Futurism
Not to be confused with Futurism.com
Futurism—also known as Future Studies, Futurology and Foresight Studies—is the systematic exploration and evaluation of potential future scenarios.
Evaluation criteria for scenarios include:
- How credible is the scenario?
- How attractive is the scenario (after any initial "future shock" has been set aside)?
- What steps can be taken to prepare for the scenario?
- What steps can be taken to increase (or decrease) the likelihood of that scenario?
Important future scenarios
Future scenarios (or types of scenario) that deserve highlighting include varieties of each of the following:
- The Singularity
- Existential risk
- Existential opportunities
- Technofeudalism
- Technoscepticism
- Technocapitalism
- Technoconservatism
- Technolibertarianism
- Technoprogressivism
- Cosmists vs. Terrans
- Radical futurism - transhumanist scenarios within futurism
Methods of futurism
Formal methods applied by futurists include:
Significant futurist organizations
See also
- Career options for aspiring futurists
- Laws of Futurism lists statements sometimes described as 'laws', which can provide insight about futurism
- Books lists books that provide helpful material about futurist methods
- Reviews of predictions reviews historical sets of serious predictions about the future
- Futurists ranked by influence a list maintained by Ross Dawson