Teaching Long Term,Futures Thinking: Goals and Expectations

World Futures SocietySan Francisco, CAJuly 25, 2015

Rich Diversity - racial/ethnic

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Rich Diversity - age

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Seeking Transformation

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The Challenge Landscape

Exponential Technologies

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Responsibility

“Nobody can save the world, but any of us can help set in motion a self-saving world—if we are willing to engage the process of centuries, because that is where the real power is.”

Stewart Brand, Long Now Foundation

Insight

Not everyone will become a “Futurist”, but everyone can learn to think long term.

LTT Core Concepts

• Time Frame

• Rate of change

• Drivers

• Uncertainty

• Wildcards

Pace Layers of Change

Pace Layers Interact

Fast Layers

Learn

Propose

Absorb

Slow Layers

Remember

Integrate

Constrain

ATTENTION POWER

Framework

• Relevance to the students

• Strategy to embed

• Course design

• Connect with other faculty