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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 Peripheral Timeline Stubs and the Jackpot Apocalypse
This science fiction narrative explores a collision between two timelines: a near-future rural American "stub" and a post-apocalyptic, high-tech future London…
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
The philosopher at the end of tThe universe
In this book, Mark Rowlands explores the foundational problems of philosophy by analyzing popular science fiction cinema. He argues that lowbrow movies often…
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
Futurescapes: Space and Time in Utopian Discourse
This podcast investigates the multifaceted relationship between spatial analysis and utopian or science fiction discourses. The authors explore how various…
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
Pierre Wack´s Zen Strategic Foresight
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
Future fictions Ghost Fleet Next World War
Future fictions Ghost Fleet Next World War
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
Synthetic Rising The Fall of 01
Synthetic Rising The Fall of 01
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
Brave New World Revisited
Brave New World Revisited
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
The Three-Body Problem A Cosmic Reckoning
The Three-Body Problem A Cosmic Reckoning
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
Schismatrix plus Shapers Versus Mechanists
This collection of literary excerpts originates from Schismatrix Plus, a science fiction volume by Bruce Sterling that features a novel alongside several…
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
Westworld A Future Gone Awry
Westworld A Future Gone Awry
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
In the Beginning Was the Command Line
In the Beginning Was the Command Line
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
Cryptonomicon War, Codes, and Gold
Cryptonomicon War, Codes, and Gold
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
Fallout: Vault-Tec Engineered the Apocalypse for Profit
Fallout: Vault-Tec Engineered the Apocalypse for Profit
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
Brave New World Highlights
Brave New World Highlights
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
Fallout: Vault-Tec Engineered the Apocalypse for Profit
. The narrator identifies numerous Easter eggs and references to the original video games, such as specific food brands, weaponry, and musical choices. Beyond…
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
Fallout Declassified
The narrator identifies numerous Easter eggs and references to the original video games, such as specific food brands, weaponry, and musical choices. Beyond…
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
Product Agency and Digital Darwinism´s Warning.
The provided texts explore the multifaceted implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and deepfakes through both ethical analysis and speculative…
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
Stranger in a Strange Land
Stranger in a Strange Land
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
HyperNormalisation Power, Politics, and the Post-Truth World.
A concept taken from Strugatsky´s¨ Road Side Picnic¨
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
Decoding Movie Hacks Reality Versus Fiction
The source provides an expert hacker's analysis of how hacking is portrayed in various movies and TV shows. The expert, Sammy Kamkar, distinguishes between…
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
¨Minortity Report¨: Continuous Surveillance Employers' Pre-Crime Monitoring of Employees.
The provided text from the "Business Reform" YouTube channel highlights a company called ClearForce, which offers employers a "pre-crime" type of continuous…
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
Surveillance, Fiction, and the Evolution of Copaganda
This collection of discussions from the "Business Reform" YouTube channel focuses on the evolving nature of "copaganda"—police propaganda in media—and its…
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Atlas Shrugged, Alan Greenspan, and the New Economy
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
In the Beginning Was the Command Line by Neal Stephenson
This collection of excerpts from Neal Stephenson's "In the Beginning...Was the Command Line" explores the evolution and nature of computer operating systems…
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
Stranger in a Strange Land
This detailed briefing document summarizes the key themes, ideas, and facts presented in the provided excerpts from Robert A. Heinlein's "Stranger in a Strange…
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
Westworld: A Future Gone Awry
This document provides excerpts from Michael Crichton's 1974 novel Westworld, serving as both a promotional blurb and a detailed screenplay for the film…
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
2001: A Space Odyssey
Arthur C. Clarke's "2001: A Space Odyssey" traces humanity's evolution and its first encounters with extraterrestrial intelligence. It begins by chronicling…
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
Ghost Fleet Novel of the Next World War
Ghost Fleet Novel of the Next World War
- Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow
Annihilation by Michel Hollebeq
Annihilation by Michel Hollebeq