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Scenarios. Future. 2100. Ireland. Intended for use by practitioners, this guide teaches how to launch a participatory process. It includes a description of 13 participatory methods (2006. Future Now | Institute For The Future. Leading up to our Maker Cities immersion in Shenzhen's maker culture, here are four of our China + makers research pieces from the last three years.... From March 19-20, IFTF’s Technology Horizons program traveled to Mexico City to explore its emerging maker culture, community, and movement. It was an... Apr 01, 2014 By Lindsea K. Wilbur Your faithful social investigator hit the streets with the Inventor's Toolkit in hand to explore the opening of the new [Freespace] (1011 Market... Tessa Finlev on new networks of nonviolence In Greek Mythology, Icarus was able to fly on wings made of wax and feathers, but he flew too close to the sun, which melted the wax, and he fell into... What do Californians care about?

Beyond the hype, the scandal, and the early failures, there still lies the promise of a new way of organizing and shaping the world. Check out highlights from our recent past and near future! Now that we can build anything, we should stop asking “what can we make?” 38073691.pdf (application/pdf Object) Future Scenarios - The Four Energy Descent and Climate Scenarios. Epic 2014 & Epic 2015 - Museum of Media History  Daventry_Report.pdf (application/pdf Object) Antonius's ITP2800 Tumblelog. Metaverse Roadmap Overview - pg 1. Over the past year the Acceleration Studies Foundation (ASF) and its supporting foresight partners have explored the virtual and 3D future of the World Wide Web in a first-of-its-kind cross-industry public foresight project, the Metaverse Roadmap (MVR).

We use the term Metaverse in a way that includes and builds upon Neal Stephenson’s coinage in the cyberpunk science fiction novel, Snow Crash, which envisioned a future broadly reshaped by virtual and 3D technologies. The MVR has “near-term” anticipation horizon of ten years (to 2017), a “longer-term” speculation horizon of twenty years (to 2025), and a charter to discover early indicators of significant developments ahead. Seeking diverse points of view, our process included an invitational Metaverse Roadmap Summit, public and expert surveys, a few workshops and roundtables at major U.S. conferences, social meetups, and a public wiki. In its inaugural version, the MVR focuses on defining and exploring this major new social space. 2007. Jamais Cascio on the Utility of Scenario-Building.

The Art of Complex Problem Solving. Canada@150 scanning/veille 1. Resilience: What is scenario planning? Plausible Futures. Gever Tulley teaches life lessons through tinkering. Nature's Edge: 'Earth 2100' 2010 Communication Scenario 1 of 3. 2008 Latest Edition - Did You Know 3.0 - From Meeting in Rome this Year.