilization; could cause human extinction; or even cause the end of planet Earth.
Various existential risks have the potential to destroy, or drastically restrict, human civilization; could cause human extinction; or even cause the end of planet Earth.
Scenario analysis
Scenario analysis is a process of analyzing possible future events by considering alternative possible outcomes (sometimes called "alternative worlds").
Scenario analysis is a process of analyzing possible future events by considering alternative possible outcomes (sometimes called "alternative worlds").
Sensemaking
Sensemaking is the process by which people give meaning to experience.
Sensemaking is the process by which people give meaning to experience.
Singleton (global governance)
In futurology, a singleton is a hypothetical world order in which there is a single decision-making agency at the highest level, capable of exerting effective control over its domain, and perman...
In futurology, a singleton is a hypothetical world order in which there is a single decision-making agency at the highest level, capable of exerting effective control over its domain, and perman...
Singularitarianism
Singularitarianism is a technocentric ideology and social movement defined by the belief that a technological singularity—the creation of a superintelligence—will likely happen in the medium fut...
Singularitarianism is a technocentric ideology and social movement defined by the belief that a technological singularity—the creation of a superintelligence—will likely happen in the medium fut...
Strategic foresight
Strategic foresight is a fairly recent attempt to differentiate "futurology" from "futures studies".
Strategic foresight is a fairly recent attempt to differentiate "futurology" from "futures studies".
Superintelligence
A superintelligence, hyperintelligence or superhuman intelligence is a hypothetical entity which possesses intelligence surpassing that of any existing human being.
A superintelligence, hyperintelligence or superhuman intelligence is a hypothetical entity which possesses intelligence surpassing that of any existing human being.
Svalbard Global Seed Vault
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault (Svalbard globale frøhvelv) is a secure seedbank located on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen near the town of Longyearbyen in the remote Arctic Svalbard archipe...
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault (Svalbard globale frøhvelv) is a secure seedbank located on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen near the town of Longyearbyen in the remote Arctic Svalbard archipe...
System analysis
System analysis in the lool of electrical engineering characterizes electrical systems and their properties.
System analysis in the lool of electrical engineering characterizes electrical systems and their properties.
Systems analysis
Systems analysis is the study of sets of interacting entities, including computer systems analysis.
Systems analysis is the study of sets of interacting entities, including computer systems analysis.
Systems thinking
Systems thinking is the process of understanding how things influence one another within a whole.
Systems thinking is the process of understanding how things influence one another within a whole.
Technological singularity
Technological singularity refers to the hypothetical future emergence of greater-than-human intelligence through technological means, very likely resulting in explosive superintelligence.
Technological singularity refers to the hypothetical future emergence of greater-than-human intelligence through technological means, very likely resulting in explosive superintelligence.
Technology assessment
Technology assessment (TA, German Technikfolgenabschätzung, French évaluation des choix scientifiques et technologiques) is a scientific, interactive, and communicative process tha...
Technology assessment (TA, German Technikfolgenabschätzung, French évaluation des choix scientifiques et technologiques) is a scientific, interactive, and communicative process tha...
Terraforming
Terraforming (literally, "Earth-shaping") of a planet, moon, or other body is the hypothetical process of deliberately modifying its atmosphere, temperature, surface topography or ecology to be ...
Terraforming (literally, "Earth-shaping") of a planet, moon, or other body is the hypothetical process of deliberately modifying its atmosphere, temperature, surface topography or ecology to be ...
The Bakken
The Bakken, previously known as The Bakken: A Library and Museum of Electricity in Life and known in the past as the Medtronic Museum of Electricity in Life, located on the shores of...
The Bakken, previously known as The Bakken: A Library and Museum of Electricity in Life and known in the past as the Medtronic Museum of Electricity in Life, located on the shores of...
The Future and You
The Future and You is a podcast hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb and teamed with Jim Baen's Universe Magazine.
The Future and You is a podcast hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb and teamed with Jim Baen's Universe Magazine.
The Millennium Project
The Millennium Project is an independent international think tank with 40 "nodes" around the world that gathers and accesses information on futures studies that produces the annual State of the...
The Millennium Project is an independent international think tank with 40 "nodes" around the world that gathers and accesses information on futures studies that produces the annual State of the...
Thought leader
Thought leader is business jargon for an entity that is recognized for having innovative ideas.
Thought leader is business jargon for an entity that is recognized for having innovative ideas.
Timeline of the future in forecasts
This timeline of the future in forecasts is a timeline of credible forecasts of near-future events and developments in all areas of science, technology, society and the environment.
This timeline of the future in forecasts is a timeline of credible forecasts of near-future events and developments in all areas of science, technology, society and the environment.
Transhumanism
Transhumanism, often abbreviated as H+ or h+, is an international intellectual and cultural movement that affirms the possibility and desirability of fundamentally transforming the human...
Transhumanism, often abbreviated as H+ or h+, is an international intellectual and cultural movement that affirms the possibility and desirability of fundamentally transforming the human...
tt30
tt30 is a young think tank, an offshoot of the Club of Rome, composed of around 30 men and women ages 25-35.
tt30 is a young think tank, an offshoot of the Club of Rome, composed of around 30 men and women ages 25-35.
Twelve leverage points
The twelve leverage points to intervene in a system were proposed by Donella Meadows, a scientist and system analyst focused on environmental limits to economic growth.
The twelve leverage points to intervene in a system were proposed by Donella Meadows, a scientist and system analyst focused on environmental limits to economic growth.
Unintended consequences
In the social sciences, unintended consequences (sometimes unanticipated consequences or unforeseen consequences) are outcomes that are not the outcomes intended by a purposeful action.
In the social sciences, unintended consequences (sometimes unanticipated consequences or unforeseen consequences) are outcomes that are not the outcomes intended by a purposeful action.
Uranium depletion
Uranium depletion is the result of extracting and consuming uranium, a non-renewable resource.
Uranium depletion is the result of extracting and consuming uranium, a non-renewable resource.
Viractualism
Joseph Nechvatal (born 1951) is a post-conceptual art digital artist and art theoretician who creates computer-assisted paintings and computer animations, often using custom-created computer vi...
Joseph Nechvatal (born 1951) is a post-conceptual art digital artist and art theoretician who creates computer-assisted paintings and computer animations, often using custom-created computer vi...
Vulnerability index
A vulnerability index is a composite of indices, also referred to as integrated indices, which are quantitative indicators similar to scales, which, when entered into a formula, deliver a single...
A vulnerability index is a composite of indices, also referred to as integrated indices, which are quantitative indicators similar to scales, which, when entered into a formula, deliver a single...
Water stress
Researchers define water stress and water scarcity in different ways.
Researchers define water stress and water scarcity in different ways.
Whuffie
Whuffie is the ephemeral, reputation-based currency of Cory Doctorow's science fiction novel, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom.
Whuffie is the ephemeral, reputation-based currency of Cory Doctorow's science fiction novel, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom.
World Future Society
The World Future Society is a nonprofit educational and scientific organization in Bethesda, Maryland, U.S., founded in 1966.
The World Future Society is a nonprofit educational and scientific organization in Bethesda, Maryland, U.S., founded in 1966.
World Futures Studies Federation
The World Futures Studies Federation is a global non-governmental organization that was founded in 1973 to promote the development of futurology as an academic discipline.
The World Futures Studies Federation is a global non-governmental organization that was founded in 1973 to promote the development of futurology as an academic discipline.
Zero world government
Zero world government refers to a hypothetical future where national governments cease to exist, or to matter, as a result of globalization and a worldwide rejection of politics as it is known today.
Zero world government refers to a hypothetical future where national governments cease to exist, or to matter, as a result of globalization and a worldwide rejection of politics as it is known today.
Zero-carbon city
A zero-carbon city is a settlement powered exclusively by renewable energy sources.
A zero-carbon city is a settlement powered exclusively by renewable energy sources.