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Award-winning director Damon Gameau (That Sugar Film) embarks on a journey to explore what the future could look like by the year 2040 if we simply embraced the best solutions already available to us to improve our planet and shifted them rapidly into the mainstream. Structured as a visual letter to his 4-year-old daughter, Damon blends traditional documentary with dramatised sequences and high-end visual effects to create a vision board of how these solutions could regenerate the world for future generations.

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Award-winning director Damon Gameau embarks on a journey to explore what the future could look like by the year 2040 if we simply embraced the best solutions already available to us to improve our planet and shifted them rapidly into the mainstream.

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Zooming into the depths of everyday objects to reveal new worlds.

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Biografía y obras: Ono, Yoko | Guggenheim Bilbao Museoa

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Datos biográficos de Yoko Ono y las obras expuestas en el Museo Guggenheim Bilbao

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Future Today Institute - Tech Trends and Scenarios

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Future Today Institute is an advisory firm specializing in strategic foresight, driving corporate strategies that lead to long-term success and resilience.

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The Millennium Project is integrating all of its information, groups, and software into a "Global Futures Intelligence System." 2- minute video overview. 5-minute how to demo video. This is a collective intelligence system on the future. While GFIS is being repositioned in Amazon Web Services, it is unavailable.

The reports are precise overviews of humanity's present situation, challenges and opportunities, potentials for the future, and actions that could improve humanity's outlook - in a clear, precise, and readable text with unparalleled breadth and depth.

The Millennium Project connects futurists around the world to improve global foresight. It was founded in 1996 after a three-year feasibility study with the United Nations University, Smithsonian Institution, Futures Group International, and the American Council for the UNU. It is now an independent non-profit global participatory futures research think tank of futurists, scholars, business planners, and policy makers who work for international organizations, governments, corporations, NGOs, and universities. The Millennium Project manages a coherent and cumulative process that collects and assesses judgments from over 3,500 people since the beginning of the project, selected by its 65 Nodes around the world. The work is distilled in the State of the Future reports, Futures Research Methodology series, special studies, and integrated into its Global Futures Intelligence System.

See the 15 ways you can get involved!

Current Activities

1. Working with the Executive Office of the UN Secretary-General, The Millennium Project conducted a Real-Time Delphi to assess the five foresight elementsof the UNSG's report . The RTDelphi panel of 189 professionals from 54 countries provided 1,463 answers of which 983 were explanations and comments. About half the panel had 20 or more years of professional foresight or related experience. Download the report (pdf)

2. 2030 State of the Future Index re-assessed the 29 global variables and generated the new World Report Card on the future.

3. Global Scanning for the 15 Global Challenges (while the Global Futures Intelligence System GFIS is being re-positioned in Amazon, new scanning items can be added here.

4. International assessment of future governance models for the transition from Artificial Narrow to Artificial General Intelligence.

5. Up-dating FUTURES dictionary/encyclopedia of futurist terms and methods

6. Future Work/Technology 2050: Scenarios and Actions. The report covers the three-year study on the future dynamics of work and technology with three detailed global scenarios, results of 30 national workshops in 29 countries, and five Real-time Delphi's that rated 93 actions distilled from those suggested to address issues raised in the three scenarios by the national workshops. Each of the 93 actions have ratings and comments from several hundred futurists and related experts. This is probably the broadest international assessment of long-range actions to address the future of work thus far.

7. Short Videos of each of the 15 Global Challenges are now available and other .

8. State of the Future 19.1 (print and download)

9. Global Futures Intelligence System (GFIS) (collaborative and continuously updated research)

10. Release of the The Millennium Newsletter 7.0

11. Philosophy, History, and STS (Science, Technology, Society) scholars' views on Futures Research and Foresight conference (Grappling with the Futures) at Harvard and Boston Universities - abstracts available.

12. Video (7.5 minutes) by Pakistan Node of The Millennium Project on the CEO's visit to Pakistan

13. Workshops Future Work/Technology 2050 and 7.5 minute overview

14. NATO Advanced Research Workshop: Identification of Potential Terrorists and Adversary Planning - Emerging Technologies and New Counter-Terror Strategies, workshop presentations available by clicking on the author's name

15. Lone Wolf Terrorism Prospects and Potential Strategies to Address the Threat

16. Futures Dictionary/Encyclopedia (English and Spanish)

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The Millennium Project is integrating all of its information, groups, and software into a "Global Futures Intelligence System." 2- minute video overview. 5-minute how to demo video . This is a collective intelligence system on the future. While GFIS is being repositioned in Amazon Web Services, it is unavailable.

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The Design Futures Initiative is a nonprofit organization based in San Francisco, CA dedicated to the advancement and development of Futures Design Thinking - Speculative & Critical Design, Design Fiction, Futurism, and Strategic Foresight. We have a community of Speculative Futures chapters & meetups around the world and organize the annual PRIMER conference in the US and Europe.

Our international network of meetups bring communities together through a variety of events. We typically host speakers-practitioners, teachers, students, and other professionals; as well as conduct workshops to help you learn and practice futures & foresight methodologies. Learn more

PRIMER is our annual conference in the US and Europe. It was created to prepare you for the future and to equip you to help shape it. We bring together the leading minds in futures design thinking and doing and exhibit work from all around the world. Learn more

Interested in hosting PRIMER-US or EU in your city? We are now accepting applications. Apply Here

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The Design Futures Initiative is a nonprofit organization based in San Francisco, CA dedicated to the advancement and development of Futures Design Thinking - Speculative & Critical Design, Design Fiction, Futurism, and Strategic Foresight. We have a community of Speculative Futures chapters & meetups around the world and organize the annual PRIMER conference in the US and Europe .

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https://evoluon.com/en

New museum in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, with future & design expositions

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Enter Spaceship Earth and experience the magic of the Evoluon - where people, nature and technology come together and challenge each other. The Evoluon is a museum and a businesslocation for events and meetings.

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Last copies for Australian residents only as this is an Australian warehouse clearance sale – shipping included in price.

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IER activates sites and leverages resources to produce and present projects in collaboration with artists.

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LifeComp : a European competence framework for better lives in our uncertain world.

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EVENTS

Repairing the Present
EXHIBITIONS

:REWORLD :REWILD :RETOOL
from 4th October - 18th December 2022.

Science, Technology & the ARTS

S+T+ARTS is an initiative of the European Commission, launched under the Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme to support collaborations between artists, scientists, engineers and researchers.

Get involved!

Take the opportunity to participate in open calls launched through the S+T+ARTS initiative! We keep you updated about open calls here.

S+T+ARTS PRIZE

Find out more about the S+T+ARTS initiative's annual competition recognizing innovative projects that have what it takes to make a significant impact on economic and social innovation.

S+T+ARTS Residencies

Since the S+T+ARTS initiative was first launched in 2016, artist residencies have been at the heart of many of its projects. In the ongoing dialogue between science, technology and the arts taking place in the residencies, artists bring in new, inquisitive and challenging perspectives on art-driven innovation.

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EVENTS :REWORLD :REWILD :RETOOL from 4th October - 18th December 2022. S+T+ARTS is an initiative of the European Commission, launched under the Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme to support collaborations between artists, scientists, engineers and researchers. Take the opportunity to participate in open calls launched through the S+T+ARTS initiative!

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The I SEE project designs innovative approaches and teaching modules to foster students' capacities to imagine the future and aspire to STEM careers. The goal is not only to develop professional skills but also to foster students' identities as capable persons and citizens in a global, fragile and changing world.

The I SEE modules will develop special skills through science education in and out of school. We call them future-scaffolding skills and they refer to the ability to construct visions of the future that empower action in the present with an eye on the horizon.
Project information at a glance
Title (Acronym): Inclusive STEM Education to Enhance the capacity to aspire and imagine future careers (I SEE)
Project number: 2016-1-IT02-KA201-024373
Funding programme: EU ERASMUS + KA2
Project period: from 01/09/2016 to 31/08/2019 (36 months)
Countries: 4 (Finland, Iceland, Italy, United Kingdom)
Partners: 7
Coordinator: Olivia Levrini, University of Bologna

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ISEE Project - Inclusive STEM Education to Enhance the capacity to aspire and imagine future careers

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The I SEE project designs innovative approaches and teaching modules to foster students' capacities to imagine the future and aspire to STEM careers. The goal is not only to develop professional skills but also to foster students' identities as capable persons and citizens in a global, fragile and changing world.

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Arts of the Working Class - 工人階級的藝術 - Artes de la clase obrera - İşçi Sınıfının Sanatları - فنون الطبقة العاملة - אמנויות מעמד הפועלים - Sztuka klasy robotniczej - Künste der Arbeiterklasse - Umění dělnické třídy - Искусство рабочего класса - വർക്ക് ഓഫ് ആർട്ട്സ് വർക്ക് - वर्किंग क्लास की कला - Arti della classe lavoratrice - Arti tal-Klassi tax-Xogħol - தொழிலாள வர்க்க கலை - Arbetsklassens konst - Τέχνες της εργατικής τάξης -労働者階級の芸術 - Ubuciko beKlasi Yokusebenza - Aṣayan ti Iṣe Ṣiṣẹ - Farshaxanka Fasalka Shaqada - Artoj de la Laborisma Klaso - Τέχνες της Εργατικής Τάξης

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This foresight study aims to leap forward, envisioning plausible medium- and long-term futures for the European labour markets. It aims to shed light on how jobs will change in the contxt of the green transition. This study goes beyond short term forecasts and covers all of the three time horizons: i) expected, ii) transition, and iii) futures.

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This platform aims to connect multiple stakeholders and Foresight activities within the EU. By fostering exchange amongst emerging topics, we want to stimulate the Foresight power within Europe to shape a positive future together.

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With the participation of many, the "Theater of Hopes and Expectations" will be built in the Volksgarten Düsseldorf during the months of August, September and October: A temporary architecture, intentionally opened during the time of its construction, as a sign of solidarity with the people of Ukraine who are rebuilding their homes where they have been destroyed by the Russian military since the beginning of the invasion. In its form, the construction refers to neoclassical 'Socialist' or 'Stalinist' architecture, which was built during the time of Soviet Union and in a cynical twist of history becomes a target of attacks by the Russian forces in our days.

The "Theater of Hopes and Expectations" invites the population to become part of a movement of reconstruction, whether through active or ideal support of the project or participation in the program held here. During and after the finalization of the theater - which plays with thoughts around fiction and reality, staging and truth, hope and demand, intimacy and representation, faith and knowledge - various artistic actions are taking place.

The project is shaped by Prykarpattian Theater. Behind the name is a Ukrainian artists* collective whose five members have a common connection to Kolomyia, a town in the Pre-Carpathian Mountains of the western Ukrainian region of Ivano-Frankivsk. Their collective work reflects on the traces left by the four occupations of the region throughout history and sets them in a translocal dialogue. The collective was founded in 2022, when the invasion by the Russian army began. The collaboration between its members started six months earlier, in the course of the exhibition "Independence Day Exhibition. Claudio, Edik, Serhii, etc" in Lviv.

Thoughts Under Construction

The artistic-curatorial concept of the project manifests itself in the three terms used in the title: Theater, Hopes and Expectations. The "theater" stands for the level of culture in general. Viewed in a more differentiated way, however, the theater is also a place where social themes receive a dramaturgical revision and are therefore subject to an artistic staging that is conscious of its own form. The building of the theater embodies this phenomenon, not only with regard to the plays performed here. Rather, the theater as an institution changes the basic conditions of our communication and our actions in space. Whenever we enter a cultural institution, we adapt our reception to the environment and certainly our behavior to the codes that prevail here. The codes generate a supposed security. They are what separate performers from visitors, for example, and thus reality from fiction - normally. But isn't the acceptance of a predetermined habitus already part of a performance that goes beyond the pieces shown on stage? Let's assume that we choose to succumb to a more or less conscious desire to rebel or provoke, to precisely not conform, to stand out and disrupt. Also then we take on an old familiar role that ends up being inherent as well as essential part of a superior system.

According to the case, we build our "theater" ourselves, what happens then regarding the institutional character of such a construction? What points shift abruptly in terms of representation and staging? Especially if the building is not only closer to the public space because its façade is more transparent and permeable, and because it is not only located in a park, but in the Volksgarten, a green space freely accessible to all, which one normally visits when one wants nothing more and nothing less than recreation. And what if this institution is not only an institution according to the old familiar theater model, but comes from a different context? For example, from the context of war. For example, from Ukraine. From a context that is not a parallel reality, but is interwoven with our everyday life and entangles us in it. Does that change anything in our perception of reality? To the comprehension of our own, personal position?

At the same time, the "Theater of Hopes and Expectations" is meant to be a place where a change of perspective can and may be practiced again and again. Everything that happens here can be seen as a performative act that, precisely because of its fictional component, aims at truth in the sense of knowledge generation and enlightenment - but also of emotionally connoted understanding beyond cold facts. In this, the project mirrors the texts of Witold Gombrowicz. The novel "Pornography" begins with a group of friends sitting together in a café in Warsaw in 1943, thinking about what they can do as artists, intellectuals, writers against the war. Then, invited to a mansion outside the city, an exciting orchestration of the country party unfolds, reflecting in many different ways on the position of artists within society, though it no longer seems to be about the war at all. Rather, this whole narrative is a complex, surrealist metaphor. The country house and the park around it become a stage: "[...] at the same time, however, the awareness that this was not true, that it was at odds with reality, made it a kind of theatrical decoration [...] so finally this house, the park, the sky and the fields became at once theater and truth." Consequently, every action serves the purpose of a certain intention of the artists directing here.

The second and third components of the title "Theater of Hopes and Expectations" add two more ideas. "Hopes" and "Expectations" are placed in the context of theater and connect to the considerations outlined above. Both elements can be used almost synonymously. At their core, they are carriers of a related meaning, which, however, has a significant difference when examined closely. While "hope" is associated with a religious-spiritual level that implies a passive waiting, the term "expectation" locates itself in a reality-based political sphere. Expectations are demanding. They follow certain plans and goals. They are concrete and suspend the moment of voluntariness. And they are directed at a counterpart with whom one is in direct contact. Whereas hopes seem to be directed to a higher power whose decisions are based on a divine goodness removed from terrestrial matters. Specifically, the title refers not so much to the song title of the pop band Muse "Starlight", but rather to the statements that were repeatedly read and heard in the German media during the Euro-Maidan protests in 2013/14: Ukrainians should have hope - in terms of building a functioning democracy and breaking away from Russian imperialism - but should not have too high expectations - to be accepted into the EU. These and similar statements, from a decidedly Western perspective, must henceforth be reflected in the course of the "Theater of Hopes and Expectations".

The "Theater of Hopes and Expectations" and the program follow the logic of process-based (re)construction. This leitmotif is also visible in the graphic design of the project, which draws on the magazine "Nova Generatsija" (New Generation) published by the Ukrainian writer and futurist Mychajlo Semenko (1982-1937) between 1927 and 1930. The magazine joined the then current trend of modernism and initiated an international exchange with other artists, writers, and architects and its members often traveled to Europe, especially Germany, at the behest of the Communist Party. At the same time, Semenko was convinced of the communist idea, and despite his positive attitude towards Moscow, he was sentenced to death on October 23, 1937 and executed the next day. The aim of the "Theater of Hopes and Expectations" is to show the complex history of Ukraine, which is also reflected in Semenko's biography, through an artistic reference and to relate it to the present. The font used in the graphic design, designed by Dmytro Rastvortsev, is taken from the DIIA app, the state document and identification app of the Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation. It thus forms a point of reference to the visual present of Ukrainians.

Kunstkommission Düsseldorf

presents

a project by

Prykarpattian Theater

Theater of Hopes and Expectations

Ivan Bazak, Roman Khimei, Yarema Malashchuk, Tereza Yakovyna, Ostap Yashchuk

Ania Kołyszko, Nikita Sereda

Roman Zheleznyak

Shalva Abashidze, Jamal Ashurov, Andrei Dureika, Mykola Linchuk

Assistаnt Curator

Anastasija Levchuk

Production Assistаnt

Julia Dauksza

Graphic Design

Ostap Yashchuk

Technical drawing

Olga Malyshenko

Architectural Advise

Kaspar Stöbe, Stöbe Architekten

imagine structure GmbH

Copy editing

Ania Kołyszko, Anastasija Levchuk

Daria Anosova

The project was made possible by the generous help and support of

Bauaufsichtsamt Düsseldorf, Gartenamt Düsseldorf, Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf, Wuppertaler Bühnen, Blumen Wichmann, Bulle Bäckerei, Lunatx Special Effects GmbH, Polnisches Institut Düsseldorf, Charim Galerie, #hotelfriends Düsseldorf Downtown

We would also like to thank:

Agnieszka Skolimowska, Aleksander Gowin, Ansgar Prüwer, Atelier Planeta, Cennet Rüya Voß, Daniel Vaysberg, Dorothee Mosters, Fred Rabelo, Gabriel Sulkowski, Gil Bronner, Heike van den Valentyn, Jan Wagner, Jasmina Merz, Jonas Monka, Joshua Poschinski, Kurt Heuvens, Maksim Dutka, Mara Sporn, Marcelo Busse, Max Sänger, Minna Wündrich, Monika Kumiega, Natalia Liersam, Nicolas Grosch, Novruz Hikmet, Peter Cremer, Rita Kersting, Roman Zheleznyak, Simon Liersam, Stefan Preuß, Valera Brykalin, Yulia Krivic, Zuza Golinska

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With the participation of many, the "Theater of Hopes and Expectations" will be built in the Volksgarten Düsseldorf during the months of August, September and October: A temporary architecture, intentionally opened during the time of its construction, as a sign of solidarity with the people of Ukraine who are rebuilding their homes where they have been destroyed by the Russian military since the beginning of the invasion.

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The Climate Museum is free and open to the public Tuesday through Sunday starting at noon.

Come and experience something new-an interactive exhibition that you will leave inspired about what you can do on climate change.

Artist David Opdyke has produced hundreds of hand-modified postcards that together tell a powerful story and invite us all to action. We invite everyone of all ages to join our friendly team at this dynamic show blending art, surprising social science, and action.

The Climate Museum has launched a series of transit-accessible pop-ups to scale up to a year-round location. Looking ahead to 2023, we hope you'll join us at our interactive art, history, and action exhibition on climate and inequality.

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The Climate Museum is free and open to the public Tuesday through Sunday starting at noon. Come and experience something new-an interactive exhibition that you will leave inspired about what you can do on climate change. Artist David Opdyke has produced hundreds of hand-modified postcards that together tell a powerful story and invite us all to action.

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Museum of Tomorrow is an applied sciences museum which explores the opportunities and challenges Humanity will be forced to tackle in the coming decades from the perspective of sustainability and conviviality.

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The work of the Ivorian artist Frédéric Bruly Bouabré had a single objective: to record and transmit information about the known universe. Devoting his life to a quest for knowledge, Bouabré captured and codified subjects from a range of sources, including cultural traditions, folklore, religious and spiritual belief systems, philosophy, and popular culture. "I do not work from my imagination," he once said. "I observe, and what I see delights me."

The first survey of Bouabré's work, and the first exhibition at MoMA devoted to an Ivorian artist, Frédéric Bruly Bouabré: World Unbound spans the artist's immense production from the 1970s until his death in 2014. A highlight of the exhibition is the Alphabet Bété -Bouabré's invention of the first writing system for the Bété people, an ethnic group in present-day Côte d'Ivoire to which the artist belonged. Also on view are hundreds of postcard-size illustrations that he drew on cardboard packages of hair products he salvaged from his neighborhood in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire's economic capital. Tracing the arc of Bouabré's inventiveness-from the creation of his first writings and drawings focused on the the culture of the Bété, to scenes from everyday life exploring broader themes of democracy, women's rights, and current affairs-the exhibition celebrates his commitment to collecting, preserving, and sharing knowledge as a way of understanding the world around us.

Organized by Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Nzewi, The Steven and Lisa Tananbaum Curator, with Erica DiBenedetto, Curatorial Assistant, and with support from Damasia Lacroze, Department Assistant, Department of Painting and Sculpture.

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Exhibition. Through Aug 13. The work of the Ivorian artist Frédéric Bruly Bouabré had a single objective: to record and transmit information about the known universe. Devoting his life to a quest for knowledge, Bouabré captured and codified subjects from a range of sources, including cultural traditions, folklore, religious and spiritual belief systems, philosophy, and popular culture.

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10 years to transform the future of humanity -- or destabilize the planet

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“For the first time, we are forced to consider the real risk of destabilizing the entire planet,” says climate impact scholar Johan Rockström. In a talk backed by vivid animations of the climate crisis, he shows how nine out of the 15 big biophysical systems that regulate the climate -- from the permafrost of Siberia to the great forests of the North to the Amazon rainforest -- are at risk of reaching tipping points, which could make Earth uninhabitable for humanity. Hear his plan for putting the planet back on the path of sustainability over the next 10 years -- and protecting the future of our children.

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Keri is the author and illustrator of several bestselling activity books. She is currently working on a new book about journaling which will be published by Penguin Random House in 2023.

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I recently posted an article, ' The Only Three Trends that Matter', which argued that the future of work is about more than AI and automation; it is also about climate change and the battle for an equal, just, and democratic society. To help demonstrate this point, I created eight job ads from the future at the intersection of my three mega-trends.

The following are speculative pieces exploring the intersection of those three trends. They are not predictions or suggestions. These experiential futures are designed to provoke conversations.

Here they are (in no particular order)...

As more species die off or reach the point of extinction, we may turn to a combination of genetic sequencing, 4D printing, and AI to recreate what we've lost. Not everyone will like the idea of this role, and some may want to apply what they've learned to humans.

Will fantasy and the virtual world become more appealing as the environment declines and democracy erodes? In the future, we might want to escape into pristine worlds that give us a sense of agency and control. Who will and won't be able to have access to these worlds may become a point of contention.

Are you sure you know what's real? When fake news and DeepFakes become the norm, how will we separate fiction from reality? What will we believe if the world around us collapses? Perhaps knowledge seekers (like journalists) of the future will rely on truth triage teams. These teams will create and deploy filters to determine what is real and what is not. Whoever decides what is true, may also decide what constitutes reality.

Creating and maintaining sustainable systems is no easy feat. In the future, we may need people to work with sophisticated algorithms to co-design a more socially and emotionally intelligent society. We may go as far as designing for mass positive behaviour, all to ensure that the world is a sustainable, equitable, and just place. Keeping the peace may be part of your job description.

But what about the individual, you ask? Wouldn't it be nice if someone helped you self-actualize? Actualized Life Programmers might work with you, your smart home, wearables, and the smart city grid to help you become the best version of yourself through environmental and behavioural conditioning. We'll all live happier, healthier, and more sustainable pre-determined lives. Privacy not included.

Maybe we need to go one step further still. Humanity is flawed and destructive. Some may try to decipher, hack, and refine our genetic code so that we begin to reflect our better natures. AI will make it easier for us to understand ourselves, but who decides what stays and what goes? In whose image do we redesign humanity?

Climate change results in mass extinction and loss of biodiversity. In an attempt to salvage nature, forest feeders make the ultimate sacrifice by serving as hosts to nano-bacteria that break down plastics and toxins in the environment. Their nutrient-rich bodies may allow them to transport semi-synthetic bacteria to far-off locations and perform bio-maintenance tasks along the way. Once they pass, the nano-bacteria continues to thrive in their bodies and help replenish a deteriorating Earth. In exchange, their loved ones are compensated and honoured for their loss.

Maybe our efforts are not enough. With mass extinction looming, some may want to see it all before it's gone. Specialized tour guides will lead the last pilgrimage as we say goodbye to the planet as we know it. Perhaps some will capture the images to recreate them in virtual worlds. Such a pilgrimage may only be available to the privileged, even though the loss will be equally shared by all.

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I recently posted an article, ' The Only Three Trends that Matter', which argued that the future of work is about more than AI and automation; it is also about climate change and the battle for an equal, just, and democratic society.