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Marina Gorbis guest blogs for BoingBoing.net, Socialstructing: Statement of social currency
Today's guest blog exhibits one of IFTF's Artifacts from the Future, snapshots of a plausible future, designed to provoke insight and stimulate conversations. Below is an excerpt from the post, read the full post here:
For the past 8 years at Institute for the Future, we have been creating "artifacts from the future." We see them as a means of converting abstract, high-level trends and future visions into tangible objects that help people internalize our forecasts. However, we do not view them as prototypes for building new products or services. Artifacts from the future are a good way to engage people in important conversations about the future and to elicit meaningful insights that hopefully lead to positive actions.
Links to Marina's previous BoingBoing posts:
Dushechka, or how I learned to love baseball and bluegrass
Collecting dead souls in social media
Socialstructing: Bringing social back into our economy and organizations