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Weaving the Future of Fashion and Clothing
Our last issue of the schoolyear is out! Illustration by Peter van Barneveld In this 16th issue, Future Vision investigates the Future of Clothing and Fashion: 🧦 Smart socks for babies👙 Textile waste inundating Earth👢 Innovative clothing for healthcare and rehabilitation👕 3D-printing clothes at home👜 Fashion and style with Coco Chanel👒 Virtual Fitting Rooms🕸 Biomimicry — fromContinueContinue reading “Weaving the Future of Fashion and Clothing”
Be Kind, Unwind: The Future of Sleep, Relaxation, and Mindfulness
As Mental Health Awareness Month is observed in May in the United States, we dedicate this issue to sleep, relaxation, and mindfulness.Let’s envision how we are going to sleep, dream, and unwind in the future with Future Vision and Silicon Humanism.You are now familiar with our signature format:💟 Signals of the Future💟 Inspirations from amazingContinueContinue reading “Be Kind, Unwind: The Future of Sleep, Relaxation, and Mindfulness”
Tomorrowland: Urban Dreams and Designs
🚀 Welcome to Tomorrowland: Urban Dreams & Designs! 🏙️ Dive into the latest edition of Future Vision, where we explore the metropolis of tomorrow! 🐦 Signals of the Future: Bird Migration Patterns, Human Demographics, Water Crisis in India. 📚 Inspiration from Italo Calvino: “Cities, like dreams, are made of desires and fears.” Let’s build ourContinueContinue reading “Tomorrowland: Urban Dreams and Designs”
The Future of Pets and Pet Care
🐾 Greetings, Futures inquirers and pet aficionados! 🐾 Welcome to another pawsome edition of #FutureVision, the weekly newsletter dedicated to all things foresight. In our 9th issue, we’re embarking into the future of pets! 🐶🦜🐢🐰🐍 🌍 We discuss trends and signals of change: What is the cost of canine companionship? 🐕 What are the challengesContinueContinue reading “The Future of Pets and Pet Care”
Imagining the Next Generation of Families
🌟 Greetings, Futures Navigators! 🌟 Welcome to our latest edition of #FutureVision, dedicated to… The Future of Family! 🎢 This week, we explore signals of family structure and value changes: The number of cousins, nieces, nephews, grandchildren decline sharply, while grandparents and great-grandparents increase significantly. An AI-powered companion doll combats loneliness among the elderly. AContinueContinue reading “Imagining the Next Generation of Families”
Brewing the Future… of Coffee Shops!
🌟 Greetings, Futurists in Training and Foresight Enthusiasts! 🌟 The latest issue of #FutureVision is here, and this week, we’re diving into a tantalizing topic: Coffee and Coffee Shops… in the Future! ☕️ 🌐 Starbucks Breaks Ground: Inclusivity Meets Innovation 🌐 Starbucks has just unveiled its groundbreaking vision for the future. Their first inclusive cafeContinueContinue reading “Brewing the Future… of Coffee Shops!”
Envisioning the Future of Food
FUTURE OF FOOD – What’s your vision for the future of food and nutrition? 🍽️👉Transforming food systems around the world would lead to socio-economic benefits summing up to $5-10 trillion a year, according to the Food System Economics Commission.👉 Data and digital technologies can help transform food systems and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals byContinueContinue reading “Envisioning the Future of Food”
Caring about… the Future of Water!
📰 Our Issue #4 of FUTURE VISION is out!! 📰 The future of water has become a critical concern for our planet. How can we ensure a water-secure future for ourselves and generations to come? 🌎 In the latest issue of FutureVision, we explore the challenges and opportunities of water management in the 21st century.ContinueContinue reading “Caring about… the Future of Water!”
Leap Day of the Swan: The State of Work
It happens every…126,144,000 seconds2,102,400 minutes35,040 hours1,460 days4 years of orbits ’round the sun…It’s Leap Day – a four-year milestone our Guild wants to celebrate and milepost … because a lot can happen in four years.Leap Day has been notorious for being ignored unless you happen to have a wedding anniversary, or you are a Leapling (born on Feb 29th). ButContinueContinue reading “Leap Day of the Swan: The State of Work”
Futuring with Aging and Life Extension
Our third issue of FUTURE VISION is out!! 📰 ⁉ Our Question of the Week: Have you ever wondered why you are not comfortable thinking about your future self? Why doesn’t your brain want to go there and visualize yourself in 5, 10, 50 years? And why can’t commit to promises made to your futureContinueContinue reading “Futuring with Aging and Life Extension”
Launching… “Future Vision”
🚀 Excited to announce the launch of my new publication, “Future Vision: the newsletter for young futurists”! 🚀 As someone who loves teaching as much as loves studying the future, I believe it’s time for me to act on my will to help the younger ones to embrace it! Every week, we’ll share a tasteContinueContinue reading “Launching… “Future Vision””
Deepfakes: Opportunities, Risks, and Regulation
“I’ll split 50% royalties on any successful AI generated song that uses my voice,” Grimes tweeted to her more than one million followers. Deepfakes will be a core part of the new emerging Identity Economy, as each of us will be able to harness our identity, hoping we keep control over such applications! Let’s shareContinueContinue reading “Deepfakes: Opportunities, Risks, and Regulation”
Deepfakes: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Global Futurist Steve Wells invited me back to his podcast to pursue our exploration of Generative AI and its impact on Media and News. In the last of our 5-episode series, we invited Tunu Wamai to join us. Tunu is an Economics and Political Science graduate of Minerva University and the creator of “Tech PolicyContinueContinue reading “Deepfakes: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly”
12 Amazing Applications of Generative AI for Good — The Unfinished article…
First disclaimer: this article hasn’t been finished, because I want to describe the process, more than the results. And in my opinion, the former is much more enlightening than the latter about the future we are going to live it… for reasons I will soon disclose! Let’s start with the article I was about toContinueContinue reading “12 Amazing Applications of Generative AI for Good — The Unfinished article…”
Human Progress and the Programmable World
Exciting news! 🎉 I am thrilled to announce that I will be joining the panel for the upcoming Human Progress and the “Programmable World” #InsightsLive Webinar, hosted by AIXR. As the programmable world continues to revolutionize our lives, let’s dive in virtual worlds, extended reality, web3, generative AI, human/computer interfacing, and the future of the metaverse! I amContinueContinue reading “Human Progress and the Programmable World”
Looking Back at 2023 (…from Year 2033!)
The Burgeoning Reality Continuum A future-backward perspective by Sylvia Gallusser, Global Futurist @Silicon Humanism, Metaverse Business Strategist @Accenture When I look back to the year 2023, I can think of a distinctive emerging trend that really caught my attention. Disclaimer — I might be biased here as my focus is on technology and I am both aContinueContinue reading “Looking Back at 2023 (…from Year 2033!) ”
[Future of Work] Silicon Humanism at the HR Hacking Global Online Conference
THE FUTURE OF WORK IS NOW! Join Silicon Humanism at the #HackingHR 2022 – Global Online Conference, March 7-11. Futurist Sylvia Gallusser will be participating in two panels: – Understanding the ins and outs of how to address #mentalhealth in the #workplace, with Minola Jac – Understanding the principles of #strategicforesight or how to become an #HRfuturist, with Candace Giesbrecht, CPHR, ACC The Hacking HR 2022 Global Online Conference “HR InnovationContinueContinue reading “[Future of Work] Silicon Humanism at the HR Hacking Global Online Conference”
[Futures Literacy] Can Futurists change the World?
Do you believe that Futurists can change the world? Then, what is their secret Innovation Experts Elodie HUGHES and Nash HUGHES asked the question to Global Futurist Sylvia Gallusser. In the latest issue of their newsletter, Sylvia tells us all about her day-to-day as a futurist, as well as about her projects and wishes for 2022! Her top priorities include:ContinueContinue reading “[Futures Literacy] Can Futurists change the World?”
[Futures Thinking] 12 Mental Fitness exercises to stretch your Time Horizon!
Global Futurist Sylvia Gallusser likes to say that “the human brain is the best time travel machine”. But this is a skill we need to develop. Here are easy mental fitness exercises she recommends to conduct in your daydreaming or everyday activities in order to stretch your time horizon: Go outdoors: keep your brain oxygenatedContinueContinue reading “[Futures Thinking] 12 Mental Fitness exercises to stretch your Time Horizon!”
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