Future Studies and Counterfactual Analysis
Seeds of the Future
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Beschreibung
In this volume, the authors contribute to futures research by placing the counterfactual question in the future tense. They explore the possible outcomes of future, and consider how future decisions are turning points that may produce different global outcomes. This book focuses on a dozen or so intractable issues that span politics, religion, and technology, each addressed in individual chapters. Until now, most scenarios written by futurists have been built on cause and effect narratives or depended on numerical models derived from historical relationships. In contrast, many of the scenarios written for this book are point descriptions of future discontinuities, a form allows more thought-provoking presentations. Ultimately, this book demonstrates that counterfactual thinking and point scenarios of discontinuities are new, groundbreaking tools for futurists.
In this volume, the authors contribute to futures research by placing the counterfactual question in the future tense. They explore the possible outcomes of future, and consider how future decisions are turning points that may produce different global outcomes. This book focuses on a dozen or so intractable issues that span politics, religion, and technology, each addressed in individual chapters. Until now, most scenarios written by futurists have been built on cause and effect narratives or depended on numerical models derived from historical relationships. In contrast, many of the scenarios written for this book are point descriptions of future discontinuities, a form allows more thought-provoking presentations. Ultimately, this book demonstrates that counterfactual thinking and point scenarios of discontinuities are new, groundbreaking tools for futurists.
Builds on previous futures research by considering possible outcomes of current global anxieties Weaves careful description of current issues and historical events with hypothetical future scenarios to provide engaging, thoughtful analysis Engages with timely topics, such as truth and the role of technology
Autor*in
Theodore J. Gordon
Themen in »Future Studies and Counterfactual Analysis«
Future Studies Forecasting Counterfactual Analysis Black Swans Nuclear Proliferation Bioterrorism Artificial Intelligence Competitive Intelligence Alternative Futures Comparative Analysis Critical Foresight Modeling/Simulation Artifacts of the Future