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Notes from the Future

Essays about Futures and Foresight. All opinions are my own.

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Sep 24, 2026
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  1. Issue · Sep 24, 2026

    Questions in Futures (opens the original)

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    Have you ever been asked a question that got you to think differently, or helped you make a breakthrough on something? What was it about the question led to that result? Can we harness the lessons to form better questions for foresight work? Can I write the rest of the article in question form? How annoying will this gimmick get by the end of the article? Just kidding, I’m done.Subscribe nowVogt, Brown, and Isaacs examine the value of questions for strategy in their pamphlet <a href="https://www

  2. Issue · Sep 17, 2026

    Creativity in Futures (opens the original)

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  3. Issue · Sep 10, 2026

    4 Futures of AI (opens the original)

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  4. Issue · Sep 4, 2026

    The Futurist as Instrument (opens the original)

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    Welcome to the opening article about the Alternative Perspectives course in the Master’s of Foresight program at the University of Houston. We're kicking off this semester close to home. The class is, of course, about alternative perspectives in futures work, and no perspective is more alternate, in the sense of being idiosyncratic to a limited group, as the “n of 1” that is you! Cue inspirational quote of your choice about individuality.Subscribe now</

  5. Issue · Aug 27, 2026

    Summer 2026 Wrap (opens the original)

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