Tag Archives: future

The light of consciousness

Posted on Oct 7, 2014 by Jeff Watson

“It’s funny. Not everyone loves humanity. Either explicitly or implicitly, some people seem to think that humans are a blight on the Earth’s surface. They say things like, ‘Nature is so wonderful; things are always better in the countryside where … Continue reading →

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Future Factories and Futurematic

Posted on Feb 23, 2014 by Jeff Watson

Poster design by Ceda Verbakel [intro]The Situation Lab invites you to take part in two upcoming events with award-winning New York City-based design collective, The Extrapolation Factory.[/intro] Founded by designers Elliott P. Montgomery and Chris Woebken, the Extrapolation Factory sets out to “explore … Continue reading →

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Radiation cats and atomic priesthoods: the Human Interference Task Force

Posted on Jun 21, 2011 by Jeff Watson

The question of how to mark the places where we store nuclear waste such that people in the distant future won’t do things like build towns or nurseries or farms on top or inside of them is one of my … Continue reading →

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16 June 2014: Tunisian transmedia campaign

Posted on Jun 4, 2011 by Jeff Watson

16 Juin 2014 is a participatory transmedia event that took place in February of 2011. The project engaged the Tunisian public via a variety of platforms and interactions in playfully imagining the country’s post-revolution future. 16 Juin 2014 was spearheaded … Continue reading →

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Futures Thinking

Posted on Jul 6, 2009 by Jeff Watson

UK social software consultant and writer Suw Charman-Anderson, working for the Carnegie Trust UK, has been conducting some forecasting and scenario-making research concerning the future of social technology and the Internet. Her enormous mindmap of keywords and phrases associated with … Continue reading →

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