Future Here Now: Future-Proof or Future-Ready?

Signals

Some ideas for science fiction in the 2020s

This piece focuses on science fiction tropes, which isn’t my strong suit, but Noah’ sketch of potential dramatic conflicts - in many cases, future-relevant versions of familiar tropes – gives a lot of food for thought.  As Noah teases out many of the themes we talk about here, he envisions a new kind of conflict driven by a futuristic version of this issue – and in many of his set-ups, the conflict centers on a party trying to protect against change vs. a party that is trying to manage or adapt to change.  I’d love to see some of these get written. 

https://www.sunsama.com/blog/constructive-uncertainty

Sunsama produces one of the best app blogs, and this entry is a good example.  This recent entry, focused on the uncomfortable tension created when we don’t know, is a good example – and a great summary of the difference between future proofing, with its defensive posture and fearfulness, and future readiness, with its acceptance of uncertainty and capacity to respond.

 As Margaret …