Watch the replay of our conversation with Sean Moffitt and Rom Gayoso, Ph.D., where I introduce our mission at Silicon Humanism, how it intersects technology and humanism, is inherently multi-disciplinary, and constitutes an open call-to-action – a call to (re)place the human component at the core of our technological advancements. The Silicon Humanism approach connects with a notion at the veryContinueContinue reading “Why Strategic Foresight Matters – And How We Conduct It At Silicon Humanism”
Category Archives: Sensemaking
Who is Global Futurist Sylvia Gallusser?
This is an excerpt from the article Eight Questions With Featured Grey Swan Guild Member: Sylvia Gallusser Global Futurist — Founder & CEO @Silicon Humanism, Board Member @Grey Swan Guild, Mentor @Sustainable Ocean Alliance Our Eight Questions is part of our ongoing series profiling some of the amazingly talented members of our global Grey Swan Guild and get behindContinueContinue reading “Who is Global Futurist Sylvia Gallusser?”
Philosophy of Technology
How do you think about technology? Is it an object, an activity, a field of knowledge, or is it an interpretation of the world? According to Carl Mitcham, we can mean four things when using the word technology:An object: The things, the machines, the systems around us in our social world.An activity: The making, theContinueContinue reading “Philosophy of Technology”
[Doom’s Day Fiction] Three Two One Z.
This future fiction piece is inspired by a September 24 conversation led by Victor Sarat Catalan in his Multiverse series, on the theme of The End of the World . You would believe the end of the world looks like a sci-fi movie. People running out of their cars on LA highways while the asphaltContinueContinue reading “[Doom’s Day Fiction] Three Two One Z.”
Mental Health is at the core of the Future of Work
Our Founder Sylvia Gallusser was interviewed by the European Industry Forum about the future of work. She expresses her views on the changes that are happening in the workplace, with a focus on mental health and how employers can improve their empathy skills to develop a trust-based work environment. She evokes the changes she seesContinueContinue reading “Mental Health is at the core of the Future of Work”
Ethics of Wars: Taking Humans out of the Wars of the Future
Watch the replay of our “Ethics and Philosophy of Futures” event dedicated to Wars of the Future, with Rom Gayoso, Ph.D. Chris Mayer and Sylvia Gallusser and the support of the Association of Professional Futurists. Rom Gayoso gave a thought-provoking presentation and led a profound debate about the use of autonomous weapons, the differences among ethics, legitimacy, accountability, moralContinueContinue reading “Ethics of Wars: Taking Humans out of the Wars of the Future”
Design Futures – Postcards from the Future
*You’ve got mail!* Discover your two postcards from the future sent by The Design Futures Initiative following #PRIMER21. We will uncover them August 25 and August 26 during two happy hour sessions! – Wed 8/25 (5-6PM PST) REMIXING & DEMYSTIFYING NUMEROLOGY, with Kelly Kornet and Analilia Morales – Thu 8/26 (5-6PM PST) THE HOME OF THE 2020s MAKING OUR HOMES MOREContinueContinue reading “Design Futures – Postcards from the Future”
The Future of Education: Inspiration from 9 global futurists
As 24 million children and youth are at risk of dropping out of school as a result of the global health crisis, according to UNESCO, Wellbeing Futurist Tom Meyers at Futurize Yourself et al. shared his inspiration to the students at RNB Global University in Rajasthan, India. He reached out to 8 futurists from allContinueContinue reading “The Future of Education: Inspiration from 9 global futurists”
Disrupting Existence: The Future Me!
Rewatch Roger Spitz’s lecture at #QuantumThinking2021 and the debate that follows with Sylvia Gallusser, Ligia Zotini Mazurkiewicz and Lala Deheinzelin on the topic of “Disrupting Existence: The Future Me”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LILcvjd60fg&t=177s&ab_channel=FutureHacker Imagining our future selves in a world in which technologies will go beyond our imagination. What could we do today to draw desirable futures considering a whole new universe of innovations, technologies,ContinueContinue reading “Disrupting Existence: The Future Me!”
Women Entrepreneurship and Empowerment
I had the immense privilege to be speaking at the “International Forum of Women Entrepreneurship and Empowerment” remarkably organized by ICESCO.En – Islamic World Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization! Thank you so much for the kind invitation, I am so grateful! You can now watch the replay of the event https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=333595314887474&ref=watch_permalink
A Philosophy of the Future(s)
Listen to the replay of my lecture on “A Philosophy of the Future(s)”. Thank you for the opportunity to talk about this topic at Global Foresight Summit among so many inspirational sessions – Association of Professional Futurists World Futures Review: A Journal of Strategic Foresight FFWD – Futures Intelligence & Strategic Foresight. Call to Action! We now need to build thatContinueContinue reading “A Philosophy of the Future(s)”
The Grey Swan Guild News Wrap — The Week That Was, May 28, 2021
Grey Swan Guild — News Wrap Edition: #19 of Vol. 1 These are a series of stories and headlines we are tracking in theGrey Swan Guild’s Global League of Sensemakers Newsroom. Here is The Great, the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of what we observed this week. Despite our eager impatience to learn what happens during the Friends Reunion,ContinueContinue reading “The Grey Swan Guild News Wrap — The Week That Was, May 28, 2021”
The Pandemic Home Hotline: Domestic Violence under lockdown
As part of a Pandemic Home project, we have developed three scenarios around three fictional patient personas. The scenarios have been turned into audio dialogues, simulating the dramatic conversation between individuals in distress at their home and mental health hotline responders. Listen here: Domestic Violence under Lockdown (The Pandemic Home Hotline) https://open.spotify.com/episode/5Q1Z30hRYdCexehqaN4AEx?si=jO2_hgrRS8yTfD96EqEGNg “Veronica is 42 yearsContinueContinue reading “The Pandemic Home Hotline: Domestic Violence under lockdown”
Philosophy of the Future – 12 Conceptions of Futurity (in 70 quotes)
By Philosophy of the Future, we mean “Philosophy addressing the topic of the Future”, not the Evolution of Philosophy in the Future. The topic of the Future of Philosophy is quite popular as we witness a regain in curiosity for the philosophical practice, be it in open classes for the general audience, on airwaves, podcast,ContinueContinue reading “Philosophy of the Future – 12 Conceptions of Futurity (in 70 quotes)”
The Grey Swan Guild News Wrap — The Week That Was April 9, 2021
Edition: #12 of Vol 1 Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Husband of Queen Elizabeth II , and Father of Prince Charles, died on Friday April 9 at Windsor Castle in England. He was 99. These are the series of stories and headlines we are tracking in the Grey Swan Guild’s Global League of Sensemakers’ Newsroom. The selectionContinueContinue reading “The Grey Swan Guild News Wrap — The Week That Was April 9, 2021”
“Leisuring” from Home: The Future of Social Life, Entertainment, and Culture?
“All of man’s misfortune comes from one thing, which is not knowing how to sit quietly in a room.” – Pascal, Pensées (1670)“The only good thing for man is to be diverted so that he will stop thinking about his circumstances.” – Pascal, Pensées (1670) Philosophy of the Bedroom and Home Entertainment In his Pensées, French philosopher Blaise Pascal introduces us toContinueContinue reading ““Leisuring” from Home: The Future of Social Life, Entertainment, and Culture?”
X-ing From Home and The Future of Work
On March 24, I was invited to talk to international business students as part of a course about “Future Scenarios & Social Change in the Emerging Economies”. Futures Studies Professor Mario Reyes currently offers this curriculum at the Universidad del Desarrollo. Thank you Mario for the kind invitation and wonderful exchange of ideas! The classContinueContinue reading “X-ing From Home and The Future of Work”
The Pandemic Home Hotline: Aging in Place in times of COVID
As part of a Pandemic Home project, we have developed three scenarios around three fictional patient personas. The scenarios have been turned into audio dialogues, simulating the dramatic conversation between individuals in distress at their home and mental health hotline responders. Listen here: Aging in Place in times of COVID (The Pandemic Home Hotline) https://open.spotify.com/episode/3aRg5RjakNPwwOO8huNuIj?si=ZhfpO3NESLS_NOrRflhhNA “MaryContinueContinue reading “The Pandemic Home Hotline: Aging in Place in times of COVID”
The Pandemic Home Hotline: Contamination Anxiety
As part of a Pandemic Home project, we have developed three scenarios around three fictional patient personas. The scenarios have been turned into audio dialogues, simulating the dramatic conversation between individuals in distress at their home and mental health hotline responders. Listen here: Contamination Anxiety (The Pandemic Home Hotline) https://open.spotify.com/episode/3ZBcm1prxTmTHtC08LIcWJ?si=AyGRmchIQDeLlS9ufOcobA The Pandemic Home Hotline -ContinueContinue reading “The Pandemic Home Hotline: Contamination Anxiety”
The Great, the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
I am very lucky and grateful to have recently joined a fantastic organization called Grey Swan Guild as a board member. Not only is it an amazing intellectual connection with futures thinkers and sensemakers from all over the world (Canada, USA, Sweden, Australia, Uruguay, etc.), but building relationships in a distance during the pandemic isContinueContinue reading “The Great, the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly”
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