Imagining Futures

The Horizons of Foresight

The William Gibson quote that the future is already with us but unevenly distributed may be true, and what is also true is that Horizon 4 latent futures are with us too - but they become visible to us only when we expand our thinking, open our minds and accept the new in the present.

New Experiences

That's what we need in futures thinking, being ready to give the previously unexperienced ideas and images a go.

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We have to open up our worldviews beyond what we accept as real and true now, accept imagination as a valid source of information, and explore our possible futures more expansively and more deeply. Otherwise, the need for new perspectives, new thinking and new actions will remain out of our reach.

The Horizons of Foresight

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