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Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
Join Data Scientist Miquela Bonferroni and Futurist Liam O´Farrell to discuss Future Center´s methodology in the Future Fictions Lab – where we dissect science fiction books, films, and worlds to extract actionable insights for tomorrow’s business, tech, and society. Learn the tools to turn speculative fiction into a competitive advantage, one scenario at a time. Inspired by the book How to Future Forecast with Science Fiction’ by Mark M. Whelan.
Episodes
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
The Matrix and Philosophy: Welcome to the Desert of the Real1
This collection of essays explores the philosophical underpinnings of the film The Matrix, linking its narrative to classical and modern thought. The authors…
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Scenario Planning: A Field Guide to the Future
This guide explores scenario planning as a vital tool for organizations to navigate an unpredictable future by preparing for multiple potential outcomes rather…
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
Scenario Planning: A Field Guide to the Future
This guide explores scenario planning as a vital tool for navigating an unpredictable future. By moving beyond simple mathematical extrapolation, organizations…
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
2034__The_Next_World_War
The provided text contains excerpts from the speculative thriller 2034: A Novel of the Next World War, which depicts a terrifyingly plausible global conflict…
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
2034 Hijacked_F-35s_and_Blinded_Destroyers.
The provided text contains excerpts from the speculative thriller 2034: A Novel of the Next World War, which depicts a terrifyingly plausible global conflict…
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Stanislaw Lem´s Deepfake Chemical Dystopia
The Futurological Congress by Stanislaw Lem follows the memoirist Ijon Tichy as he attends a chaotic World Futurological Conference in Costa Rica. The…
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The future declassified. Megatrends That Will Undo The World
Mathew Burrows’ 2014 book, The Future, Declassified, investigates the structural shifts and megatrends poised to redefine the global landscape. The author…
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
The Future, Declassified
Mathew Burrows’ 2014 book, The Future, Declassified, investigates the structural shifts and megatrends poised to redefine the global landscape. The author…
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
The Forever War
This collection of excerpts centers on Joe Haldeman’s iconic military science fiction novel, The Forever War, and its exploration of the alienating nature of…
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
Westworld and Philosophy: The Search for Host Consciousness
The provided text explores the intersection of philosophy and the television series Westworld, examining the moral and metaphysical implications of artificial…
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
Old Man's War: The Battle
This collection of excerpts from John Scalzi’s Old Man's War series follows the life of John Perry, an elderly widower who enlists in the Colonial Defense…
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Old Man´s War The Shattering Peace.
This text contains excerpts from the science fiction novel The Shattering Peace by John Scalzi, the seventh installment in the Old Man’s War series. The…
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
The future declassified Megatrends: That Will Undo The World.
Mathew Burrows’ 2014 book, The Future, Declassified, investigates the structural shifts and megatrends poised to redefine the global landscape. The author…
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
Red Team: Success Through Thinking Like the Enemy
Micah Zenko’s Red Team explores the critical role of institutionalized dissent in improving strategic decision-making and security. The text traces the…
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
Explaining The Terraformers
Set in the far future, these excerpts from Annalee Newitz's novel The Terraformers follow the lives of specialized environmental workers on the planet Sask-E…
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Red Team: Success Through Thinking Like the Enemy
Marco Zenko’s Red Team explores the critical role of institutionalized dissent in improving strategic decision-making and security. The text traces the…
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
Terraformers Flying Moose Battle Corporate Real Estate
Set in the far future, these excerpts from Annalee Newitz's novel The Terraformers follow the lives of specialized environmental workers on the planet Sask-E…
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Black Mirror Is Philosophy Disguised as Sci-Fi.
This collection of philosophical essays analyzes the television series Black Mirror, exploring how its dystopian narratives reflect deep-seated human anxieties…
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The Plausability How Future Scenarios Trick Your Brain
This research explores how future scenarios are evaluated, specifically examining the overlooked criterion of plausibility from the user's perspective. By…
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
The Plausibility of Future Scenarios: Cognitive and Methodological Perspectives
This research explores how future scenarios are evaluated, specifically examining the overlooked criterion of plausibility from the user's perspective. By…
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
Weaponizing Innocence in Ender´s Game.
This podcast contains an introduction, excerpts, and supplemental material from Orson Scott Card’s science fiction masterpiece, Ender’s Game. The narrative…
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
The next 100 years Why Geography Guarantees American Dominance
In The Next 100 Years, George Friedman presents a geopolitical forecast asserting that the United States is currently an adolescent power poised for a century…
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The next 100 years A Forecast for the 21st Century.
In The Next 100 Years, George Friedman presents a geopolitical forecast asserting that the United States is currently an adolescent power poised for a century…
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Karaoke A Writer´s Race Against Death
The text includes an introduction where Potter describes the urgent creative process he undertook after receiving a terminal cancer diagnosis. The first play…
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
Karaoke Dennis Potter´s Impossible 72-Day Deadline.
The text includes an introduction where Potter describes the urgent creative process he undertook after receiving a terminal cancer diagnosis. The first play…
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The war tetratology Shredding_Your_Brain_to_Live_Forever
This text provides a comprehensive look at Rudy Rucker's Ware Tetralogy, a series characterized by its high-density surrealism and pioneering "street…
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
The war tetratology Shredding Your Brain to Live Forever
This text provides a comprehensive look at Rudy Rucker's Ware Tetralogy, a series characterized by its high-density surrealism and pioneering "street…
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
Ghost Fleet: Novel of the Next World War
This podcast discusses the text from Ghost Fleet, a technothriller by P.W. Singer and August Cole that imagines a future world war between the United States…
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
Ghost Fleet: Next World War
This podcast discusses the text from Ghost Fleet, a technothriller by P.W. Singer and August Cole that imagines a future world war between the United States…
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
The Expanse and Philosophy: Ethics in the Deep Darkness
This collection of essays explores the philosophical underpinnings of the popular science fiction series The Expanse, connecting its narrative to historical…
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
Laboratory of the Mind. Solving The Universe With Thought Experiments
Solving The Universe With Thought Experiments
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The Laboratory of the Mind. Thought Experiments.
The Laboratory of the Mind. Thought Experiments.
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
The Future, Declassified: Megatrends and the Coming Global Order
Mathew Burrows’ 2014 book, The Future, Declassified, investigates the structural shifts and megatrends poised to redefine the global landscape. The author…
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
The Future, Declassified: Megatrends and the Coming Global Order
Mathew Burrows’ 2014 book, The Future, Declassified, investigates the structural shifts and megatrends poised to redefine the global landscape. The author…
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
Kill Decision by Daniel Suarez Analysis
In the techno-thriller Kill Decision by Daniel Suarez, an independent research team and a biological scientist must confront the terrifying reality of…
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Kill Decision by Daniel Suarez Analysis
In the thriller Kill Decision by Daniel Suarez, an elite military team led by a commander known as Odin recruits scientist Linda McKinney to stop a wave of…
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
The Forever War
The Forever War, and its exploration of the alienating nature of combat. The text includes a foreword by John Scalzi and an author’s note explaining how…
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The Forever War´s Relativistic Trap.
The Forever War, and its exploration of the alienating nature of combat. The text includes a foreword by John Scalzi and an author’s note explaining how…
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
2054 Killing the President with Genetic Code
The novel 2054 by Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis explores a future America fractured by political polarization and the sudden, mysterious death of…
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
Neoumancer
This collection of excerpts follows Case, a washed-up data thief living in the gritty underworld of Chiba City after his nervous system was sabotaged to…
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
Neuromancer: The Architecture of Cyberspace
This collection of excerpts follows Case, a washed-up data thief living in the gritty underworld of Chiba City after his nervous system was sabotaged to…
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
Neuromancer: The Architecture of Cyberspace
This collection of excerpts follows Case, a washed-up data thief living in the gritty underworld of Chiba City after his nervous system was sabotaged to…
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
Daemon Death by Algorithm.
This techno-thriller follows the devastating aftermath of the death of Matthew Sobol, a legendary game designer who releases a malicious computer program…
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
Dameon How A Dead Man Hacked The World
This techno-thriller follows the devastating aftermath of the death of Matthew Sobol, a legendary game designer who releases a malicious computer program…
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
Burn-In
Set in a near-future Washington, D.C., the novel Burn-In follows FBI Special Agent Lara Keegan as she field-tests a highly advanced, autonomous robotic partner…
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Burnin Stress Testing a Robot FBI Partner
Set in a near-future Washington, D.C., the novel Burn-In follows FBI Special Agent Lara Keegan as she field-tests a highly advanced, autonomous robotic partner…
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
Science Fiction as a Map for Future Forecasting
Science fiction serves as a vital tool for predicting the future by exploring various possibilities based on existing technological and social trends. While…
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
Science Fiction as a Map for Future Forecasting
Science fiction serves as a vital tool for predicting the future by exploring various possibilities based on existing technological and social trends. While…
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
Pierre Wack: The Corporate Mystic Who Saw the Future
The podcast details how Wack integrated Eastern spiritual practices, particularly Zen Buddhism and the teachings of Indian gurus, into a revolutionary…
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
The Windup Girl
Set in a future Thailand ravaged by ecological collapse and genetic plagues, these excerpts depict a world where calorie companies and generippers control the…
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
The Windup Girl
Set in a future Thailand ravaged by ecological collapse and genetic plagues, these excerpts depict a world where calorie companies and generippers control the…
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
Minortity report Continuous Surveillance Employers' Pre-Crime Monitoring of Employees
Minortity report Continuous Surveillance_ Employers' Pre-Crime Monitoring of Employees
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Futurescapes: Space and Time in Utopian Discourse
This collection of scholarly articles investigates the multifaceted relationship between spatial analysis and utopian or science fiction discourses. The…
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Inception and philosophy Evidence Cobb Never Left The Dream.
This collection of philosophical essays explores the complex themes and narrative layers of the film Inception, examining how cinematic storytelling intersects…
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1984 and Philosophy We Paid To Carry Big Brother.
This collection of philosophical essays explores the enduring relevance of George Orwell’s 1984 in the context of the modern digital age. The authors examine…
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the light brigade.
In the science fiction novel The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley, a recruit named Dietz enlists in a corporate military to fight a brutal war against Mars…
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The Light Brigade.
In the science fiction novel The Light Brigade, the protagonist Dietz enlists in a corporate military where soldiers are transformed into interplanetary light…
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Count Zero
This text contains excerpts from the science fiction novel Count Zero, the second installment of William Gibson’s Sprawl Trilogy. The narrative follows three…
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
Count Zero an Explainer
This text contains excerpts from the science fiction novel Count Zero, the second installment of William Gibson’s Sprawl Trilogy. The narrative follows three…
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The Peripheral Echoes of the Peripheral: A Future History of Stubs
Echoes of the Peripheral: A Future History of Stubs This science fiction narrative explores a collision between two timelines: a near-future rural American…