Foresight Institute added 479 new photos — with Allison Dman and Marcia Koplin Seidler at Internet Archive.

12.10.18

We cannot thank all Vision Weekend participants enough. It’s humbling to be part of a community that takes prototyping better futures seriously and cares about action rather than signaling. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!

Our deepest gratitude to the amazing humans who contributed to this weekend of building grand visions for the future. Special thanks to GIl Penchina for hosting us at his Clock Tower and The Laundry and Internet Archive for being such amazing collaborators.

foresight.org/vision-weekend-2018/We cannot thank all Vision Weekend participants enough. It’s humbling to be part of a community that takes prototyping better futures seriously and cares about action rather than signaling. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did! Our deepest gratitude to the amazing humans who contributed to this weekend of building grand visions for the future. Special thanks to GIl Penchina for hosting us at his Clock Tower and The Laundry and Internet Archive for being such amazing collaborators. https://foresight.org/vision-weekend-2018/ ... See MoreSee Less

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11.29.18

Vision Weekend 2018 has 10 tickets left and the preliminary program is out!

If you want to come prepared:
1) Pick your ideal tracks
2) Think of your vision for and contribution to a 30-year future of Existential Hope
3) Generate questions that you want your speakers to make predictions on!

Can't wait to see you in two days!

Full speaker & technology tracks here: foresight.org/vision-weekend-2018/

If you want to snag the last tickets, feel free to use LOU for a 50% discount (or follow this link: visionweekend2018.eventbrite.com?discount=LOU) apply for last minute income-support: goo.gl/sNkfmx ... See MoreSee Less

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11.28.18

Vision Weekend 2018: We're almost sold out!!!
If you’d like to come, apply for income-support as soon as possible if you have limited funds, or grab a ticket right away. Here’s a slideshow of all speakers - we're so thrilled that this incredible group will dedicate their weekend to do the intimate and fast-paced program that’s on our plate. Detailed program info and tickets here: foresight.org/vision-weekend-2018/
Income-support application here: goo.gl/sNkfmx

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11.26.18

Vision Weekend 2018 is in 5 days! We're already 2/3 sold out and tickets are going fast, so if you'd like to apply for income-support, please do so now (link below). This weekend is focused on reconnecting with old friends, making new ones and generating futures that are neither impossible nor boring. Here's what to expect in detail:

ENVISIONING A GRAND FUTURE:
Saturday, Dec 1, 9 am - 6 pm @The Laundry

Come prepared, pick the technology track you’d like to steer and join intimate strategy groups to advance your track toward grand futures. Tracks include AI, cyberspace, blockchains, health technologies, bio & nanotechnologies, neurotechnologies, and space technologies – all chaired by technology experts. Each technology track envisions three different scenarios – Dystopia, Utopia, and Existential Hope Scenario – to develop a 30-year technology strategy.

First, you’ll envision a dystopian, and a utopian scenario for your technology track, including effects on society, politics, economics, and ecology.

Armed with the dystopian and utopian corner scenarios, you’ll generate a third scenario, an Existential Hope scenario, that navigates away from dystopia toward utopia.

To turn the Existential Hope scenario into a realistic future strategy, you’ll answer:

Crucial Considerations: Why is this scenario desirable? What agreements/ disagreements and controversies exist in your group? What black swans may influence your scenarios?
Action Plan: What is your proposal to steer your technology track toward Existential Hope? Who needs to be engaged and how? What milestones, costs, and bottlenecks may we expect?
Betting on Goals: What desirable goals may we achieve in the next year, 5, 15, 30 years?
Yes, we have a lot on our plate! Check out slide 1 below for a sneak peek of what each technology track will create on Saturday. Don’t worry, each step has as much guidance as you need and your track chairs are there to steer the ship – if you let them!

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FROM ROADMAP TO REALITY:
Sunday, Dec 2, 9 am – 6 pm Internet Archive

Saturday is filled to the brim with technology tracks: AI, cyberspace, blockchains, bio & nanotechnologies, neurotech, health technologies, and spacetechnologies – you won’t be able to catch them all in one day. That’s what Sunday is for: We’ll unite as a big group to mix all technology tracks together!

First, track chairs will present the Dystopia, Utopia, and Existential Hope scenario for their tracks and lay out their 30-year technology strategy.

We’ll allow ample time for those future strategies to be challenged by synthesists, moderator, and audience.

Finally, we’ll compare scenarios among different tracks to determine how different technology strategies contradict, weaken, or accelerate each other. As one group, we will revisit Saturday’s questions:

Crucial Considerations: Do other tracks challenge the consistency of your scenario? Do other tracks enhance or weaken your technology strategy? Do other tracks strengthen the agreements/disagreements, and controversies in your group? Do other tracks have black swans that may affect yours?
Action Plan: How do other tracks influence your action recommendations? Who to engage? Timeline, milestones, and bottlenecks?
Betting on Goals: Do other tracks influence your technology goals for 1, 5, 15 years? The steps we ought to take moving forward?
Discovering the main interdependencies between the tracks will allow us to update the generated strategies for each technology track (see second slide below). We’ll close with promising avenues to align forces – until we regather in 2020 to compare progress?

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If this sounds interesting already, check out the speaker line-up here: foresight.org/vision-weekend-2018/

Apply for income-support, bringing the total cost to attend down to $98 for the whole weekend! goo.gl/sNkfmx ... See MoreSee Less