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Could should might don't : how we think about the future /

"This is a book about the future. But it's not another one of those books that tries to tell you about what the future will be; it's a book about how we think about the future. It examines the origins, strengths, and weaknesses of each mode of thought through interesting asides, histo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Foster, Nick, 1976- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2025.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Future, The.
Forecasting > History.
Futur.
Prévision > Histoire.
HISTORY / Civilization.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Just imagine
  • The metronome quickens
  • A reluctant futurist
  • Could. Oh, wow
  • Science fiction
  • The roots of could futurism
  • Could futurism in public
  • Commercial could futurism
  • Heroic futures and background talent
  • Should. 'Better'
  • Belief
  • On prediction
  • Empirical futures
  • Numeric fiction
  • The future is accretive
  • Might. Futures plural
  • Think tanks
  • Strategic foresight
  • The limits of imagination
  • Regurgitative futures
  • Wagging the dog
  • Don't. Critique, caution, and fear
  • Algorithmic adversity
  • Toxic positivity and solutionism
  • Dependencies, implications, and ends
  • Extrapolatory futures
  • And so...
  • The future mundane
  • There's plenty of future left.