Edward Snowden, Government Surveillance and the Future
Scenarios of future surveillance.
Scenario Planning in the US Government
The U.S. Coast Guard, FSG’s longstanding scenario-planning client, is recognized for its pioneering foresight work in Project Evergreen.
The War on the Future
Some say our era is dominated by the war between the left and the right. But the real war right now is the war of the present against the future.
The Boston Marathon Bombing, Al Gore, Byron Reese, and Scenario Planning
While the surreal drama of the Marathon Bombing and the subsequent manhunt was going on last week, I was reading two books about the future.
Scenario Planning: Warren Buffett, Gottfried von Leibniz, Blaise Pascal, and Peter Bernstein
Why these people would think scenario planning was awesome.
Papal Scenarios
Knowing the future sounds great… but what about afterwards?
The Valley of the Shadow
WIll the great institutions of society learn how to live with transparency before transparency destroys them?
De Rerum Mutandorum
Institutions change faster and more completely than we think. An example from some recent reading: Harvard University.
Thirteen: Year of Magical Thinking
Too many hands.
US Poverty Scenarios
Some 15 percent of Americans live below the poverty line. How much can the Obama administration do in four years to improve that situation?