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Future Forecasting
Decarbonizing the Future
Adults keep saying we owe it to the young people to give them hope, but … I don’t want you to be hopeful. I want you to panic. I want you to feel the fear I feel every day. … I want you to …
AI Adolescence
Success in creating AI would be the biggest event in human history. Unfortunately, it might also be the last, unless we learn how to avoid the risks. —Stephen Hawking This article …
Culture Wars 2.0
The net effect of loud, sensational clamor is to mute more quiet and temperate voices. —James Davison Hunter, Culture Wars: The Struggle to Define America This article originally appeared …
ISO Stories about the Future of Voluntary Repatriation, Restitution, and Reparations
From the digital desk of Elizabeth Merritt, Vice President, Strategic Foresight and Founding Director, Center for the Future of Museums: Museum people are natural storytellers, attuned to …
Releasing TrendsWatch into the Wild
Heads up! The 2023 edition of CFM’s annual forecasting report is now available as a free PDF download. TrendsWatch: Building the Post-pandemic World explores how museums can emerge from the …
Finding the Future at #AAM2023
I’m taking a short break from prepping my materials for #AAM2023 to share a preview of what The Future will be up to in Denver. For me the conference starts on Thursday, May 18, with the …
Virgil Ortiz Revolt 1680/2180: Runners + Gliders
Today on the blog, Pueblo artist Virgil Ortiz tells us about his use of futures-inflected storytelling to illuminate the past, as embodied in his latest project, Revolt 1680/2180: Runners + …
Repatriation, Restitution, and Reparations
This article originally appeared in Museum magazine’s January/February 2023 issue, a benefit of AAM membership. “I greatly appreciate learning about cultural objects, ancient …
For your radar: The Metaverse and Web 3.0
This article originally appeared in Museum magazine’s January/February 2023 issue, a benefit of AAM membership. A brief guide to terms that may be popping up in your newsfeeds. The …
Trend Alert: Changing Climate Risk
2022 marked a new high in climatic extremes. The US set records for number of tornadoes (29 in March); heat (nearly 1,000 record high temperatures in one week of September alone); and …
From the President and CEO: Seeing the Future
This article originally appeared in Museum magazine’s January/February 2023 issue, a benefit of AAM membership. What if someone had told you in 2012 that something called augmented …