Two articles about futurism [LINKS]

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The second article seems to be more about buzzwords than anything else. Number 10 is particularly annoying (what does it mean for change to be due to complexity?)

Reasonable point-- I wish Taleb's ideas had been included.

I don't think either article contributes much, unfortunately. I wish something like futurism was more socially credible, because doing it right seems valuable. But "future studies" as it currently exists seems to get what it deserves. (though Sara Robinson is probably not a fair exemplar)

I think the highlight of the first article was: "in fact, the longer [a trend has] been going on, the more overdue you are for it to change."

How would you classify what Bruce Sterling is saying in Historical Narrative, Futurism and Emergent Network Culture according to those ten categories?

The second article seems to be more about buzzwords than anything else. Number 10 is particularly annoying (what does it mean for change to be due to complexity?)

Reasonable point-- I wish Taleb's ideas had been included.

I think the highlight of the first article was: "in fact, the longer [a trend has] been going on, the more overdue you are for it to change."

How would you classify what Bruce Sterling is saying in Historical Narrative, Futurism and Emergent Network Culture according to those ten categories?

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