IFTF: Future Now

Marina Gorbis on Socialstructing the Future

Sep 05, 2013 By Jean Hagan

Marina Gorbis' new book, The Nature of the Future: Dispatches from the Socialstructed World, offers an inspiring portrayal of how new technologies are...

"25 of the Smartest Women on Twitter"

Sep 05, 2013 By Bettina Warburg-Johnson

Fast Company recently released a list of 25 of the Smartest Women on Twitter to highlight new and influential voices amidst the already-known or...

Not a Form but a Philosophy of Our Time - Part 3

Sep 04, 2013 By Lindsea K. Wilbur

In a world where the physicist's atoms appear more real than the qualitative face of the world, brain scans more important than the true depths of the...

Next-gen Witnessing

Aug 28, 2013 By Sam Gregory

How Can We Enhance Human Rights Activism Using ‘Co-presence For Good’?...

Not a Form but a Philosophy of Our Time - Part 2

Aug 27, 2013 By Lindsea K. Wilbur

With no wifi on the train during the longer stretches of travel, we unplugged from the aether of constant connectivity to sit face-to-face and reflect...

Not a Form but a Philosophy of Our Time - Part 1

Aug 26, 2013 By Lindsea K. Wilbur

This August, the Millennial Trains Project packed 24 Millennials into vintage train cars and embarked on a journey through America that operated on...

Invisible Nature Book Release

Aug 21, 2013 By David Evan Harris

After following the out-of-the-box thinking of environmental scholar Ken Worthy for over a decade, I'm glad to report that readers the world over can...

Block by Block Creativity

Aug 14, 2013 By David Thigpen

Last year, for the first time in nine decades, the population of major cities grew faster than their suburbs. If this tidal shift in population...

Smart Government and Big, Open Data: The Trickle-Up Effect

Aug 05, 2013 By Anthony Townsend

As we grow numb to the daily headlines decrying the unimaginable scope of data being collected from Internet companies by the National Security...

Where Science Meets Fashion

Jul 30, 2013 By Ariel Waldman

If you're in Australia, you'll probably see me down there this month! Sadly, not in person, but you can find me in the latest issue of Frankie which...

A Short Vision from the Coming Age of Networked Matter

Jul 29, 2013 By David Pescovitz

"Lich House," by Warren Ellis, is a story from An Aura of Familiarity: Visions from the Coming Age of Networked Matter—a collection of six original...

A look into the Future: Citizens, Communities and Open Data

Jul 19, 2013 By Adam Elmaghraby

In May, my colleague Bradley Kreit presented a keynote, A look into the Future: Citizens, Communities and Open Data, for the Healthy Communities Data...

A Short Vision of the Future by Bruce Sterling

Jul 16, 2013 By David Pescovitz

"From Beyond the Coming Age of Networked Matter," by Bruce Sterling, is a story from An Aura of Familiarity: Visions from the Coming Age of Networked...

A Short Vision from the Coming Age of Networked Matter

Jul 09, 2013 By David Pescovitz

"Water," by Ramez Naam, is a story from An Aura of Familiarity: Visions from the Coming Age of Networked Matter—a collection of six original science...

White House Honors Two IFTFers as Champions of Change

Jun 26, 2013 By Rebecca Chesney

White House Office for Science and Technology Policy (@WhiteHouseOSTP) honored Citizen Scientist Champions of Change, individuals and organizations...

Applying the Goldilocks Strategy—From Personal Democracy to Global Governance

Jun 25, 2013 By Bettina Warburg-Johnson

How can you know whether you are changing the world? Are you mistaking vanity metrics for impact? ...

A Short Vision of the Future by Madeline Ashby

Jun 25, 2013 By David Pescovitz

"Social Services," by Madeline Ashby, is a story from An Aura of Familiarity: Visions from the Coming Age of Networked Matter—a collection of six...

A Short Vision of the Future by Rudy Rucker

Jun 21, 2013 By David Pescovitz

This story is one chapter from An Aura of Familiarity: Visions from the Coming Age of Networked Matter, a collection of six original science fiction...

A Short Vision of the Future by Cory Doctorow

Jun 13, 2013 By David Pescovitz

"By His Things Will You Know Him," by Cory Doctorow for the Institute for the Future - A funeral becomes an occasion for a son to understand his...

The Other Kind of “Makers”

Jun 11, 2013 By David Thigpen

While American cities are rightfully viewed as rich pools of human capital, innovation and industry, they are also often seen in the opposite light,...