Brain Botox
The TES on Friday published a story that builds on the work being done as part of BCH. It’s title – a mildly scribed “Future Pupils may use ‘brain Botox’”.
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The pace of continuity
A fascinating part of futures work is looking, not at the developments and new advances that may take place, but at the things that remain constant and the current activities, trends and objects that may end. The speed of change is often talked about – especially by those making arguments about the need for change and transformation – but the pace of continuity – the longevity and changes of artefacts and relationships – is fundamental to visioning plausible futures. I’ll come back to this notion of ‘pace of continuity’ as it helps to make connections between ‘the new’ that we often look for, and how it replaces, extends or challenges existing practices, resources and norms. A visit to The RSA in London provided an insight into some such possible lifespans.
Acting out stories of the future
…in the year 2025, things have calmed down a lot. There are still some people living the cities, but on the whole they aren’t nice places to be. The only way to make a reasonable living there now is by prostitution, drug-dealing, or protection rackets. Those who aren’t involved in these lucrative trades struggle to make ends meet. They pull the copper out of the walls and rip out sinks and pipework to swap for food on street corners.
No, this isn’t a prediction made from the Beyond Current Horizons programme, but part of the scenario used within the Utopia Experiment (more details can be found here).
