Neurofutures w/ Kerstin Preuschoff and Ewa Lombard
What goes on in our brains when we think about the future – and why are some individuals and cultures more adept at dealing with ambiguity, uncertainty, and risk? Our guests are Kerstin Presuchoff and Ewa Lombard, neuroscientists at LUCID (Laboratory for Uncertainty, Collective Intelligence & Decision Making) in Geneva. Subscribe to FARSIGHT by becoming a Futures Member at the Institute.Guests: Kerstin Preuschoff & Ewa LombardHosts: Casper Skovgaard Petersen & August Leo LiljenbergPublished by the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies
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The Currency For a Greener Future?
The ‘carbon coin’, first proposed in 2019, then popularised through science fiction, is a proposal for making carbon capture and mitigation profitable – the carrot to carbon taxing’s stick. All it takes is getting the world’s governments and central banks on board. We spoke to Delton Chen, the Australian civil engineer and geo-hydrologist who first thought of the idea.Subscribe to FARSIGHT by becoming a Futures Member at the Institute.Author: Caroline ZielinskiNarration: August Leo Liljenberg (with ElevenLabs AI)Published by the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies
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Too Much Information
From Socrates’ warnings about writing leading to forgetfulness, to today’s anxieties about AI-induced brainrot, every new media technology has sparked fears of cognitive decline. But does generative AI pose a uniquely profound threat to our ability to think for ourselves?Subscribe to FARSIGHT by becoming a Futures Member at the Institute.Author: Casper Skovgaard PetersenNarrator: Casper Skovgaard PetersenPublished by the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies
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Solutions to Planetary Problems w/ Nils Gilman
Some problems are simply too big for nation states to solve. In this episode, we speak to historian and futurist Nils Gilman, co-author of Children of a Modest Star. Planetary challenges, such as climate change, pandemics, space junk, require radically reimagining governance - and Gilman talks to us about how this could be achieved.Nils Gilman is Executive Vice President of the Berggruen Institute and Deputy Editor of Noema Magazine.Subscribe to FARSIGHT by becoming a Futures Member at the Institute.Published by the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies
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The Anything-to-Everything Future Is Here
With AI, all the products of human creativity become malleable. Stories and images flow seamlessly across formats – in constant flux and open to reimagination. What does this all mean for the role of human creators? Creative Lead of GenMedia Resarch at Google DeepMind, Matthieu Lorrain, answers our questions and paints a picture of a future-that-might-be.Subscribe to FARSIGHT by becoming a Futures Member at the Institute.Author: Sofie HvitvedNarrator: August Leo Liljenberg (with ElevenLabs AI)Published by the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies.
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