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Cybersecurity futures: scenarios and good practice

What can we forecast about upcoming cybersecurity threats?  And how can we best conduct futures work?  How can we learn from scenarios? Berkeley’s Steven Weber recently published a useful and bracing essay that I can commend to you all.  It’s … Continue reading →

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Two scenarios for global higher education

How will the global higher education sector evolve? buy nolvadex online buy nolvadex online I recently gave a plenary address to the Berlin OEB conference, and tested out some ideas on the audience.  I’d like to expand on them here.  … Continue reading →

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If billionaires take up geoengineering on their own

What if a group of billionaires decided to launch a geoengineering effort? Scenarios are stories of hypothetical futures.  We build them with present-day trends, extrapolated into new forms through social impact. buy flagyl online buy flagyl no prescription generic   … Continue reading →

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Futuring and digital storytelling with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Futures work happens across society, from pop culture to education, business to government.  Today’s case in point: a video vision of the future, a political scenario, a digital story narrated by none other than Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. “A Message From the … Continue reading →

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One rural future: the fall of the countryside

Over the holidays some of us discussed a thoughtful and gloomy New York Times piece on rural America. For me this crystallized some ideas about the future of rural America. A key point for me was one of the article’s … Continue reading →

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Scenario: Retro Campus

What if colleges and universities decided to withdraw from today’s technology? buy zydena online buy zydena no prescription generic In this scenario we envision a university in the year 2030 that has struggled mightily to recapture the campus of 2000, … Continue reading →

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Another scenario for higher education’s future: the triumph of open

Let me offer another scenario for academia’s future.  As is usual with the scenario forecasting methodology, this is based on extrapolating from several present-day trends – here, several trends around open. In the past I’ve called this “The Fall of … Continue reading →

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One scenario for 2040: Fragmentation

The American Alliance of Museums (AAM) just published a fascinating scenario for the future of America, and I’d like to share it here.  It’s called “Fragmentation” and written by Elizabeth Merritt.  Read the whole thing.  It’s short and concise, but also … Continue reading →

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One future for education: health care nation

In 2014 I offered one scenario for education’s future that seems to have a good shot at realization.  I called it “Health Care Nation,” and it presumes that the medical sector becomes the largest part of the American economy. I … Continue reading →

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Scenario: the alt. residential campus of 2028

What might college campuses look like in the future? I’d like to offer one scenario here, which I’ve variously called “Alt.Residential” and “ARcampus.”   It stems from my recent work, and is feeding into a chapter for my upcoming book, so … Continue reading →

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