FARSIGHT

Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies (CIFS)

Narrated articles and conversations with the world's foremost futures thinkers, delivered to you by FARSIGHT, a quarterly publication by the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies.

  1. -4 d.

    What needs to be true for the AI predictions to unfold?

    Expectations are that AI will automate a significant percentage of the knowledge economy’s workforce and make their jobs redundant. We dig into the futurist toolbox to interrogate this assumption – punctuated by a provocative scenario snippet from 2030. Subscribe to FARSIGHT by becoming a Futures Member at the Institute Author: Toke Hanghøj Narration: August Leo Liljenberg (with ElevenLabs AI) Published by the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies

    21 min
  2. History of the Future: Fred Polak

    3. juni

    History of the Future: Fred Polak

    Writing in the ruins of post-war Europe, Dutch futurist Fred Polak argued that societies rise and fall based on the vitality of their images of the future. By that measure, he believed, Western civilization was headed for terminal decline. In his 1953 masterwork The Image of the Future, Polak traced how magnetic visions of tomorrow, whether religious or revolutionary, had pulled history forward since the ancient Greeks. Without them, he warned, civilizations stagnate and collapse. Who was Fred Polak, and how well does his sweeping and pessimistic diagnosis of the modern world stand the test of time? Subscribe to FARSIGHT by becoming a⁠⁠⁠ Futures Member⁠⁠⁠ at the Institute. Hosts: Casper Skovgaard Petersen, August Leo Liljenberg, Tallulah Richards Published by the ⁠⁠⁠Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies

    1 t 15 min

  3. 20. mai

    What is the drug of the future?

    From the utopian ideals of LSD in the sixties to the grunge-infused nihilism of heroin in the nineties, culture and intoxication seem to have always mirrored each other. Might uncovering the nebulous relationship between drug and zeitgeist help us predict our future high? Subscribe to FARSIGHT by becoming a Futures Member at the Institute. Author: August Leo Liljenberg Narration: August Leo Liljenberg (with ElevenLabs AI) Published by the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies

    17 min

  4. 27. apr.

    Short-form Futures

    Time and technology are inextricably linked. For the first time since the Industrial Revolution, doing things slowly, inefficiently, and without precision looks existentially preferable. The Information Age is replacing sloth with speed as its new Deadly Sin. Subscribe to FARSIGHT by becoming a Futures Member at the Institute Author: Caitlin van Bommel Narration: Manya Lind (with ElevenLabs AI) Published by the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies

    12 min
  5. History of the Future: Pierre Wack

    20. apr.

    History of the Future: Pierre Wack

    Mysticism meets Big Oil in the tale of Pierre Wack, the eccentric French economist who brought scenario planning to the corporate world during the geopolitically turbulent 1970s. Then, as today, a war in the Middle East upset global energy markets, showing the limitations of traditional forecasting. Yet not everyone was equally unprepared. Wack and his team of scenario planners at Royal Dutch Shell had highlighted the risks to Big Oil constituted by the rise of OPEC, public and political backlash to the industry, and other vulnerabilities ahead of the 1973 oil crisis. The story of how Wack and Shell were able to use scenarios to navigate the global shake-up of capitalism has become the mythologised origin point of corporate foresight. Yet Wack’s obsession with the mystical dimensions of scenario writing – his “spiritual documents” – is often glossed over. Subscribe to FARSIGHT by becoming a⁠⁠ Futures Member⁠⁠ at the Institute. Hosts: Casper Skovgaard Petersen, August Leo Liljenberg, Tallulah Richards Published by the ⁠⁠Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies

    1 t 6 min

  6. 7. apr.

    A World Falling Apart

    Mythical stories of future doom have been supplanted by scientifically grounded ones, with the interconnectedness and complexity of our world-system pushing us closer towards a scenario of inescapable global collapse. Subscribe to FARSIGHT by becoming a Futures Member at the Institute. Author: Christian Kaarup Baron Narration: August Leo Liljenberg (with ElevenLabs AI) Published by the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies

    11 min
  7. The Coming Entropic World Order w/ Parag Khanna

    1. apr.

    The Coming Entropic World Order w/ Parag Khanna

    Theories that inaccurately observe the present will inevitably fall short in predicting the future. Yet, our dominant frameworks for understanding international relations remain anchored in assumptions about power and sovereignty that no longer hold. If we want to grasp where geopolitics is actually heading, we need a new lens. Dr Parag Khanna argues that lens is entropy: the accelerating dispersal and dissipation of power across the geopolitical sphere, a patchwork of overlapping powers, jurisdictions, and alliances, similar to medieval Europe before the Westphalian concept of the nation state. Khanna is a global strategic advisor and the founder and CEO of AlphaGeo, an AI-powered geospatial analytics platform. In this episode, we explore his theory of the coming entropic world order, the relationship between cartography and epistemology, and which nations are best positioned to deal with the climate disruptions ahead. Subscribe to FARSIGHT in print by becoming a ⁠⁠⁠Futures Member⁠⁠⁠ at the Institute. Hosts: Casper Skovgaard Petersen & August Leo Liljenberg Published by the ⁠⁠⁠Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies

    1 t
  8. Technological Tipping Points and the LinkedInification of Identity w/ Andrew Maynard

    26. mars

    Technological Tipping Points and the LinkedInification of Identity w/ Andrew Maynard

    We are joined by Andrew Maynard, scientist, author, and Professor of Advanced Technology Transitions at Arizona State University, to discuss phase shifts, technological risk, and the accelerating LinkedInification of human expression. Andrew Maynard writes the "future of being human" substack https://www.futureofbeinghuman.com/ and co-hosts the Modem Futura podcast. Subscribe to FARSIGHT in print by becoming a ⁠⁠Futures Member⁠⁠ at the Institute. Hosts: Casper Skovgaard Petersen & August Leo Liljenberg Published by the ⁠⁠Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies

    48 min
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Narrated articles and conversations with the world's foremost futures thinkers, delivered to you by FARSIGHT, a quarterly publication by the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies.

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    Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies (CIFS)
  • År i produksjon
    2023 - 2026
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    91
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